Quiz Tells You if Obama or Romney is Your Presidential Match

The 2012 presidential debates will kick off on Wednesday, Oct. 3, giving viewers all over the country a chance to see how Mitt Romney and Barack Obama stack up on various issues.

But why wait until then? 

With just a few quick questions, you can find out which candidate best matches your stance on important issues—and ones you don't care as much about—before the debates even take place.

A new website 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 a million people have taken the free quiz to determine their ideal candidate since it launched in March.

The quiz covers everything from social issues to foreign policy and answers can 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.

Among the people who took the quiz in Minnesota, their positions matched President Barack Obama's 55 percent of the time—substantially more than any other candidate. In an interesting twist, Minnesotans' views matched Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson at 45 percent, followed closely by Green Party candidate Jill Stein's positions at 44 percent.

And what about Mitt Romney? Only 33 percent of Minnesotans who took the quiz have the same views as he does on the key issues.

Seems to be a pretty handy tool, but does it work? You tell us. Take the free quiz on iSideWith.com and let us know what you think. Is the candidate it matched with you the candidate you plan to vote for?

Like Edina Patch on Facebook | Follow us on Twitter | Sign up for our daily newsletter