Admins @ Work » Politics http://adminsatwork.com A Resource for Administrative Professionals Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:05:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Who Has Your Vote for 2008? http://adminsatwork.com/2008/01/27/who-has-your-vote-for-2008/ http://adminsatwork.com/2008/01/27/who-has-your-vote-for-2008/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:12:50 +0000 Erin Colbert http://adminsatwork.com/2008/01/27/who-has-your-vote-for-2008/ Presidential Candidates 2008Having trouble sifting through the stances of presidential hopefuls and finding the candidates that are most aligned with your political interests?

A new Web tool — the Electoral Compass USA — allows users to identify where they stand in the “political landscape” and which candidates are closest to them.

Here’s how it works: Users answer 36 questions – on anything from gun control to Iran to Medicare – before finding their place in the political landscape.

The Compass was developed by political scientists the Free University in Amsterdam. Its scientists developed a similar compass for recent Dutch and Belgian parliamentary elections, drawing millions of responses from voters.

The U.S. compass launched on WSJ.com on Jan 3rd.

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