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Last modified: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 2:30 AM EDT
Political Web site honored
BY AMY DeMELIA SUN CHRONICLE STAFF
NORTH ATTLEBORO
A Web site developed with help from a local man has been picked as one of the 20 best political Web sites by PCMagazine.com for its ability to pair voters with the presidential candidate who best reflect their views.
PCMagazine ranked Glassbooth.org as No. 1, ahead of other well-known political Web sites including Politico, The Huffington Post, CNN.com and Salon.com.
It also was recently picked as the top election Web site by Cnet.com.
Glassbooth.org was launched last November, and was designed to help match voters with contenders in the presidential primary.
Mark Manoogian, a North Attleboro resident, is involved with business development for the Glassbooth Web site, which was created by three friends - Ian Manheimer, Robert Boyle and Alex Jacobs.
Interest in Glassbooth caught on quickly, with the site tallying more than a million visitors in its first three months.
"We have been working very hard as the end of the election nears, and have done some major updates to the site, gotten some good press and started on some new projects," Manoogian said. "Moreover, we are getting thousands of visitors to the site each day."
Visitors to the Web site are first asked to choose the issues that are most important to them - ranging from anything from Iraq foreign policy to health care to the economy to global warming.
Once the issues are selected, a quiz pops up that allows voters to indicate how they feel about those issues.
Non-partisan site
The Web site, which is non-partisan, matches the visitor with the presidential candidate who best reflects those opinions.
Visitors also can skip the quiz, and just read up on a particular candidate and that person's stance on a particular issue.
The site is partnered with On The Issues, which scours newspapers, speeches, press releases and the Internet to pin down the candidates' views. |