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		<title>Launching iSelect2008 to Empower Women for the 2008 Presidential Election</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During this election season, strong differences have emerged in gender preferences for presidential candidates.
 
These gender differences were highlighted by many polls during the prolonged Democratic primary season and were confirmed after Senator Clinton withdrew from the race.
 
For instance, Gallup released poll results on gender differences on June 11, 2008. The polls showed that:
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><font style="font-size: 10pt" face="Verdana">During this election season, strong differences have emerged in gender preferences for presidential candidates.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 10pt" face="Verdana">These gender differences were highlighted by many polls during the prolonged Democratic primary season and were confirmed after Senator Clinton withdrew from the race.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 10pt" face="Verdana">For instance, <a href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/107806/Obama-Gains-Among-Women-After-Clinton-Exit.aspx">Gallup released poll results on gender differences on June 11, 2008</a>. The polls showed that:</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font style="font-size: 10pt" face="Arial"><span>-<span> </span></span></font><!--[endif]--><em><font style="font-size: 10pt" face="Verdana">“While campaigning for president, Clinton demonstrated an especially strong appeal to women.” </font></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font style="font-size: 10pt" face="Arial"><span>-<span> </span></span></font><!--[endif]--><em><font style="font-size: 10pt" face="Verdana">“Obama&#8217;s recent gains in the polls have been greatly aided by increased support from female voters. Now that Clinton is no longer campaigning and the focus of voters&#8217; decision-making is a choice between Obama and McCain, female voters may be taking a second look at Obama.”</font></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 10pt" face="Verdana">We are extremely pleased to launch <a href="http://www.iselect2008.com/">iSelect2008.com</a> to empower women for the 2008 election. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.iselect2008.com/" title="iSelect2008 - Empowering Women for the 2008 Election" target="_blank"><img src="http://blog.select2008.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/is08_homepage_blog.png" class="size-full wp-image-151" title="iSelect2008 Homepage" alt="iSelect2008 Homepage - Empowering Women for the 2008 Election" width="339" height="300" /></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 10pt" face="Verdana">The site brings all the collective intelligence and great content from Select2008, but offers a customized face off quiz to help women understand how </font><font style="font-size: 10pt" face="Verdana">Obama and McCain </font><font style="font-size: 10pt" face="Verdana">address women’s concerns and support women’s interests.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 10pt" face="Verdana">We are working with Glam and <a href="http://www.glam.com/">Glam.com</a> and hope to bring this site to their uniquely large women audience, as a Publisher Network Affiliate.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.glam.com/g/p/3000999/nosub/112/3000999/" title="Glam's quizzes section" target="_blank"><img src="http://blog.select2008.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/glam_homepage_blog.png" class="size-full wp-image-150" title="iSelect2008 is now part of Glam\'s Quizzes Section" alt="Glam Links to iSelect2008 from their Quizzes Section" width="341" height="300" /></a></p>

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		<title>Launching Improved Candidates Face Off on Select2008.com</title>
		<link>http://decisionfactory.com/2008/03/01/launching-improved-candidates-face-off-on-select2008com/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 06:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Select2008 website has proposed four Candidates Face Offs for the last three weeks: two partisan ones - Clinton v Obama on the Democratic side, McCain v. Huckabee on the Republican side, and two independent face offs - McCain v. Clinton and McCain v. Obama. 
 
Candidates Face Offs are a unique and non-partisan tool [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal"><code><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana">The Select2008 website has proposed four Candidates Face Offs for the last three weeks: two partisan ones - <st1:city w:st="on">Clinton</st1:city> v Obama on the Democratic side, McCain v. Huckabee on the Republican side, and two independent face offs - McCain v. <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Clinton</st1:place></st1:city> and McCain v. Obama. <o:p></o:p></span></code></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><code><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana">Candidates Face Offs are a unique and non-partisan tool to compare and choose candidates to the 2008 primaries and presidential elections, by answering a personalized sequence of policy- and program-based questions.<o:p></o:p></span></code></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><code><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana">We have now improved the overall experience to make it even more informative, engaging, and educative. Candidates Face Offs now provide live polling data about users’ opinion on each question asked and on candidates’ position. This feature is part of a bigger push to make even more data available to users to help them understand candidates’ positions and track opinion. Give it a try!!</span></code></p>
<p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://http://www.select2008.com/vote_and_compare_for/obama_vs_mccain" title="Obama vs. McCain Face Off" target="_blank"><img src="http://decisionfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/faceoffnew.png" alt="New Face Live Polling Data Feature" width="423" height="212" /></a></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[decision factory, inc. develops next generation decision making, social analytics and web technology.  
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 The decision factory team brings together expertise in information analysis and gathering, user experience design, cutting edge web development and technology, and advanced techniques in personalization and predictive analytics.
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decision factory currently develops Select2008 - a unique source of information to compare candidates [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana">decision factory</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana">, inc. develops </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana">next generation </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana">decision making, </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana">social analytics and web technology.  </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana">The <strong>decision factory</strong> team brings together expertise in information analysis and gathering, user experience design, cutting edge web development </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana">and technology, and advanced techniques in personalization and predictive analytics.</span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana">decision factory</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana"> currently develops <strong><a href="http://www.select2008.com" title="Select2008 - Compare and choose candidates to the 2008 presidential elections" target="_blank">Select2008 </a></strong></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana">- a unique source of information to compare candidates and make a choice for the 2008 election. </span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana">The team brings the best of innovations in casual gaming, decision support, social networks, and consumer media to the <a href="http://www.select2008.com" title="Select2008 - Compare and choose candidates to the 2008 presidential elections" target="_blank"><strong>Select2008</strong></a> website.</span></p>
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