If this is the top scoring candidate on your results list, click this big button to share it on Facebook. Take the quiz at 2012 SelectSmart.com Presidential Candidate Selector

Herman Cain (born December 13, 1945) is a businessman, political activist, columnist, and radio host from Georgia. He is best known as the former chairman and CEO of Godfather's Pizza. He is a former deputy chairman (1992–94) and chairman (1995–96) of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.

The St. Petersburg Times' Politifact researched and rated the truthfulness of this politician's statements. On average, the Truth-O-Meter determined that his statements are "Mostly False".

Foreign policy and war issues: Views unknown, unreported or unclear. Views unknown, unreported or unclear. Source
Views on Centrality of Israel to U.S. Foreign Policy Views unknown, unreported or unclear. Source

Security/liberties: We must acknowledge the real and present danger that terrorist nations and organizations pose to our country’s future. Source Views unknown, unreported or unclear. Source

Social Security: The federal government has imposed expensive and often counter-productive social and welfare programs on the states and the people. It is time to admit the mistakes, and get the federal government out of the way. This will allow states, cities, churches, charities and businesses to offer a helping hand instead of a handout where they live. People closest to the problems are the best ones to solve the problems effectively. Source

Stem cell research: Views unknown, unreported or unclear. Source

Same sex issues: Cain said his position is clear: “Marriage is between a man and a woman.” Opposed repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Source

Trade issues: Views unknown, unreported or unclear. Source

Budget issues: Herman Cain supports the TARP bank bailouts as a way to save the economy. He also looked at it as an investment opportunity for the taxpayers. In a 2008 editorial, Herman Cain stated, "Owning a part of the major banks in America is not a bad thing. We could make a profit while solving a problem." Source
Though it might not be politically popular to modernize and eliminate some of our entitlement programs, responsible leaders should be willing to do it all the same. Source
The massive debt caused by liberal policies will be passed onto our children and grandchildren if we do not stop it. They will be stuck with the tab for the government takeover of health care, industry bailouts and failed stimulus packages. Source

Business & labor issues: While labor unions once provided a representative body to lobby for fair wages and safe working conditions for employees, they now principally serve as a political mechanism for the Left. Forced unionization through the dishonestly named “Employee Free Choice Act,” or “card check,” would drive up the costs of goods and services, cause hundreds and thousands of jobs to be lost and ultimately, a more powerful system of liberal fundraising to be maintained. Source

Abortion issues: Cain's views are contradictory, “I believe that life begins at conception, and abortion under no circumstances” then said about the legality of abortion that “it’s not the government’s role or anybody else’s role to make that decision.” Using rhetoric that pro-life observers said made him sound like an abortion activist, Cain added that “it ultimately gets down to a choice that that family or that mother has to make. Not me as president, not some politician, not a bureaucrat. It gets down to that family. Whatever they decide, they decide. I shouldn’t try to tell them what decision to make for such a sensitive issue.” Source

Capital punishment: Views unknown, unreported or unclear. Source

Marijuana: Views unknown, unreported or unclear. Source

Gun control: Views unknown, unreported or unclear. Source

Minimum wage: National Restaurant Association president and chief executive Herman Cain responded to legislation introduced recently that would raise the federal minimum wage to $6.15, saying the move would hurt small businesses and thus the people it is supposed to be aiding. Source "I don’t think the current minimum wage is necessary because most companies are paying higher than the minimum wage." Source

Health care: Cain has been cited as one of the primary opponents of the 1993/1994 health care plan of President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton: Source
“I want to get to get away from this government takeover to health care.” Source

Environmental issues: America is a land blessed with abundant natural resources and the capability of the people to obtain them. From the oil-rich states of Louisiana and Alaska to the mighty dams along rivers across the states, the options for many forms of energy are real and plenty. Still, liberals continue to perpetuate the misunderstanding that the high energy consumption of a thriving nation and conservation of our precious planet are at odds with one another. Source

Immigration issues: We must secure our borders, enforce our laws and promote the existing path to citizenship. Protecting our nation’s sovereignty should be a paramount concern of those elected to lead us, not an afterthought or a reaction once the problem becomes even worse. Source

Education issues: [W]e can put kids first is to offer school choice as a real option for educational competition. This means expanding school vouchers and charter schools. Source

Campaign website