U.S. Presidential Candidates on Small Business Issues

With the U.S. presidential election a week away, and with enough of the voting public still undecided to determine the outcome of the election, I thought I'd provide a last-minute guide as to where the candidates stand on small-business issues.

• Obama-Biden Plan for Small Business (PDF)
• McCain-Palin Plan for Small Business
• Side-by-Side Comparison from National Federation of Independent Business

I've only listed the two major candidates. While I'm personally an advocate of seeing more viable third-party candidate activity, the fact of the matter is that in this election, if you're voting primarily based on small business issues, you probably need to be voting for one of the two major candidates. If you're voting third-party, you're doing it as a matter of principle. More power to you.

For more election coverage, check out the About.com Election 2008 Guide.