Educating the voters Then there are the sites aimed at educating a broad spectrum of voters. Issues2000.org indexes the candidates' views on a surprisingly wide variety of topics, ranging from taxes to technology. It also offers direct links to the news stories and speeches that contain the information. Publicagenda.org's Framing the Debate section also explores policy issues from a wide variety of views. And BallotMaker.org lets people in California, Oregon, and Colorado compare their views on candidates and ballot measures with those of advocacy groups, candidates, and other visitors to the site.
Voters can view the archives.
However, just because the sites are out there doesn't mean people are visiting them en masse. Right now, experts say election sites are mainly drawing political junkies. And remember that lots of people ask their junkie friends how to vote, so that the junkies have influence disproportionate to their numbers. After a year of first-class cruising on DSL, I got bumped back to steerage.