What They Are Saying

The American Political Science Association
Annual national convention in Boston honors Project Vote Smart as 'The Best' source for accurate political information on the World Wide Web. After studying the 34 finalists' sites, the Chairman of the American Political Science Association's Computer and Multimedia section called it a "no brainer."

Markle Foundation Study
Comparing Project Vote Smart to the New York Times, Yahoo, Fox News, CNN, and other major political information systems reports that Project Vote Smart's is superior to all.

New York Times
Project Vote Smart is so good that even the Federal Government recommends it.

USA Today
Heaven for political junkies.

U. S. News & World Report
Project Vote Smart would make the Founders weep with joy.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Project Vote Smart jammed a wrench into the spin machine, the political and media apparatus that anoints candidates and disenfranchises the vast majority of voters.

The Plain Dealer
A truly nonpartisan organization, Project Vote Smart (PVS) supports no candidates and embraces no political philosophy. It merely collects information on where candidates stand on a wide variety of issues and attempts to make that information readily available to the public.

Los Angeles Times
I think it's terrific (and fun) to be able to search presidential candidates' statements. Thank you, Project Vote Smart for putting it all on the web, and making it searchable.

New York Times
For reliable, meat and potatoes political information, research experts nearly all recommend Project Vote Smart.

The Seattle Times
Its web site (www.vote-smart.org) is a treasure of information, without interpretation or spin that collects pure data on each candidate's issues as supplied by the candidate.

Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
How do voters educate themselves on the issues and the candidates? There's no better place to start than Project Vote Smart. Site creators are waging war on elections as popularity contests.

Editor and Publisher
Project Vote Smart is a straight-shooting, nonpartisan political site that can bring you up to speed on a wide variety of political races in no time.

Omaha World-Herald
Project Vote Smart is one of the better and higher-minded projects that our representative democracy has going for it.

Chicago Tribune
There's no better place to start than Project Vote Smart (www.vote-smart.org). Here you can learn nearly all you need to know about congressional candidates and many state office hopefuls you may see on the ballot.

PC Magazine
When you've had enough spin, head over to Project Vote Smart (www.vote-smart.org) for the straight dope...

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
This site is a gold mine of political information.

The San Diego Union-Tribune
Project Vote Smart specializes in reliable, unbiased political information... The web site is especially easy to use.

Toledo (OH) Blade
Perhaps the most comprehensive political web address.

Watertown Daily Times
In that Madisonian spirit, to be more fully armed, one might visit the arsenal of information at Project Vote Smart's web site, www.vote-smart.org.

Hattiesburg American
Project Vote Smart is a wonderful source of information for helping voters understand more about the primaries, Electoral College and popular vote.

Los Angeles Times
Click on Political Savvy Check out the (Project Vote Smart) web site to see which candidates in your district have the guts to provide the public with a record of policy positions to live up to and which bend to the political consultants who unapologetically control their campaign message.

Cincinnati Enquirer
Fed up with politicians who spout sound bites and a media that doesn't always demand more, some Americans have been trying to bring more information directly to voters. The shining example was the formation of Project Vote Smart in 1992.

St. Augustine (FL) Record
The site... should be one that anyone with serious political questions should bookmark.

Searcher: The Magazine for Database Professionals
Overall, this ranks as a great source that can answer just about any question you might have about a candidate.

Decatur (IL) Herald & Review
One of the best sources for information about presidential, statewide, congressional and state legislative races comes courtesy of Project Vote Smart... The web site, www.vote-smart.org, is well-designed and easy to navigate.

Omaha World-Herald
Project Vote Smart couldn't be more nonpartisan, more devoid of an agenda.

San Jose Mercury News
One online resource we're impressed with is run by the nonpartisan group Vote Smart.

The Post-Standard
If you need help comparing a candidate's positions with your own views, one of the best web sites is Project Vote Smart.

Rockford Illinois Register Star
This site provides basic information about politics without making it boring.

Webwatch
Project Vote Smart receives the highest rating as one of the most helpful resources for voters because it contains information about all the candidates for all the political parties in one place.

Internet Policy Institute,
Kimberly Jenkins, President (on washingtonpost.com)
Project Vote Smart is a terrific public interest web site. It's non-partisan and very substantive.

Indianapolis Star
...one of the nation's most trusted voter research organizations.
...may be the most useful voter information project in the country.