The Personal Journey Behind Chris Evans's Surprising New Project — a Political Website

Evans and his co-founders Mark Kassen, a director and producer, and tech entrepreneur Joe Kiani made sure to involve elected officials from both sides of the political aisle.

They made nearly a dozen trips to Washington, D.C., to meet with politicians and now have more than 170 senators, congresspeople, governors and mayors featured on the site — though it took work to get them there.

"I thought there was going to be a little more willingness, a little more trust, but there wasn't," Evans says. "It was nice when the ball started rolling. I ended up really being inspired in a lot of ways by a lot of things I saw. They're civil servants. They're just people trying to help other people."

Evans says that since the site launched in July, the response has been great.

"If the only thing we achieve is political engagement from an otherwise apathetic voter, then we've done our job," he says. "Success looks like more people voting."

He adds: "We have the power. We have the numbers. We can make that mechanism work for us, if we're all involved."

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