Vote Smart is a nonpartisan non-profit organization, based in DesMoines, IA. The organization’s stated Mission is: “to provide free, factual, unbiased information on candidates and elected officials to ALL Americans.”
They provide a comprehensive data base of facts and unbiased information for voters about over 40,000 candidates and elected officials, including their stated positions and actual Votes in office.
Video by VoteSmart.org
The organization was founded by a bi-partisan group of 40 national leaders, including Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and many others. Vote Smart’s searchable database, which they call the “Voter’s Self-Defense System,” “took 16 years to build and includes factual, unbiased information on more than 40,000 candidates and elected officials, all free and accessible at www.votesmart.org or call toll-free 1-888-VOTESMART,” according to their description provided with the above video.
More recent Video on the Mission of Vote Smart – Voter Education – FACTS MATTER:
As noted in their description of the above Video: Vote Smart “…TRACK[S] THOUSANDS OF POLITICIANS EACH AND EVERY DAY! Their Biographies, Issue Positions, Voting Records, Public Statements, Ratings and their Funders. Vote Smart’s mission is to provide free, factual, unbiased information on candidates and elected officials to ALL Americans.”
Video on Voter Resources provided by Vote Smart:
For more information about your senators & representatives in government, go to https://justfacts.votesmart.org/
