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New apps like 5 Calls that help voters express their views to elected representatives are jamming Congress’s phone lines, the Washington Post reports.
“The popularity of 5 Calls shows that Americans used to the ease of apps like Uber Eats are bringing those expectations to their interactions with elected officials. Government-contact apps and social media let people quickly channel anger into action, and turbocharge it by asking others to do the same.”
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.