A post by Hermit, over at thisisby.us, describes "a nice little one-page website" designed to help people pick the candidate who most closely reflects their own views and concerns:
It was put together by a regular guy, 'spare time' sort of thing. The actual computer programming code that runs the site and calculates the results is completely open-source and transparent, meaning that anyone who knows a bit about programming (such as myself) can look at how the quiz works and clearly see that there are no hidden tricks to skew the results. The candidates' stances on the issues are determined by their actual statements of position, as recorded by www.2decide.com, an excellent, non-partisan service that tracks these things.
He urges readers to go to the site, and check it out for themselves.
He also points out a surprise result from the site:
As of this writing, 153,350 people have completed the quiz. Of those people, more than half (57% in fact) have discovered that Dennis Kucinich is the candidate they should be supporting...
So, if the issues actually mattered, and if Americans looked at the whole field--instead of just the 3 or 4 candidates the mainstream media tells them to, and if Americans voted their conscience, instead of selecting the lesser of the two most popular evils ... Dennis Kucinich would be the runaway favorite. The actual election would just be a formality.
To read Hermit's post, which has a lot more to say—he used to be a Ron Paul supporter, but has changed his mind: [read the post]
To research the candidates in a quick and easy way, and find out who really suits you: [find out who your favorite candidate is]
The research site asks you a list of position questions, then rates all the candidates according to your answers. It also lists the points they disagree with you on, below their names and ratings.
I just took it, and it takes less than two minutes to complete.
Go check it out—you owe it to yourself to find the candidate you really agree with, and give that candidate all your support, before the media decides who you get to choose from.
