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VoterGuru Introduces U.S. Senate Matches to Voter Education PlatformNEW 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 srvey 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:
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