Thursday, October 9, 2008

The Undecided



This is a really great website for those of us who may know about the political issues we care about, but don't quite know how to make a decision about whom to vote for. The Undecided uses a series of topics, such as political reform, same sex marriage, accountability, and decriminalization to determine which political party you are most aligned with. It also allows you to prioritize different issues using a sliding scale. There are approximately 50,000-100,000 people who use the site during election time, which is considerably low, but the concept is pretty fantastic.

There were a few key issues that I found difficult to locate, but one of the designers from The Movement, the design team who came up with the idea, reported that they just haven't had enough time to update the website as much as they would like. Thankfully the site is incredibly user-friendly and pretty fun to navigate through. It kind of reminds me of those blind Pepsi/Coke taste tests we used to do in the summer, except that instead of discovering that you actually prefer Pepsi, you may just discover that you actually prefer the Green Party.

http://www.theundecided.ca/

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