Just when you thought you had enough questions to answer on an online dating site, www.selectsmart.com and www.vajoe.com come along to ask you about your political affiliation and ideas. These online sites are taking the main idea of online dating and matching you up with the best candidate for you – rather than matching you up with someone to spend your Friday night with.

Okay, so you’re not going to find the love of your life, but you are going to answer questions about what you feel about abortion, immigration, taxes, same sex marriage, etc. This is going to help decide which candidate right now should get your vote in the next presidential election.

But, in a sense, you are trying to set up a ‘date’ with the next presidential election. You want to know what the candidates have to offer before you make your final choice. And if you’re not sure what you want, these websites can help you pick the right person for your beliefs and your current living situation.

Even if you have no idea who is running or what they stand for, you can get an inside look at their ideas and beliefs to help you start making up your mind.

Your love life doesn’t have to stop during the election year, but you might want to think about other candidates for your country too. Your love life can wait for one night. Online dating apparently isn’t just for love; it’s for matching up with the right leader too.

Some are saying that the invention of the internet has actually contributed to the demise of romance and of a loving courtship – but is this true? A case could be made that online dating actually provides users with a chance to be even more romantic, rather than less.

Online dating allows singles to go back to the time of writing love letters, though with email instead of a pen and paper. You also get the excitement of not really knowing the other person until you’re ready to meet them, which can prove to be quite an aphrodisiac. When you have to wait and wait to meet this new person in your life, you build up your anticipation and create a romantic date.

In a way, online dating has taken us back to times that were more traditional. Instead of simply heading to a bar, picking up a person, and going home with them, you get the chance to really learn about a person before you date them. And what could be more romantic than that?

You also get the chance to flirt with people over the internet in an inhibited way. Some times when you’re at a bar or another singles sort of place, you can feel hindered by the other people there, as though you might be stepping on their toes as you try to meet someone new. But in the online dating world, you can feel free to talk to as many people as you want to – and that’s not only going to up your chances of finding love, but also increase your fun.

Romance is not dead – it’s just online now.