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# LISTEN: Ballotpedia Creates New Words To Fend Off Partisan Attacks
- URL: https://ivn.us/podcast-ballotpedia-gets-creative-words-good/
- Published: 2018-05-09T23:20:53.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T20:02:38.000Z
- Author: Lindsay France
- Tags: News

What happens when you marry a passionate group of pro-voter Americans to an encyclopedia? You get Ballotpedia.

No government public information officer or website can do what this non-partisan online political encyclopedia does - it hands Americans free, simple, useful, actionable information. It also takes the who, what, when, where… and then goes to unheard of lengths to offer a balanced "why".

The team even create new words when the one in common use becomes so partisan it blocks thoughtful discussion.

Check out prior Business of Politics podcasts (and compare how cool our new logo looks to the prior one). Subscribe to IVN podcast's channel on [iTunes](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/independent-voter-podcast/id1143325557?mt=2&ref=ivn.us) or [SoundCloud](https://soundcloud.com/independent-voter-podcast/?ref=ivn.us) and stay tuned for the next episode!