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January 09, 2008

Electoral Compass USA: Me and the Candidates

Via Andrew Gelman, a tool to see how close the candidates are to you.

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Posted by Robin Varghese at 01:38 PM | Permalink

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What's the most interesting is that you are plotted in what looks to be Kucinich territory, but he's apparently not a choice on this quiz.

Posted by: leftpalate | Jan 9, 2008 3:26:18 PM

Agreed with above, and also, there's no way to indicate which issues matter the most to you as a voter.

Posted by: Damien | Jan 9, 2008 7:58:38 PM

There's no provision for sanity or bigotry. Lots of that stuff in this campaign. Do a little research on Ron Paul, for instance.

Posted by: mr.ed | Jan 10, 2008 9:38:04 AM

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