About us

What is Lobbyplace ?

Lobbyplace intends to combat resignation, cynicism and the disillusionment akin to general contempt for political institutions.

Big business lobbies spend an average of $34 for every dollar spent by all unions, nonprofits and public interest groups combined.

As an example, let us cite Martin Glen and Benjamin I. Page (“Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens”) who, based on data collected in the United States between 1982 and 2002, a time when inequalities were even less glaring than today, establish the following. If citizens of the middle class and below, who have the right to vote, hope that a law will be passed, it has a 30% chance of being passed. If these same citizens from the middle class and below do not want a law to be passed, it also has a 30% chance of being passed. But if big businesses and the richest citizens hope that a law will be passed, it has a 60% chance of being passed. And if these corporate interest groups and the richest individuals do not want a law to be passed, it has a 0% chance of being passed and will not pass. Which leads researchers from Princeton and Northwestern University to postulate this conclusion:

“The preferences of the average American appear to have a tiny, almost zero, statistically insignificant impact on public policy.”

This problem is not confined to the United States or even democracies, it is a global problem.

In a world where economic elites and corporate interests have substantial influence over municipal, regional and national decisions, where the vast majority of citizens have little or no influence, Lobbyplace wants to give people lobbying power.

The OBJECTIVE of Lobbyplace is to offer every citizen the power of a lobbyist.

Lobbyplace's MANDATE is to MAKE citizens' priorities KNOWN in real time.

This is our one and only goal, and it always will be.

Our fundamental principle is to never seek growth or profit by adding features that could take us away from this goal.

This site exists to do one thing only and everything will be done to excel in this core business.

How does it works ?

Visit the Browse Ideas page. Do you like any of the ideas that are being proposed for your country, region or city? Sign up and vote for them to give them even more weight in the eyes of decision-makers.

Do you have ideas of your own for your country, region or city? Even better! Sign up to submit your ideas and have them voted on by people in your area.

You can only submit an idea and vote for ideas that are relevant to the country, region or city of your primary address.

We are not a “social network” in the traditional sense. In that it's not people who are at the heart of Lobbyplace. It's ideas.

We believe that the truth is that the people we are truly close to and care about, no matter what happens in their lives, can be counted on the fingers of one hand. It's the ideas we share that connect us in large groups, not the nature of our individuality.

Once your identity is confirmed to ensure the absolute integrity of the voting process, your user profile remains private and only you have access to it.

Lobbyplace will never rent, sell or trade your personal information, the identities of people who submitted ideas or anyone's vote.

No matter what form of government is in power, Lobbyplace is not about letting the people in power know the identities of who they govern, but what their priorities are.

Are you a mayor? An elected official? A minister? A senator? A dictator? A president? A prince regent? Visit the Browse Ideas page, enter your country, region or city, and find out what the people in your area want most. Find out which ideas fire them up!

And when you have achieved what your people want most, get to work on the second most voted idea, then the third idea, and then the next, and then the next, and so on.

That's called progress.

And that's what we're all about.

Lobbyplace's reason for existing

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