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How do I find out what each politican actually stands for?

I would really like to make my own decision in who will be elected our next president. Sounds easy enough but in a world where everyone is so incrediably biased it is hard to find out what each politician actually stands for. So I am not looking for your opinion... I would like to form my own, however I do not know of any good websites or reading materials that are completely unbiased? Any help would be much appriciated =) Hope everyone has a wonderful day!!!

Public Comments

1. Look at the list of their campaign donors.
2. Unfortunately the only true way to tell is to wait until they are in office and see what they actually do. There is way too much hot air during a campaign to trust anything
3. GO TO http://www.barackobama.com then click on ISSUES for other politicans i suggest you go to google.com then type in thier names to find thier web sites
4. They all stand for the same thing...it's called self!
5. well, www.ronpaul2008.com is a great place to learn about ron paul. I'm sure it would be pretty easy to find the official websites for the other candidates. most candidates switch their beliefs with the changing tides, but ron paul has been consistent in Congress.
6. usatoday.com actually has a really nice quiz that lets you know all of the candidates agenda's as well as what candidate would be best suited for your opinions. I found it really helpful and fun! http://www.usatoday.com/_ads/interstitial/2007/page/interstitial.htm?http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/candidate-match-game.htm
7. This website might help you. www.ontheissues.org
8. How could such a publication sell if it wsn't somewhat biased or controversial, this is what propels the media silly. Are you old enough to vote yet and if so, what issues are important to you? I think most voters pick the candidate they see as the most honest and concerned about helping fix this country's important issues. But issues for you are different than he neighbors. How much time do you want to dedicate to reading about politics? There are many many publications to read if you have that kind of interest in politics. Give me some more variable info and I will point you in the direction to find the facts and form your own candicacy selections.
9. It's easiest to pick several issues that are really important to you, and pick based on those ones. It's much less confusing. For instance, my biggest issues are gay marriage (I'm pro), abortion (pro-choice), and universal healthcare (sounds good in theory but would be the worst thing to happen to the US and those of us that already pay up). Those don't have to be yours of course, just examples. From there I look up lots of info for each candadite on each issue (google). Going to lots of different sources (make sure they are credible, not people's blogs) enables me to see how they may have waffled on this issue or changed positions, and any speeches they have given concerning the particular issue. I do not trust politician's websites to give me to the whole story. And you'll never find a "perfect" candidate that wants everything you do, but 80% agreement is what I aim for.
10. www.ontheissues.org.
11. The best thing to do is to look up 2008 candidates (google,etc) and there are many pages that will have the experience listed. Going on that alone will help a bit- You have: Senators- who represent what the people want in a state and vote based on that. (Clinton, Edwards,Barack,McCain) McCain has been a Senator since 1986 and has more years than (Clinton,Barack,Edwards) combined. Mayor's-Who run a city- (Guliani) Governor's- Who run a state-(Huckabee-10 1/2 years, Mit Romney-1term Mass.) Governor's run a full state and you can expect that they will have an easier transition. Also look at Wikipedia- for an unbiased look at specific accomplishments and you can see what you like.
12. People running for office go through lots of time and effort to get elected. This is especially true of politicians running for president of the U.S., because they run for two whole years. Since they devote so much time and effort to getting elected, they focus on trying to please most people and to avoid offending most people. So they try to keep away from difficult and controversial topics, and concentrate on easier issues and to give ambiguous answers. As a result, it is almost impossible to figure out where they stand, and what they would do if elected. Its a case of the bland leading the bland. Someone once said: a political platform is something to run on, not to stand on. So it boils down to looking at what each politician did in previous elected positions. For senators, its their voting records. For governors of states, its what they accomplished in office.
13. One way is to look at their voting record either in the US Congress' website or the Senate's website or whatever state the politician serves in. The voting record is not open to interpretation, they either voted for or against a bill, the problem is that you also have to inform yourself about the bill itself. Say there is a politician you like, then you find out that her or she voted against say increasing salaries for teachers, or so his political opponent says, when in reality when you read the bill it also includes allowing former mental patients to buy weapons. It sounds crazy but that's how laws are often passed, they hide the stuff inside other laws, few if any lawmakers actually read bills before voting on it, these things are ridiculously large (thousands of pages). Other ways is too look into their political past, and where they served. Take a guy like Giuliani, on September 11 he became America's mayor, the problem is that on September 10th, most New Yorkers were ready to run him out of town on a rail. Which means read some news from where they come from.