How to make a difference in the elections as an engineer?

Question

I'm an engineer cooped up in side my NYC apartment trying to figure out what I can do to best help my party (Democrats) win the election this coming fall. I know of opportunities to get volunteer to help races in other states (since we all know NY always goes blue) by making calls and sending texts but it feels like there should be a way to utilize my skills as an engineer to make a different kind of difference. Are there groups I can donate my time to as an engineer or programs I can build to support my party? I am not looking to quit my job but I have a lot of free time.

whb07 · Accepted Answer

You should definitely help increase real estate taxes, increase taxes on wages, and add more regulations on the financial markets. Maybe build a small app to help keep registered voters info so then when these initiatives are started you can quickly get the signatures?

giantg2 · Answer

Duplicate Cambridge Analytica's approach.

_davebennett · Answer

Honestly, you might be better off getting involved in non-tech ways. That's often where most of the help is needed. I do manage a website for my party but it's very hands-off WordPress style.

GudumbaShankar · Answer

Elizabeth Warren's campaign open sourced a bunch of their tools for other campaigns to use. You can try contributing your skills there: https://github.com/Elizabeth-WarrenYou can also look at organizations like Tech for Campaigns (https://www.techforcampaigns.org/) to get involved in.

seesawtron · Answer

ULPT: pro-your-party bot accounts?