GUU: Debate Politics & Shop Reviews

I truly appreciate the work that has went into investigating companies and their contributions to political parties. I like being able to view this all in one place. However, I am concerned as to why companies whose political contributions are “Moderate”, yet they contribute mostly to Republican candidates, are given a negative score regarding Campaign Finance Reform, yet those with “Moderate” contributions on the Democrat side seem to be given positive scores. I’ve seen this across all levels of Contribution Levels, and it remains the same for those who contribute mostly Republican- they receive a negative score, while others are given positive scores. Perhaps I’m not reading something correctly, but this does concern me, as I don’t see how Campaign Finance Reform is more negatively affected by a company contributing the same amount towards campaigns, with the only difference seemingly being their political leanings.

This seems like a good idea, but this needs a lot more transparency into the actual data to back up their claims in GUU. So far it seems like an unknown entity submitting information based on unknown sources. Not exactly the most trustworthy source. With more transparency I might be more inclined to use GUU, but for all I know it could be extremely biased in one way or another. Personally I like to see the cold hard data and form my own opinion from that. The debate section seems like a decent idea and fine for refining opinions, but the actual data GUU presents has no transparency to track it down to its source. That much really concerns me. In any case, it may be fine— but take the information with a grain of salt and use at your own risk.

I’ve been using GUU for years, and I really appreciate the fine work that the developer as put into this. However, I recently purchased an “Expedited request” that should have given me two brands which would be researched within 30 days. I made made the purchase, never received a confirmation e-mail, and I’ve contacted the company twice during the last 2 weeks. There has been no response. I also haven’t seen many updates to GUU within the last 6 months. Is GUU still being supported? I would like a refund for my expedited request, but there does’t appear to be anyone responding to e-mails.

Just learned about how GUU lets you know how the companies we do business with support Political Parties & People running for office.
We have found that a lot of businesses we have purchased from for years are VERY OFTEN supporting interests that are NOT the same as our own.
Unfortunately it’s like we have been giving $$ to companies to go against, what or who, we would vote for. But no more!
With the help of GUU we will NO LONGER be contributing to this.
Thank you for creating GUU to give us the information & knowledge to choose.

After the attempted Trump Coup, many companies are saying they are pulling financial support from the GOP and seditious congress people. You can look up companies here to see how egregious their support has been and then make your purchasing decisions with actual information. Furthermore, after all the calls for “let’s put this behind us and move on,” you can check back to see which companies have jumped on the Trump Train again.

I signed up for an account so I can rate myself and it pretty much ruined GUU . It won’t save my answers to the survey and after I answer the last question it takes me right back to the first one. When I tap the home button it takes me to profile set up and suggest rate yourself, start now. I go through the questions AGAIN and same thing happens. Now I can’t even scroll through the list. I even signed out and now it just asked me to make a profile. I verified my email address. It’s basically useless now. I love the information I was finding before I created an account and now I wish I hadn’t made an account.

It’s interesting to see which companies are donating to which party, but fails to clearly disclose their bias, which is evident in one of their “scores” of a company, giving them a more favorable rating if they donate to Democratic candidates. They do state that they have a political position which influences the previously mentioned scoring system, however quite discretely. Apps like these should simply present the facts and allow the user to decide for them selves, rather than insert their own opinions. Other than that, GUU functions quite fine and the UI is also quite good, hence the three-star rating.

After creating an account, I have completed the “Political Breakdown and Campaign Reform Finance Score” survey 3 separate times. It doesn’t seem to register that it’s been completed however, as my results are not processed and GUU looks as if I haven’t done the survey at all. I just want to know who/what the brands I’m buying from are supporting, so I can make the appropriate changes that align with my political leanings. I’m thinking of deleting GUU , because the survey was the main reason I downloaded it, and if that doesn’t work then I don’t have any reason to keep GUU . (I’ve also checked to make sure my app is fully updated, it is).

This seems to be a left-leaning app. It ranks most Republicans-leaning companies negatively no matter how much donations they give, and mislabel many Democrat-giving companies as Republican, even though if you look at the “Political” tab you see that these companies clearly gave to Democrat politicians. Don’t believe me? Look at CNN and NBC, clearly left-leaning Democrat organizations, yet they are marked initially with a red elephant (Republican), but when you look at who they gave to...All Democrats.

Still, I gave GUU two stars because it does help me decide which companies I don’t want to spend money or time using...I don’t use their deceptive rank, but instead I go straight to the list of people the company in question made donations to.

Thanks so much for this wonderful gift & outstanding service for educating me and my family on where we are spending our hard earned CASH!

This really makes a huge difference as we can definitely vote for businesses which support our commitment to social justice issues and community service...

We must make sure that our dollars impact equality equity and a level playing field for everyone across the board! Rich politicians must be held accountable and embrace paying their fair share!!!

The review I wrote previously is gone.
I wonder what happened.
I thanked the maker of GUU for giving me/us a tool to help us shop at conservative companies.
I have noticed though that the way GUU rates is a bit misleading. For instance, any business that rates a negative score is a business that donates more to the Republican Party, any business with a green number Democrat.
But the score on the list often times does not reflect the percentage donated, for instance, a company that gets a minus 41 actually donates 100%. Or that scores a 60 donates 90+%.

My point here is don’t go by the score in the column. Select the company and look at the percentages. The company you are looking at may actually be more or less generous to your party of choice than the score would seem to indicate.

I love GUU it helps me stay away from brands and other organizations that I don’t want to support. But I think it needs some work. I want to be able to follow the brands that I use most to fix my rating (which it says you can do but you can’t), I want to learn more about where the money is going (which it gives you the option to do but you can’t click on the button to do so) if these problems get fixed GUU would deserve more than 5 stars.

Even though you see a red elephant, does NOT mean conservative. You have to click on the breakdown to see exactly who they donate to.
Long Horn Steak House listing shows a red elephant (conservative), but when you click below for more info, you see they donated to 3 Democrats and 2 republicans. The two Democrats were Hillary Clinton ((ran against Trump) and Debbie Wasserman Shultz. So, the listing is inaccurate. This is our fave restaurant, so we looked it up as soon as we got GUU . We then went and looked more deeply at other listings and found similar situations.

As a life long Democrat I want to spend my money to advance the ideas that I think will empower my belief that we can all live in peace. As such, I was delighted to get GUU and make conscious choices about how a company stand about issues. I won’t buy anything anymore that comes from a company that supports the Republican agenda. I don’t want to live in the America that they want to live in so I don’t want to throw them my money.

It’s nice to be aware of who donates to what party the most. It seems that other reviewers like it so they can avoid purchasing products supporting Republicans. I feel the same but about the ones supporting the Democrats. Its interesting to know that most of the big cell phone companies donate more than 50% to the Republican party. I’d like to see how many people will give up their phones or stop shopping at Walmart. Very interesting.

I love Goods. It’s never been so
Important to me that I’m not funding companies who choose to fund corporations or call me names behind my back. I think Home Depot was a great example for me. When because I was in the party that believes in equality, environmental concerns (regulations) climate change, and most of all honesty get called a libtard by the CEO, I walked away. Getting used to Lowe’s, but would like to see more blue companies found.

This is a great app. I love how it bring transparency to what companies are doing with your money and political campaigns.
My only complaint is that I referred a ton of people before they started charging money. I didn’t get credit for any of it when after that they were giving away subscriptions. I don’t mind the ads they just should have started tracking referrals from the beginning if they wanted to use them as an incentive.

Sure, everyone has a bias, but when speaking on the cronyism in D.C., it seems as though this would be a more fair to grade solely on dollars spent in Washington D.C..
For instance, a company that donates $(X) to a progressive agenda should be graded equally to those companies that donate $(X) to conservative agendas.
( I.e. $(PX)=$(CX) )
It is intellectually dishonest to suggest that one company that practices in the same manner that another does, is any better or worse than the other, based on bias.
I am neither a liberal nor conservative, but I fully believe that cronyism, no matter what side, is the root of many American problems that are currently being faced.

There is very little transparency in your ratings. For example, I have no clue how CVS Pharmacy shows as “Leans Democrat” while others sites indicate (and back up with numbers) that they lean Republican, especially in the past few years. Also, your in-app help menu is just a repeat of the intro tutorial, the option to Give Feedback via FB doesn’t even connect us to the appropriate FB account page, and the option to give feedback via Twitter doesn’t work on current iOS app

So disappointed. Can you fix GUU so that the print can be made larger and bolder? There are many of us with less than perfect vision. I can adjust the font on many apps and on my cell
Phone but not on GUU. So disappointed! Was so looking forward to checking out companies, retailers and individuals who don’t always “put their money where their mouth is”!!!😆😆 Would love to be able to use app if this issue can be addressed. It is a great concept. Now you are telling me my nickname has already been taken so try another one. Buy the system seems licked up abd won’t let me. Will try again. Nope.

GUU is so well done! I found myself in a rabbit hole constantly online trying to figure out who and what companies fund specific candidates and policies. I’m so happy that someone has developed GUU. It’s so well organized and also so eye opening. I like how it caters to all parties, and mostly the quiz that gives you an overall sighting of where your spending your money. And then it gets even better when they breakdown alternatives to get you on track to putting money in the companies that contribute to the candidates and polices you believe in.

I completed the test about brands I use, which hit some major areas. However, it doesn’t let you alter your stores/brands after your score is set. I went through every screen of GUU and found nothing to help modify the list of brands. It would be nice to also have a favorite list for politicians to save searching every time. I’ll change this review for a higher score if the update is provided for user modification to personal list of brands/politicians.

The voice of purchase power is important! GUU is terrific in providing just the information I need to purchase or not purchase products.. so I can be more ethical and true to my progressive and democratic values. Thank you. I also love it that women are a force in this company and you hale from Wisconsin. The male / female balance in your company hopefully makes you a collaborative company.. as a mother of two sons -this is so important.

I’ve changed where I shop, the brands I purchase and little by little I will only spend my dollars where the brand supports my politics. I believe this, more than anything will reshape America. Most of us support companies that don’t support us and we should empower those that do.
I will make sure my friends and clients have and use GUU. Thank you.