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Glassbooth: which candidate agrees with you?
If you're not sure which presidential candidate deserves your precious vote, spend 5 minutes on Glassbooth to learn which candidate's views most closely relate to yours. Glassbooth uses a two-part process to lead you to voting enlightenment. The first part is a point-assignment exercise where you assign a total of 20 points to specific topics (gun control, abortion, health care, etc.) based on how important the issues are to you. It's kind of like video game "Create a Player" modes where you're given limited points to apply to your player's attributes to tweak the player the way you want.
The second part is a "strongly oppose"/"strongly agree" exercise that requires you to answer about 20 questions by choosing how much you agree with the question presented. Example: "I support or oppose investment in alternative forms of energy."When you're all done, you're given a screen showing the top 3 candidates that agree with you, organized by how strongly your views coincide. You can use a drop-down list to view how closely you agree with other candidates as well. A short blurb about the selected candidate is presented along with a breakdown of the specific issues and the amount of similarity between your views and the candidate's views. You can link to the results page URL to show your friends what you think.
In addition to the quiz, you can browse through the candidates and their positions on issues (complete with citations).