Whenever I find something online I like to give credit where credit is due. I found a site called KillerStartups where they go out and review different “start-up” sites on the net. They have a rating system similar to Digg where users can rate how they think a site will perform. Anywho, one of their reviews was for a site called Glassbooth.

Glassbooth gives you an independent assessment of where you stand with all the 2008 candidates. I love sites like this because you just answer the questions on the issues and then you can see how your answers stack up to all the different people in the race. I took this right off of their “about” page:

Glassbooth is a nonprofit organization that is creating innovative ways to access political information. An informed and interested democracy is a powerful thing. As an organization acting in the public’s interest, we are very serious about our core principles:
Integrity

All information used in the Glassbooth process is of the highest accuracy and integrity. No process is perfect though. Please get involved and shoot us an email if you want to add or comment on any of our content.
Nonbias

We believe Glassbooth’s success is contingent on nonbias in our process. We have worked closely with partners and experts to insure our language is in no way misleading. Again, feel free to email us with suggestions as to how we can improve.
Nonpartisan

Glassbooth does not affiliate with any political party, political organization, or ideology…we can’t and we won’t.
Transparency

All information used by Glassbooth will be available for the public to view and scrutinize. We are not Google…we want you to know why your results are delivered the way they are.
Insight

Glassbooth is always learning and adapting to how people are using media and interacting with information. We are constantly adding new features to the site so check back often.

One feature that I really liked about the site is that you can look at every issue for each candidate and see their stance for that issue. There is also a link to the transcript/article when they said it. I was actually pretty surprised on where I thought different candidates were on a position (e.g. I didn’t know McCain flip-flopped on abortion…he was originally pro-choice but now he is pro-life). Overall, I thought is was a good information site. Check it out and see where you stand. Later on in 2008 I may post how my survey turned out but I will say I lined up with the candidates. I will say I had a mixture of both parties have the highest comparison to me @ 70%.

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