A friend forwarded me this really interesting political quiz on ABC news online called Match-o-Matic II. The survey asks you to choose a quote that best aligns with your political view point, and at the end of the survey, it shows which presidential candidate said each quote and what candidate is your best match based on the answers you gave. The topics range from the economy, foreign policy, health care, immigration, abortion, gay marriage and global warming, among others. Surprisingly, some of the quotes pulled to generate the survey were not as clear cut as I thought. Of course, regarding such topics as foreign policy and abortion, it was sometimes obvious what candidate said the quote.
I found this quiz interesting because of the quotes that were chosen for the survey. It would have been easy to use two very opposing quotes about each topic; however, the editors who made this survey tended to pull quotes that at times had very subtle differences. I think the purpose of this was to illustrate that you do not always know a candidate’s position on an issue. At least for me, I found myself confused in parts. Overall, I thought it was a very creative and interactive way to educate people about the election. You should check it out, and let me know what you think.
2 comments:
I totally agree with everything you just said.
I took it, and you would think it would be super easy to pick your party.. but it wasn't. I was pleased with my results, I ended up within my party, but it made me think whether or not I was deciding things because of the party and not because what was said.
Nice find.
I liked the quiz a lot. I know a lot about the canidate I endorse so I thought I'd be able to pick out which quotes were his but for quite a few of them, I wasn't sure.
I ended up completly on my canidates side anyway (I didn't even agree with the other canidate once!) but I think this is the best quiz I've come across yet. People who are undecided should take it. Who knows, it might help them out!
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