I like it! Just remove the extra buttons and let people just click the picture.

Maybe even have a different page where people just vote between two candidates and just link to the main page that has more info.

Thanks for your suggestions everyone. I've taken out the buttons and added short instructions ("Click a picture to vote!").

Is the Social News link noticeable? I'm wondering if the social news page should be the home page, because that's probably more useful and would get more traffic.

What if I want to vote for someone who isn't displayed on the front page? Do I just have to wait for a new smackdown to come up?

Are the match ups randomized? Simply reloading the page should give you a fresh pairing to vote on.

Clicking on the logo/banner (on top) should bring users back to the home page.

Otherwise - neat!

I haven't shown this to many people, so I'd really appreciate any comments or suggestions!

All good and great but find a better pic of Giuliani. I quit after i saw that...

don't make me find and click a button.. just let me click the picture to vote.

thanks. Someone really needs to take politics off of reddit's hands...

mindless, neat, cool. thumbs up!

or better yet, create a politics channel on likebetter.com? :-)