2. Late 2011: political context...
• Danilo Medina’s campaign had started. Had a 3-axis
claim: “Correct what’s wrong”, “Continue what’s
right” and “Do what’s never been done”.
• Polls indicated a closed difference between Danilo
Medina and Hipólito Mejía (his main opponent)1.
• Out of a universe of 6.5 million voters, the 18-29
years old segment weighed 27%2.
• Social media channels have been used up to that
day as a way of citizen pressure.
1 La guerra de encuestas
2 Jóvenes estudiantes decidirán elecciones
3. the challenges
1. Turn yo ung people into the important
stakeho lders of the campaign, providing an
scenario where they could express their vission
of the Dom inican Republic they dream of.
2. Raise the level of th
e political debate
among dominicans.
3. P romote a culture
of cit izen participation
regardless of political affiliation.
4. Seek fo r consensus about what the
popu lation thinks needs to be
done, corrected & continued.
4. A virtual plataform for citizen engagement regardless of political
affiliation, where people could subm it proposals, vote & comment
t
on them. The most valued ideas would become part of the governmen
program of Dan ilo Medina & Margarita Cedeño.
5. the process...
Post Votet
n
See
your & comme ideas
proposal on proposals in action
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14. key dates...
01.31.2012 03.22.2012 04.12.2012
Started proposals' Ended “Government
submissions proposals' Plan” National
submittions Presentation
+15 offline seminars 04.05.2012
+1000 trained on Ended
how to use the proposals'
platform evaluation
15. results
• Most used hashtag on the 2012 presidential campaign
• Twitter: 31% growth of followers (from 22.8K to 33K) in 3 months
• Facebook: 44% growth of fans (from 130.5K to 233.5K) in 3 months
Lanzamiento
“Ponte pa’ tu país”
16. results...
3027 524 364 y 32
proposals published evaluated b incorporated
proposals 1409 the technical in government
4425
submitted votes comments
comittee plan
19. key takeaways...
Understand Change:
Citizens are politically organizing themselves
through social channels, without parties,
without traditional media.
Innovation = New way of doing politics is
possible:
First iniciative, in América Latina y the
Caribbean to allow citizens to submit proposals
to be included in a government program.
20. Thanks!
Claudia Chez Abreu
Digital Communications Director
Danilo Medina 2012 Presidential Campaign
@cchez