VoterGuru Introduces U.S. Senate Matches to Voter Education Platform

NEW YORK, July 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Amid a national election cycle with a significant amount of conversation around the presumptive nominees for the presidency, many voters will want to pay even closer attention to the U.S. Senate races and their potential to impact the role of government. As uncertainty looms over control of the U.S. Senate, the U.S. senate race affords voters an opportunity to sway national politics this November. VoterGuru, a New York-based tech start up that matches users with political candidates based on shared ideologies, today announces the expansion of its platform to include U.S. Senate candidates.

"We are excited to announce U.S. Senate Matches," said Benjamin Krakow, Co-Founder and CEO of VoterGuru. "With so much on the table this November -- and the future of the country at stake -- we saw a need to educate users about their U.S. Senate candidates. We saw a tremendous number of Americans being matched with candidates during the Presidential primaries, and want to continue educating people to create an informed electorate."

In addition to presidential match-making, VoterGuru will now also match users with U.S. Senate candidates for the majority of states holding U.S. Senate elections this November. From the states with expected toss-up races to the Arizona primary challenge Kelli Ward has mounted against incumbent John McCain, VoterGuru is helping users find their match.

"With so many U.S. Senate seats being challenged across States such as Florida, Iowa, Illinois, New Hampshire, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, we see a new opportunity for VoterGuru to continue to educate voters," continued Krakow. "For example, Evan Bayh recently announcing his U.S. Senate seat candidacy, which directly challenges Todd Young in Indiana. Knowledge is power, yet many people in Indiana may not understand the importance of their vote."

Through VoterGuru, users are now able to identify the presidential and U.S. Senate candidate with whom they most closely align. Politically curious users can also discover how their views stack up against U.S. Senate candidates in races outside their state.

VoterGuru is a platform that helps users understand the political candidate they most align with. Users take a quick survey indicating their views, and through the VoterGuru algorithm, they are able to understand which candidate they most align with and why.

VoterGuru tracks voting records and public statements of political candidates, and compares user inputs with politician records to find the closest ideological match. In addition to matching users with candidates, VoterGuru educates users on political topics by explaining the ideological spectrum, from "very liberal" to "very conservative," on specific issues, ranging from abortion laws, to education policy, to privacy and more. A complete list of U.S. Senate races and candidates is provided below.

Newly tracked candidates and U.S. Senate races:

• Richard Shelby, Republican, AL
• Ron Crumpton, Democrat, AL
• John Boozman, Republican, AR
• Conner Eldridge, Democrat, AR
• Frank Gilbert, Libertarian, AR
• John McCain, Republican, AZ
• Kelli Ward, Republican, AZ
• Ann Kirkpatrick, Democrat, AZ
• Kamala Harris, Democrat, CA
• Loretta Sanchez, Democrat, CA
• Richard Blumenthal, Democrat, CT
• Dan Carter, Republican, CT
• Marco Rubio, Republican, FL
• Alan Grayson, Democrat, FL
• Patrick Murphy, Democrat, FL
• Augustus Invictus, Libertarian, FL
• Johnny Isakson, Republican, GA
• Jim Barksdale, Democrat, GA
• Chuck Grassley, Republican, IA
• Patty Judge, Democrat, IA
• Mike Crapo, Republican, ID
• Jerry Sturgill, Democrat, ID
• Tammy Duckworth, Democrat, IL
• Mark Kirk, Republican, IL
• Todd Young, Republican, IN
• Evan Bayh, Democrat, IN
• Jerry Moran, Republican, KS
• Patrick Wiesner, Democrat, KS
• Greg Orman, Independent, KS
• Rand Paul, Republican, KY
• Jim Gray, Democrat, KY
• Chris Van Hollen, Democrat, MD
• Kathy Szeliga, Republican, MD
• Richard Burr, Republican, NC
• Deborah Ross, Democrat, NC
• John Hoeven, Republican, ND
• Eliot Glassheim, Democrat, ND
• Kelly Ayotte, Republican, NH
• Jim Rubens, Republican, NH
• Maggie Hassan, Democrat, NH
• Joe Heck, Republican, NV
• Catherine Cortez Masto, Democrat, NV
• Chuck Schumer, Democrat, NY
• Wendy Long, Republican, NY
• Ted Strickland, Democrat, OH
• Rob Portman, Republican, OH
• Ron Wyden, Democrat, OR
• Mark Callahan, Republican, OR
• Katie McGinty, Democrat, PA
• Pat Toomey, Republican, PA
• Tim Scott, Republican, SC
• Thomas Dixon, Democrat, SC
• John Thune, Republican, SD
• Jay Williams, Democrat, SD
• Mike Lee, Republican, UT
• Misty Snow, Democrat, UT
• Patrick Peahy, Democrat, VT
• Scott Milne, Republican, VT
• Ron Johnson, Republican, WI
• Russ Feingold, Democrat, WI

About VoterGuru
Voter Guru, Inc. is an early stage consumer technology start-up. Based in New York, it was founded by two young entrepreneurs, Ben Krakow and Ben Atkins. The company is a winner of the 2015 Dunes of Dreams start-up competition held by Horizon Media and is a graduate of Horizon Media's inaugural incubator program. VoterGuru's mission is to educate and inform a new generation of voters through its simple and intuitive interface. By analyzing public statements and voting records, the non-partisan company matches individuals with political candidates based on their ideologies and personal beliefs. For more information, please visit www.voter.guru.

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