DoBid

I wanted to give all people more empowerment and access to democracy. Unfortunately today, most people have only a small share in political influence, while rich individuals, special interest groups, and corporations have a tremendous amount of influence through lobbying. DoBid is envisioned as a "stock market for political influence," where users crowdfund political action funds, who give to the the political campaigns of politicians when their policy objectives are met. I think that in the future everyone will wonder just how we lived for so long with just voting rights, while a special subset of the population ran the show through political contributions and lobbying. Imagine if the stock market worked like that.. only a few people could buy stocks, and everyone else was just a wage earner, couldn't own any equity or make investments.. Well, the same is true today, everyone is theoretically a voter, but "equity" in direct, powerful access to policy decision-making is reserved for only a select few. I want to change that with DoBid and make this political marketplace open to all. Our democracy will strengthen, political engagement will increase, and increased unity through political empowerment can result. And I believe that this model can export internationally as well.