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Hey Y’all! Glassbooth has teamed up with EngageNOLA to launch a site for the New Orleans Mayoral Election (this February 6th). Check it out on the homepage and pass along to any you know who lives in the Crescent City.

Glassbooth has partnered with Charitybuzz and WordTheatre to auction off some great experiences in support of charity:

Give your Mother the most unique Mother's Day gift ever! Two tickets to WordTheatre at Warszawa, an inviting little Polish restaurant in the heart of Santa Monica with the opportunity to meet the performers (Stephen Collins, Tess Harper, Lynn Ferguson, John Heard, and Beata Pozniak).

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Do you enjoy hearing a good story? Well, here's your chance to enjoy an afternoon of storytelling with your favorite east coast authors and actors at Soho House in New York on May 3, 2009. Afterwards you will join Brian Cox and Nicole Ansari (his wife) for dinner at Soho House's private restaurant! What better way to spend a Sunday afternoon?

via Michelle

Just hours before Election Day and the LA Times wants to spoil the party by asking an ominous question: “How Smart is the American Voter?”

Ahem, the answer is, well….not smart. The better question is really, “how not smart?”

Playing nice, the author, Bartels, calls voters “predictably irrational.” We take impressions and build platforms from them. And when studies find large blocs of voters all misinformed about the same piece of information, it shows we are easily manipulated by political communication.

The article is a great read, citing research from the 50’s to the present election. It is not until we can call our collective irrationality by its name that we can begin to fix it.

When we started Glassbooth over a year ago, we knew it would be helpful, but couldn’t have imagined how many people would end up using it. Before long it became clear to us that there is no reason why this model couldn’t work for any election….right?

In this spirit, we present two new projects.

In partnership with WKBT La Crosse in Wisconsin users can take a candidate quiz for State Representative races in districts 91 and 94 and the State Senate Race in District 32.

On the other side of the planet, users can take a quiz we organized with our New Zealand partner, Pundit, for the general MMP elections.

Ever wanted to host an interactive process for your users to find out which presidential candidate aligns with them on the views?

Introducing Glassbooth Portable. Post on your blog, share with your users.

Cheers,
Glassbooth Team

Glassbooth and GOOD Magazine are teaming up for a cool new project. Go here to learn more and possibly see your face in the next issue of GOOD Magazine.

Last week we added the candidates’ positions on ‘Science.’ Today we launch the candidates’ positions on ‘Internet and Media,’ including their views on net neutrality and media consolidation. More to come. Lots more. Enjoy!

The plastic surgeons at Glassbooth have given the site a facelift. A rundown of the new look, new features, and new content:

Pulse: The research team at Glassbooth reads the newspaper and watches TV all day so you don’t have to. Glassbooth Pulse will surface the candidates’ latest positions in real time.

New Issues: Today we added “Science” questions to the site. From now until the election we will continue to roll out new issues including “Internet,” “Media,” and “Government Reform.”

New Questions: As the debate changes, Glassbooth adapts. We will constantly be adding new and relevant questions to the site like where the candidates stand the current economic crisis.

Stay in touch with the site from now until the election, and spread the word…we deeply appreciate it.