MSNBC’s ‘Rate The Candidates’
Steve Safran April 26th, 2007
As part of MSNBC’s continuing rollout of its theme to offer “A Fuller Spectrum of News,” it now has an interactive feature called “Rate the Candidates”:
You watch a video featuring clips of the candidates talking about their positions on key issues and then use the sliders to give them a positive, negative or neutral rating. Once you’ve done that, you can see the results of how other people have rated other candidates. Locals: learn from this. Many locals now have sections that feature the candidates’ positions on issues - and this is a fun interactive way of drawing people in to learn more and offer instant feedback.
6 Comments Add your own
1. Anonymous | April 27th, 2007 at 10:47 am
kind of like an online focus group… w/o getting paid?
2. Another Anonymous | April 27th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
These sort of things are always described as “fun” or “cool” when they rollout, but how effective are they? Do users really use them? In this case will anyone watch more than one or two of the videos before they vote? Would the voting pattern be any different than a straightfoward list of names with radio buttons?
3. THOMAS HARRIS | May 4th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
On MSMBC’s “Rate the Candidates”: there is no link to Ron Pauls campaign site. Looks like he was good enough to have on the debate and make all the other Rs look like fools with his wisdom and articulation but no link to his site like all the other “candidates”. America this is the last chance to turn this country around and Congressman Ron Paul is the only one that can do it.
http://www.ronpaul2008.com
4. Anonymous | May 7th, 2007 at 10:19 am
Why am I not surprised that none of the networks present Ron Paul in any kind of light? Isn’t news that “Rate the Candidates” shows him as the clear winner, and his rating improved from 9% before debate to 39% after, beating all other candidates? The only mention about him was on Glenn Beck who tried to dismiss him as incompetent.
5. sanfordbill | May 19th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
After being a democrat for 30 years I am going to switch parties. I think Ron Paul has added new life to the republican party. If you can find anything wrong with anything he said please feel free to post it.
6. Keith Bekum | May 22nd, 2007 at 8:04 pm
I watched Ron Paul’s last interview on Late Edition. A favorite question of interviewers is, “your views are so different from the rest of the candidates, do you think your running for the wrong party’s nomination?” It seems strange to keep asking him that question when Mr. Giuliani’s views appear to be seperated a great deal more from traditional Republican values. I’m starting to see why everyone is getting behind Dr. Paul. He has my attention.
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