A good resource for caucus-goers who are still on the fence, though issue stands aren’t the only factor for many politically-engaged Iowans. -promoted by desmoinesdem

Vote Smart is adding a welcome measure of sanity to Iowa’s presidential primary by enabling Iowa voters to find their best Presidential Match – with facts, not fiction.

Over the past year Vote Smart has applied thousands of research hours into detailing each candidate’s political history (votes, public statements, backgrounds and actions) and compiling it into a massive data set.

Even when candidates have refused to answer voters’ questions on crucial issues they will face if elected, Vote Smart researchers have been able to expose their positions by examining the candidates’ own words and public records. All candidate information is instantly available in VoteEasy, an entertaining, award-winning candidate matching tool on the Vote Smart web site (votesmart.org).

“This is fact checking on a massive scale,” said Richard Kimball, Vote Smart President. “It is often easier to catch a greased pig than it is to catch a candidate with a straight answer to a straight question,” he said. More than 20,000 supporters, staff, volunteers and interns at Vote Smart are ensuring that Iowa’s voters can bypass the candidates’ hype and spin entirely to see who they really are and what they really represent.

With VoteEasy, users can instantly see which candidates agree with their positions on 15 key issues. Users answer a series of issue questions, then watch as each candidate’s yard sign advances in agreement, or recedes, based on their factual public records. VoteEasy is available to all Iowans free of charge at votesmart.org.

Vote Smart is a non-partisan, tax exempt, non-profit national research organization devoted to ensuring every citizen’s access to the facts about all politicians.