GUU: Debate Politics & Shop

GUU: Debate Politics & Shop

By Goods Unite Us Inc.

  • Category: Reference
  • Release Date: 2017-11-08
  • Current Version: 2.7.22
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 69.09 MB
  • Developer: Goods Unite Us Inc.
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 10.0 or later.
Score: 4.68271
4.68271
From 18,986 Ratings

Description

Americans inadvertently donate 3X more to politicians and PACs through their purchases than they donate on purpose. Let's change that! Goods Unite Us is a women-led, Madison-Wisconsin based company with a well-established track-record of providing accurate data. Enter a company or brand name. And we’ll tell you what we know about the political donations made by the organization and its senior employees. Corporations earn profits off of your everyday purchases, and some of those profits are donated to politicians and causes you might not agree with. Most of us are unaware of this because that information hasn't been readily available. Until now. Last, but certainly not least, we recently added a Politicians feature. This allows you to easily look up your favorite politician and instantly see the companies that support him or her! What Users Are Saying “Perfect for EVERYONE.” Jordanschnee, iTunes review “Right or left, this app provides intel…now I can better control the flow. Awesome!” Mcmanus, iTunes review “Love the app!” Kim Doan, Facebook “Excellent! Great way to make sure my money isn’t going towards the communist left!” Aaharp1981, iTunes review What The News Has Been Saying “Goods Unite Us, a startup based in Madison, WI, is seeking to inform consumers about the political leanings of corporations they buy products from.” Jeff Buchanan, Xconomy “One startup out of Wisconsin hopes to make our ethical purchasing decisions a little easier by creating an app that gives full transparency towards corporations’ political donations.” Sam Guia, Techli “Users can search from a database of 3,000 entities on the app and see a company’s Goods Unite Us score. . . . The scorebreakdown shows the percentage of donations to each party and contribution level, assessed by dollar cutoffs.” Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “Though the company says it doesn’t keep track of how its shoppers vote, Patagonia donates overwhelmingly to Democrats, according to Goods Unite Us, an app that shows consumers where their favorite companies’ political allegiances lie.” Alexandra Mondelak, YahooNews How We Vet The Political Donations Our team has spent thousands of hours vetting companies’ political donations with the tools available to us, and we’ll continue refining our data to ensure our results are as accurate as possible. So far, we’ve focused on organizations’ spending in federal elections, and our next step will be to vet state expenditures. Our privacy policy is located here: https://www.goodsuniteus.com/privacy-policy Our Terms of Service is located here: https://www.goodsuniteus.com/terms-of-service

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Reviews

  • Great idea, but some areas of improvement

    4
    By lostinbass
    Overall, I like the idea of the app. Great to be informed about who you’re doing business with. The one problem I see is that the profile creation process does not work. I’ve seen other comments to this effect as well. Also, when, and if the profile process is fixed, I would suggest adding more choices like Costco to categories like gas and HomeGoods. Also, the “other” radio button should not disable the other selections.
  • Impossible to create account

    1
    By JadziaBanks
    … but keeps insisting that I do so. Ugh…
  • Very educational

    5
    By JustAThought7337
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  • Great to know

    5
    By Yes to information
    Quite likely you have wondered how your favorite products contribute to the political machinery. I never knew there was a way to find this out till I heard of this web site. At a boon! I’ve changed some of my product choices, like shoes, because my usual choice gives highly to the Republican Party!! I appreciate being able to track how various companies contribute politically!!
  • Love the data - NEEDS work on the survey

    2
    By Seadesire
    GUU Team - twice your profile development process has taken me through the 10 question survey for the brands AND twice it has return zero results and made me start from scratch. I imagine this is a glitch in the survey component and hope you get it fixed ASAP. There's nothing quite as annoying for a new user as spending time to populate the company's information request to make it more beneficial ONLY to have the company not properly compile or aggregate the data they're asking you to provide. Not a great start to the relationship and now I'm soured on deeper engagement with GUU because what's the point?
  • Love this app!

    5
    By letterbe
    Now I can shop more politically because I know which vendors contribute to my favorite party. It even shows which politicians they support.
  • Accuracy?

    3
    By Liss2009
    Questioning the accuracy of your determination of political affiliation because you have Kanye West listed as a democrat which he is obviously NOT! …tRumpster🤮
  • Great app needs update

    3
    By nicolenoller
    Why has it been 2 years? So much has changed.
  • Independent

    5
    By dfcu fan
    At this time in history I need to know that my money is supporting those company’s with morals and decency
  • Love the concept, hate the bugs

    4
    By xoxoitslizxoxo
    We absolutely need more transparency like this app, but the favorite brands tab doesn’t work, the political breakdown quiz malfunctions, and the app could use a lot of help in general

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