the sweet life » Your Candidate

Your Candidate

Jan-02 » Filed Under: Elsewhere » Posted by: Todd

I'm not sure how you feel about it, but my personal opinion is that the presidential election cycle is about 1 1/2 years too long (assuming candidates declare two years in advance). However, now that the primary season is upon us I thought it would be interesting to take a closer look at the candidates' positions on the major issues of the day. There are a couple websites out there that really helped me look at them in a fairly objective way.

The first is www.2decide.com, which is simply a table displaying the candidates names along one axis, and the major issues on the other. If the candidates support a particular issue they get a check mark, while opposition is represented by a red X. Very straightforward way to see all the candidates together.

The second website, which pulls data from www.2decide.com, is called Pick Your Candidate. I like this one b/c it is more like a blind taste test. You select your personal opinion on the issues, then it displays a list of candidates whose positions match yours most closely.

These tools obviously don't measure qualities like personality and experience, but that kind of appeals to me. I wouldn't rely on this to pick a candidate for you, but it could help break a tie, or help point you in the right direction. I was a bit surprised by some of my results. Were you?


Leave a comment

Recent Photos


View All Photos