Where do you get your political views?
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Everything changes. My socio-political views are vastly different than they were before the Viet Nam war.\n\nI prefer to consume information from all points of the political compass rather than be one of the lemmings being preached to by the choir. I get info from Fox News, NBC, ABC, CBS, Christian Science Monitor, PBS...you name it, I'll read it. Then I put it through my BS filter and do my best to get a truer picture than what just one or two news outlets would present. I hate the thought of falling into line on an issue based on political bias.
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Tom Vilsac, the governor of Iowa, who is also exploring the waters for a 2008 presidential race started his career going door to door, but rather than a brochure, he gave out a blank sheet of paper asking what issues were on their mind. It worked. So get to know your district, go ask tons of open questions. Listening in politics is a lost art. Write your local papers on what your listening discovers. Ask for help. Create a simple web pages with some interactivity built it. Collect as many email addresses as you can. Avoid negativity. Only solutions solve problems. Engage the fringes and the center. Listen. Listen. Listen.
196833
Being the geek that I am, I follow politics.  It's actually pretty interesting once you get into it, and you get to feel good knowing that you're informed and involved.\n\nPlus, it's a really easy way to impress people in conversation.
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1. Politics\n2. Politics\n3. Politics
875321
There are hundreds of political parties out there offering all sorts of views.\n\nSo go join one, and promote it! Then again, there's plenty of room for more parties. You can anme it after yourself.
1094090
Nope.  I enjoy a good debate and monitor politics closely but I have many other interests and hobbies.  It only occupies one area of my life.  Sometimes though I will argue for something I am against just to get a good, lively conversation going!
801986
You cannot, as the individual biases of the people affect the poll.\n\nWhat you are looking for is a poll that represents the people, not one that is unbiased.  For that, you need a large sample.  If you were doing a poll involving a town of 500, talk to at least 350 people.  If you were doing a state, that number would be much larger.\n\nA poll is to show the opinions of the people, not to be unbiased.  So you  need a large sample of the group you are targeting to get a good poll.
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I never get my news from the main stream media, I am a big fan of reporters without borders and their press freedom campaign, the news can be found on this multi lingual site http://www.rsf.org/\nThe best way to look at any news is as an opinion, only when you have gathered the opinions of as many people as possible can you form your own opinion.
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G'day Aimeanna,\n\nThank you for your question.\n\nI have tried Real Clear Politics which is one of the best sites but it doesn't have it.  I can't seem to find one overall site that lists them all. The State Department for each state would probably list them on their websites. The Initiative and Referendum site has a site showing which states have initiatives and referenda and historical information but not current. You might have to check websites in each state to find the information you are after.\n\nRegards
715020
You should go into politics
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My favourite when I did political science: http://www.currenthistory.com/
577975
Got it....several sites listed below...this is when you form your own opinion, and what's best for YOU! :)
905855
You should just stick with local issues...who the mayor is of their city, etc. Keep it simple, they don't understand the abstract of  US "politics" yet...
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Take the test and find out where you are on the political map. Interesting stuff.
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actually yahoo does a fantastic job of figuring that out for you.  It's kinda cool.  Just pick your state and Rep, then below the picture choose the option "key votes".  Also you can go to their specific website.
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I don't know what websites you are looking at, but a quick search yields: http://www.politicalcompass.org/  Have you tried this one?  Also, I think Project Vote Smart has something like what you describe: http://www.vote-smart.org/index.htm
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What makes you think this?\n\nYou are really stupid if you think you can decide what we think for us.\n\nOf course your political opinions are not the most well thought out and they are rather poorly presented.  (Why should anybody listen to you when you keep acting like an idiot?)