With sportsman's issues becoming more prevalent in today’s elections, InterMedia Outdoors has launched SportsmenVote.com – a powerful new website dedicated to sportsmen and the issues that will affect them most in the 2012 election.
“As the leading media resource for over 52 million hunters, shooters, and anglers, InterMedia Outdoors has a long history of providing information, inspiration and advocacy for the sportsmen community,” said InterMedia CEO Jeff Paro. “SportsmenVote.com will serve the important role of keeping our communities informed and engaged.”
Added VP of content development Todd Smith: “Our goal is to make SportsmenVote.com a resource for America’s 80 million sportsmen. We’re not taking sides or endorsing anyone. We're simply creating the place for sportsmen to learn about the issues that concern them most, find out where the candidates stand on those issues and make their voices heard.”
A variety of interactive features make SportsmenVote.com uniquely positioned to cover politics from a sportsman’s perspective. Key drivers on the site include:
> Exclusive polls showing real-time results on how sportsmen feel about key issues such as gun control, public-land access and how America can balance the preservation of wildlife habitat with our nation’s need for energy development.
> A vibrant news feed that will continually update sportsmen on all the issues of interest to hunters, fishermen, shooters, and wildlife conservationists.
> An interactive “Candidate Match” tool that matches users to the presidential candidates.
> A special panel of industry experts to provide unique perspectives spanning a wide range of sportsman issues from clean water to the second amendment. Panelists will include leaders such as Jeff Crane, president of the Congressional Sportsman’s Foundation, and Steve Sanetti, president and CEO of the National Shooting Sports Foundation.
“The long-term objective of the site is to get more sportsmen and women to the polls,” said Smith.
