# Democratic Candidates/Presidential Election Comparison Site?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-candidates-presidential-election-comparison-site/226256>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 27, 2004, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-candidates-presidential-election-comparison-site/226256 "2004-01-27T05:32:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Civil\_Defense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Civil\_Defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Defense)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-candidates-presidential-election-comparison-site/226256/1 "2004-01-27T05:32:08Z")

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Does anyone know of a website that lists the positions of the Democratic nominees / other party nominees on “hot topics,” like in a format similar to that of a website that compares features of a car?

Or a website with good summaries of something similar?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-candidates-presidential-election-comparison-site/226256/2 "2004-01-27T05:41:09Z")

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Something like this?

[http://presidentmatch.com/Main.jsp2?cp=main](http://presidentmatch.com/Main.jsp2?cp=main)

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-candidates-presidential-election-comparison-site/226256/3 "2004-01-27T05:53:06Z")

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I think the OP is looking for [something like this.](http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/special/president/issues/index.html)

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**Author:** ![Civil\_Defense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Civil\_Defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Defense)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-candidates-presidential-election-comparison-site/226256/4 "2004-01-27T06:23:35Z")

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> [@John Mace](#):
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> I think the OP is looking for [something like this.](http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/special/president/issues/index.html)

Exactly! Thanks!

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**Author:** ![aeropl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@aeropl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aeropl)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-candidates-presidential-election-comparison-site/226256/5 "2004-01-27T07:59:30Z")

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That CNN site seems good and right to the point.

Does anybody know of a site that quizzes you, weights how you stand on issues, and then recommends a candidate based on the results? Something sort of like this [vehicle selecter](http://www.jdpower.com/auto/pvs/PowerVehicleSelector.jsp).

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**Author:** ![aeropl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@aeropl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aeropl)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-candidates-presidential-election-comparison-site/226256/6 "2004-01-27T08:00:47Z")

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(Nevermind, that AOL link wasn’t working so I didn’t see how that is exactly what I described)

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**Author:** ![GSV\_Consolation\_of\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f1d935/32.png) [@GSV\_Consolation\_of\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GSV_Consolation_of_Dreams)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-candidates-presidential-election-comparison-site/226256/7 "2004-01-27T15:28:03Z")

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> [@ccwaterback](#):
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> Something like this?
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> [http://presidentmatch.com/Main.jsp2?cp=main](http://presidentmatch.com/Main.jsp2?cp=main)

Interesting, sort of…

As a Britisher I don’t have any vote obviously but I went through it just for the hell of it.

My top 3 were Kucinich (100% match), Sharpton (alarming that from all that I’ve heard of his being a loon) and Kerry.

My bottom 2 were Lieberman and then Bush (Bush matched only 6%) with 6%.

Mind you I did put in a lot of “No opinion” answers because I had little/no idea of the issues mentioned. Be interesting to see if some people end up being matched to candidates they didn’t expect.