A public declaration of principles and intentions. An Election Manifesto in particular is a document that sets down all the views and opinions that a political party has on certain issues and it will tell the reader the ways that the party would change these issues if they were elected as the government. Read Further

Manifesto Statement refers to individual suggestion or action points put forth by users. A manifesto will consist of all these statements and will be categorized under different headings.

• You may look at local, national and international issues which the voters might consider important.

• Search for news, opinions, and forums etc. on the internet where these issues have been raised before.

• Enter the statement preferably in present tense and tag the question relevantly.

• Read the statements proposed on the site and check if issues have been already discussed. Duplicate statements results in splits in points and hence missing the top spots

• Avoid offensive language and personal abuses however strong you feel about the issue. Your statement may be moderated out.

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It is an indicator of importance of the statement according to the user perception. It reflects how where people consider a particular statement in comparison to other statements in the manifesto. It is not, the percentage of people who have said yes or no to it.

Rating mechanism used in elections.lordsofodds.com is superior to conventional techniques used and is based on a set of algorithms. The algorithms take into consideration the votes given by the users, the timing of the vote, the current value of the weight age, number of people who have cast their vote etc. This mechanism allows you to reverse your vote at a later date and provide multiple votes to the same manifesto to lend your weight behind/against it.

You can add detailed opinion about your views about the suggested statement. You can use this space to add

• Further points in support

• Share useful links and data

• Or even suggest an alternate and more relevant statement

• In short, make it better and demand right action.

In a similar fashion you can use the space to add points against the suggested statement. If you think the proposed statement is irrelevant or not of high importance you can add supporting information there