Comparing Legislative District Democratic
Websites
This analysis of Democratic
legislative district websites is intended to facilitate examining and comparing
website features to find features which might be adopted.
12 Features
Upon examination of each
website for each of the 12 features listed below, an ‘X’ was put in the columns
in which these features were present.
But much variation may occur. For
example, a website may have a brief mention of PCOs or describe the role, how
to become one and list the PCOs. There
are asterisks by some websites which seem to offer excellent coverage of many
features..
If you are interested in a
feature, simply click on the legislative districts or counties which have an
‘X’ in the appropriate column. You can
quickly review them and make notes concerning the websites and their contents
which you want for your website.
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2 bylaws; officers and committees |
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LD 12 – see Chelan and
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LD 13 – see Grant and
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LD 19 – see Cowlitz,
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Congressional Districts Websites
below are hosted by our congress members
CD 1 King, Kitsap,
Snohomish
CD 2 Island,
CD 3 Clark,
CD 4 Adams,
CD 5 Adams,
Asotin,
Stevens,
CD 6 Clallam,
CD 7 King
CD 8 King, Pierce
CD 8 another website
CD 9 King, Pierce,
Thurston
Counties Democratic Organizations County Government Websites County Profiles
The following list of all
our 39 counties contains links to those Democratic
Adams, Asotin, Benton,
Chelan,
Clallam, Clark, Columbia, Cowlitz,
Douglas, Ferry, Franklin,
Garfield, Grant, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King County, Kitsap, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lewis, Lincoln, Mason, Okanogan, Pacific, Pend Oreille, Pierce, San
Juan, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish,
Spokane, Stevens, Thurston,
Wahkiakum, Walla Walla, Whatcom, Whitman, Yakima. The link to
Other Analyses and Improvements Needed
No analysis is made here of
the appearance and ease of use of the websites.
This might be done by someone more competent than I am. Would anyone like to do it? A similar report might be made to facilitate
comparing newsletters. Would anyone like
to do it?
Your comments for improving
this report are welcome. For example,
some of the ‘X’s could be colored red to indicate superior coverage. After improvements have been made, this
report will be posted in the resources column of our website.
I also recommend that our Democratic
organization appoint a group to create a guide for creating these websites,
which could include one or more prototypes which demonstrate best
features.
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