Crowdsourcing Democracy | Robert Singleton | TEDxSantaCruz

Can we crowdsource democracy? Using smartphones and social media to stimulate, broaden and deepen civic engagement, millennial tech entrepreneur makes the case that we can, and should. He's already doing it.

Robert Singleton co-founded Civinomics, which focuses on civic engagement, the year before he graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 2012 with a degree in politics and environmental studies. Aside from being chief marketing officer for the online platform, he works as policy analyst for the Santa Cruz County Business Council and is the content manager for the Monterey Bay Economic Partnership.