On: Can Reddit interview presidential candidates better than traditional media?

[btilly]

The answer is yes. The forum is not trying to channel the conversation through a pre-determined dialog.

Likewise a website is able to do a better job of figuring out who you should vote for than listening to campaign ads. In the last several elections I've used http://www.selectsmart.com/president/ as a starting point for figuring out who I support.

[kissickas → btilly]

To provide another implementation, I prefer http://www.isidewith.com/political-quiz as it's more issue-based and you don't need to know the stances of the organizations mentioned in the selectsmart quiz.

[btilly → kissickas]

I like the fact that selectsmart ranks each possible candidate, and not just general parties.

For example in 2008 there were significant policy differences between Obama and Clinton. And I wanted to know who I sided with in the primary.