Handy quiz helps you find which candidates match your views...

Watch out for the BS. Did I say BS? Cause I meant to say BS.

Are any of these sites for real? Or are they there as propaganda devices to mislead and deceive Americans and the world?

If you waste your time answering the poll, come back and indicate whether it was a Ripusoffican or a Democrat it aligned you with.

It paired me with a Ripusoffican candidate I have no love for. Did I say it was BS, because if I didn't, I meant to say it is BS!

I think that regardless of the bias of each site, it is beneficial for voteres to become more informed and see who their beliefs align with. Plus, I have done several of these quizzes and I get Kucinich!

What I was getting at was that you have no way of knowing if your responses are accurately, or should I say honestly aligned with the politicians - unless you are very involved or focused on the issues. That's not most people by far, so they are vulnerable to manipulation by crazy people. Seriously, you can't be lead around like that or we might end up in a war based upon lies or something. Not that that could really happen, seriously - here in America could it?

Now, some of these sites could be honest, while others could skew the results to Ripusofficans - misleading the poler, while others can just skew the results to confuse people.

Really, you need to know your own mind and not something or someone you don't know and shouldn't trust tell you where you stand and how to vote.

of course my vote is not gonna depend on this tests!! but they help me make a better informed decision... At least I liked the one I did... :)

Voyager Films:

Good points. We just released a pod about a new organization called Glassbooth.org which addresses your concerns about the transparency of these vote-match sites head-on. Check it out, and let us know what you think: http://current.com/items/88374021_get_in_the_booth

Wow, honestly. I am at a loss. I would never vote based on a survey. Voting is a privlage and it is our duty as citizens to seek out information from the source. This is one of those things that is kind of fun but sends the wrong message to society. Just imagine telling your children 'Well I wasn't sure if I wanted A or C so I guessed, and it put my entire survey off. Sorry Timmy, no crutches and no surgery this year. The health care system flat lined.' Or fessing up that yes "Mommy/Daddy was lazy when it came to your future. My bad."

proto, the quiz references "the source" i.e. statements made by the very candidates themselves. The reason this quiz was made was to counter people's inclinations to vote on looks, personality and basically all the things that got Bush in office.

Excuse the vocabulary hiccup but I think you get my point. Either that or we are not looking at the same people. When it comes to politicans you can't safely say the "source" and the horses mouth are the same anymore unless you happen to have voice lie detecting software and a straight detailed answer or are truely psychic. Voting records, now that would be the "source" in my opinnion, not a pandering quote put into a candidates mouth by a speech writer and whoever is playing image consultant for the moment.

point taken. perhaps a similar quiz that offers the candidate's voting records instead of their issued statements would be more accurate?

i actually thought that the survey wasn't all to bad. it compared me with exactly who i was already leaning to.