PoliticsWatch.com let's you 
pick the PM online

[PoliticsWatch posted June 1, 2004 - For immediate release]

OTTAWA — Just in time for the 2004 Canadian federal general election, www.PoliticsWatch.com - Canada's Political Portal, launched the second edition of its popular and award winning PoliticsWatch.com "PM Picker" Vote Selector Quiz.

The interactive 2004 PoliticsWatch.com ‘PM Picker’ Vote Selector Quiz offers Canadian voters an opportunity to compare their policy preferences against the positions of Canada’s political leaders and parties. Users answer 19 questions on hot campaign issues, ranging from terrorism to gas taxes, and the PoliticsWatch.com Vote Selector Quiz ranks how each federal leader and political party reflects the user’s views.

The 2004 PoliticsWatch.com Vote Selector Quiz is interactive, politically informative, entertaining, and best of all, it is fun. Check out the ‘PM picker’ online at URL:

http://www.politicswatch.com/VoteSelectorQuiz2004.html

In addition, PoliticsWatch.com is using the launch of its latest Vote Selector to unveil our new Web design. Our new front page is now easier to navigate, sleeker and more streamlined for our readers. As well, we've also introduced a news ticker to keep our readers up to date with real-time breaking news stories.

PoliticsWatch.com also announces its plans to provide the most complete online news resource for Canada's 2004 election. In addition to our trusted original news coverage from our full-time political correspondent, the site will offer a high level of interactivity, expanded "online-only" reporting and multimedia coverage.

"Offering our users the best Canadian political coverage available online is a critical part of our mission. For Canada's 2004 election, we are expanding the amount of online-only coverage and maximizing the use of interactive features and multimedia reporting," confirmed Romeo St. Martin, political correspondent for PoliticsWatch.com.

The following highlights several key aspects of PoliticsWatch.com's premium election coverage. The site will announce new features over the course of the campaign. 

- Exclusive Online Coverage

* Original news reports and photos updated several times a day providing breaking news, commentary and exclusive reports from Ottawa, Canada.

* Original election features providing insight on what's being said about the political leaders and parties on the campaign.

* As well as our daily morning campaign briefing, offering the most complete set of meta links to today's top online political news from the traditional media.

- Interactive Features

* 2004 PoliticsWatch.com Vote Selector Quiz. Not sure who to vote for in the general federal election? Take the quiz and see which leader and party best match your preferences.

* Election Watch 2004 - PoliticsWatch.com Special Campaign Report. A weekly round up that keeps readers posted on the ins, outs, ups and downs of Election 2004.

PoliticsWatch.com - Canada's Political Portal was launched in September 2000. It is Canada's premier political news site offering original news and photos on Canadian politics including a daily review of political news, information on political parties and leaders and other voter resources. PoliticsWatch has won national and international awards and recognition as one of the top political Web sites in the world. 

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For comment and / or information on PoliticsWatch.com News Services and the Vote Selector Quiz please contact: 

Romeo St. Martin, Parliamentary Correspondent, PoliticsWatch.com
phone: (613) 232-0516
news@PoliticsWatch.com

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