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Project Vote Smart

Project Vote Smart , also called Vote Smart, is a non-profit, non-partisan research organization that collects and distributes information on candidates for public office in the United States. It covers candidates and elected officials in six basic areas: background information, issue positions , voting records, campaign finances, interest group ratings, and speeches and public statements. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
Project Vote Smart has hosted 3 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1992 News Conference. The year with the highest average number of views per video was 2008 with an average of 199 views per video. Most appearances with Richard Kimball (3). Most common tag: Campaigns.

Recent Programs

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    Examination of Candidates Responses

    Project Vote Smart released the final results of a 12-year study examining the “declining courage of candidates who are incre…

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    National Political Awareness Test

    Richard Kimball explained the results of the 1998 Political Awareness Test given to all candidates running for office. He als…

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    Candidate Survey Results

    The Center for National Independence in Politics sponsored a news conference to release the results of a survey of over 1400 …

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