What is Politico?

Politico is a piece of software which will help you keep track of laws your representatives vote on. It will compare your opinions about the laws to the votes made by those who represent you.


Why would Politico be important to me?

Politico will provide you with a report at the end of your representatives' terms which indicate how well they represented you, and whether or not to vote for them again. If you can compare your needs to your representative's actions, you are well on your way to becoming a political expert - A Politico.


Great! Show me how it works?

Begin by clicking the link to start the application. If your compuer is set up correctly, Politico should start right up and ask you for some information. Don't worry, the information isn't stored any where. It's just used to determine where in the US you are so the software know's who your representatives are.


That didn't work, it just says something about a "jnlp". What's a jnlp?

Your computer is missing a key piece of software. Go to Sun MicroSystems, download Java Webstart, then try again.