According to a recent poll, more than half of 18-30 year olds in France plan to not vote in the April 2022 presidential election. In order to encourage young voters to find their way back to the polls, two students have launched a mobile application called “Elyze” which allows you to assess, at a glance, the proposals of the candidates.
The first objective of the Elyze app It is good to put an end to the massive abstention of young voters. This disaffection with the ballot box seems to intensify with each ballot, as revealed by the last regional elections for which 9 out of 10 young people did not come. This is the reason why François Mari and Grégoire Cazcarra, two young students in communication and political science, active member and developer for one and co-founder of the citizen movement The Engaged for the other, launched the “Elyze” application in early January. It is obviously free and works on all smartphones.
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Codes of use for dating applications
As on Tinder, users will have to “swipe” a series of proposals from the programs of presidential candidates, already declared or about to do so. The maneuver consists, in fact, of sliding your finger to the left or to the right on the screen of your smartphone, depending on whether you are “for” or “against” a particular proposition. You can even point your finger down if you don’t want to determine yourself. ” The algorithm integrated into the application then displays the score of your political affinity between three candidates who correspond to you the most », Explains Grégoire Cazcarra.
” Our goal was really to interest all young people in the presidential election, which is why we took the traditional codes of dating platforms like Tinder which are popular and well identified within our generation. Depending on your choices and your votes through the application, a ranking is generated to indicate your level of affinity with each of the candidates, details its founder. The whole team has identified 11 themes ranging from education to the environment through the economy. Concretely, the more you “swipe” the more your classification will be consistent with your ideas, and a little clarification, all this data is anonymous, we do not collect the name, geolocation, email or telephone number of our users and no information. will be forwarded to a candidate or campaign team. Elyze is neutral, a-partisan and independent, she has been since the first day of the project and she intends to remain so until the end of the presidential election.e.
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The Elyze app one of the most popular on download platforms
Since its launch, it has been downloaded 500,000 times. For the moment, 500 measures classified by major themes are subject to your electoral sagacity. They are displayed in equal number for each of the candidates.
The proposals will be updated as the campaign progresses in this “presidential Tinder”. This project does not emanate from a government initiative, but it was conceived by and for citizens in order to fight against mass abstention from voters, from the youngest to the oldest.