Remember in 5th grade when you really liked that one girl? She was really awesome and had like five Tamagotchis and like boys who wore JNCO's. You really liked her a lot, but you weren't quite sure if she was ready to "go out" with you (by "going out" we of course mean sit by each other at the lunch table). Well eventually you probably mustered up the courage to send her a note that simply said, "Will you go out with me?" with a box for YES and a box for NO.
Well the website I'm about to show you is much like that letter I wrote.......MANY of us wrote back in the day. Except this time, imagine it as a note from three people. Those people being of course Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and Barack Obama. And instead of asking you to hold their hand during recess, they are asking you about issues that REALLY matter such as healthcare, the war, nuclear weapons, immigration, and tax cuts. Well if you like that idea, then you will love a survey put together by Minnesota Public Radio.
The survey is designed to help people decide on which candidates they should vote for, on the basis of what really matters: the issues. The survey features about twenty questions featuring different aspects of politics one might have concerns about, especially in the upcoming election. After one punches in all their 'yes's and 'no's they are then able to see the results. I believe it is an intelligent way of pushing past all the rhetoric, all the hype, all the nonsense and getting down to what someone really cares about.
The site also features results from everyone's survey combined. It will be interesting to see if any campaigns or media outlets uses this social media information from the results. While Minnesota Public Radio may not be a large impact player in the media world, it just shows us once again the large role user generated social media is playing in this election.
TAKE THE SURVEY
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/ongoing/select_a_candidate/president.shtml
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