Is Your Neighbor a Democrat? Obama Has an App for That

[Newsjock]

Source: ProPublica

Curious how many Democrats live on your block? Just download the Obama campaign's new mobile app.

The app, released last week, includes a Google map for canvassers that recognizes your current location and marks nearby Democratic households with small blue flags.

For each targeted address, the app displays the first name, age and gender of the voter or voters who live there: "Lori C., 58 F, Democrat."

... Asked about the privacy aspects of the new app, a spokesperson for the Obama campaign wrote that "anyone familiar with the political process in America knows this information about registered voters is available and easily accessible to the public."

Read more: http://www.propublica.org/article/is-your-neighbor-a-democrat-obama-has-an-app-for-that

[Earth_First]

1. Why do I see disaster written all over this?

Personally, I have one neighbor I'm not comfortable aboht knowing my political affiliations...

Sure, he could very well find out easily by walking down to City Hall, however these hate folks generally do not have that kind of ambition. Making it an app download away creates the possibility of hate crimes a very real possibility....

[JFN1]

2. I'm with you.

F'n TMI, already...

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. It's information that's easy to find

Your neighbor probably already knows.

[Earth_First]

4. Most likely...

Lawn signs are pretty good at gjving that information away, also...

[Raine]

10. Yeah, I'm not liking this at all. nt

[marybourg]

5. Wouldn't download for me.

Says it needs ois5. Don't have that on my 1 1/2 yr old ipod and dont know how to get it. Oh, I guess I have to get a newER ipod.

[footinmouth]

7. You just need to upgrade your OS

My iPod is older than yours and it upgraded. Just plug it into your computer and the option to upgrade comes up.
Be sure to back it up first.

[Fozzledick]

6. This is really nothing new, just more mobile.

I've seen a PC based campaign data base program used by a friend who ran for local office that had the name, address, and party affiliation of every registered voter in his district, all from available public records.

He used it to first contact party members for basic campaigning, contributions and GOTV, and then independents to make his pitch to.

[TreasonousBastard]

8. I don't have it on my computer, but I have printed lists from the BoE of...

every registered voter in the town. We use them for canvassing and signature drives.

[Justice wanted]

9. The term Big Brother comes to mind. Not to mention some Tea partiers and the phrase

"Second Amendment Remedies."

I hope I am wrong and sound like a jerk...but