{"id":26246,"date":"2014-06-10T06:45:53","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T11:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=26246"},"modified":"2014-06-10T06:45:53","modified_gmt":"2014-06-10T11:45:53","slug":"andrew-echevarria-uses-tinder-to-connect-with-trinity-spadina-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2014\/06\/10\/andrew-echevarria-uses-tinder-to-connect-with-trinity-spadina-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Echevarria uses Tinder to connect with Trinity-Spadina voters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liam asked if I&#8217;d covered the innovative voter reach-out campaign being conducted by Libertarian candidate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/queenspark\/2014\/06\/10\/trinityspadina_ontario_libertarian_candidate_woos_voters_on_tinder.html\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Echevarria<\/a> in the Trinity-Spadina riding:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Andrew-Echevarria-Libertarian-Tinder-post.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew Echevarria Libertarian Tinder post\" width=\"545\" height=\"365\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-26247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Andrew-Echevarria-Libertarian-Tinder-post.jpg 545w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Andrew-Echevarria-Libertarian-Tinder-post-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Andrew-Echevarria-Libertarian-Tinder-post-480x321.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/>Much like love, wooing voters sometimes requires dabbling in the art of seduction.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s how MPP hopeful Andrew Echevarria sees it. The Ontario Libertarian Party candidate for Trinity-Spadina is using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gotinder.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tinder<\/a> to connect with young people in the downtown riding, hoping to score votes the same way others score dates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI catch their eye,\u201d said Echevarria, who joined the online dating app recently. \u201cTinder is a great moment to catch someone when they\u2019re just hanging out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Toronto Tinder users may recognize the dark-haired, well-suited Echevarria as they swipe left and right through the app\u2019s GPS-enabled library of potential romances. He set his search limit to the scope of the riding and has already been inundated with love connections.<\/p>\n<p>However, he keeps his intentions up front.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTired of dating the same old politicians who lie just to get your ballot? Hook up with Liberty!\u201d he teases, listing his age as 24. Those interested can \u201cswipe right to debate or learn more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>About 50 people \u2014 60 per cent men, 40 per cent women, Echevarria guesses \u2014 have swiped right.<\/p>\n<p>While it might sound like a gimmick, the neuroscience grad from the University of Toronto said he genuinely believes Tinder is an effective way of enticing students and young professionals who are unfamiliar with libertarian politics, which he says are defined by \u201cthe protection of individual rights and freedoms.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liam asked if I&#8217;d covered the innovative voter reach-out campaign being conducted by Libertarian candidate Andrew Echevarria in the Trinity-Spadina riding: Much like love, wooing voters sometimes requires dabbling in the art of seduction. That\u2019s how MPP hopeful Andrew Echevarria sees it. The Ontario Libertarian Party candidate for Trinity-Spadina is using Tinder to connect with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,28],"tags":[188,550,87,593,207],"class_list":["post-26246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cancon","category-liberty","category-media","tag-electionwatch","tag-libertarianism","tag-ontario","tag-socialmedia","tag-toronto"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-6Pk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26246"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26248,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26246\/revisions\/26248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}