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Can This Quiz Help You Pick the Right Presidential Candidate?

ISideWith.com tries to match your views with those of the candidates.

Still on the fence about which presidential candidate you'd like to vote for in November?

Try iSideWith.com, an online political tool that matches your stance on various issues with those of Mitt Romney, Barack Obama or those running on other lines, such as Jill Stein, presidential candidate for the Green Party. 

The site was launched earlier this year to help voters match up with their ideal candidate, and it's quickly gaining popularity through social media channels. In fact, according to iSideWith.com's homepage, more than 4 million people have taken the free quiz to determine their ideal candidate since it went live in March.

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According to the quiz site, 52 percent of the participants in Pennsylvania side with Obama, 37 percent with Romney, 48 percent with Libertarian Gary Johnson and 42 percent with Stein.

The quiz covers everything from social issues to foreign policy. Answers can also be fine tuned: You can choose general or more detailed responses, and a scale allows you to set the level of importance for each issue. Your responses are then analyzed to determine your ideal candidate, complete with a breakdown of your response matches.

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Seems to be a pretty handy tool, but does it work? You tell us.

Obama and Romney meet in their third and final debate tonight at 9.

Take the free quiz on iSideWith.com and let us know what you think. Is the candidate it matched you with the candidate you plan to vote for?


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