Which Candidate is Right for You?

Are you as tired of the popularity contest associated with the Presidential Candidates (sponsored by the media), as the rest of America? Well the internet has made it a lot easier to find out which candidate is right for you based on where you stand on the issues.

1. The folks at 2decide.com have created an awesome table listing the candidates' positions on some of the top issues. If you haven't see this it is worth a look. Even better invite a group of friends over print out a table for each of them and then use it to play bingo as you talk politics! Link

2. Fellow blogger Matt Waterman has created a simple way to find out which candidates share your views. You decide where you stand on the issues and his script matches that to the candidates. I strongly suggest you try this out! Hopefully, you aren't too surprised by the results. Link

3. Ok, so this is piggybacking off of #2, but if you are really interested in where others stand on the issues you need to hit up Mr. Waterman's stats page. Basically, everything that is entered into the candidate matching script (#2) is logged. Mr Waterman has set up another script to generate stats from this info. This stats page has real potential. But, these stats could be hacked, there is no limit on the number of times you enter your issues, and you do not have to be of voting age etc. to participate. Link

Hopefully, these sites will help you cut through the popularity factor and get down to what really matters. And remember, a president never ever changes his mind once he has been elected.

Watch...It's just a matter of time before someone designs a widget etc. for facebook/myspace/blogs to display "Your presidential Match". Would you use it if there was one? I probably would.. but, your just going to have to wait until that time to see who I matched to.