Admittedly, I do not keep a close eye on a lot of US political landscape any other time than election time. However, in my defense, I read up on world politics and if it happens to involve the US, well good for me. The point being, I want to make an informed decision, but it’s hard to tell whether information being presented is bias to an extreme point. Anyone who claims that their info is unbiased obviously has a bias position about their own information quality. In light of the bias dilemma, I will not actually compare the candidates myself, rather I will provide links to particular sites and hope after looking at all of them you will have a slightly less bias view of the candidates. Let’s move on to some informative sites that will help make the decision in November a bit easier, hopefully.

http://www.wmur.com/compare-candidates/index.html

This information is from a news station in New Hampshire. New Hampshire is considered a tossup state this election. With a Democrat Governor and a Republican Senator New Hampshire doesn’t seem to lean any particular direction. It has a history of voting Republican during presidential races but has voted Democrat five times (Wilson, FDR, Johnson, and Clinton twice). New Hampshire seems like a state that might have the least bias information. However, the link just brings you to the issue comparison.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/issues/

CNN has a tendency to support the liberal side. Still it is a good source to examine the issues as long as you balance it out with the other side. It seems to be doing alright so far for this election, but I’m sure things will heat up once election day draws nearer.

http://www.selectsmart.com/president/2008/comparethem.html

I don’t know much about this site, except it has other goofy quizzes on it. It offers some decent information.

http://elections.foxnews.com/candidates/

Fox usually leans on the Republican or conservative side. Rather than comparing issues, there is some biographical information about the candidates and some related articles.

While these are not the only sites out there that will help you make a decision, they are a start to get more than one site to the issues. Please leave other links in the comments section, or comment about the links above. The more informed we are the better off we’ll be– I hope. Thank you.

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Dr. M. CLK