Take the candidate blind taste test

Jray · 08-08-07, 08:06 PM

Pick Your Candidate

Kucinich 68
No Child Left Behind

Gravel 54
(you have no disagreements with this candidate)

Obama 44
Patriot Act, Border Fence, Same-Sex Marriage

Edwards 38
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Clinton 38
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Richardson 34
Death Penalty, Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Dodd 33
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran - Military Action

Biden 32
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Same-Sex Marriage

Paul 11
Abortion Rights, Embryonic Stem Cells, Kyoto, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Border Fence, Net Neutrality, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage, Universal Healthcare

Brownback -13
Cox -23
McCain -29
Huckabee -32
Thompson -33
Giuliani -39
Tancredo -51
Romney -57
Hunter -62

Korimyr the Rat · 08-08-07, 08:54 PM

Yay! I love little quizzy things.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pick Your Candidate

Gravel 22
Death Penalty, Iraq War, Iraq Troop Surge, Iraq Withdrawal

Richardson 17
Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Iraq Troop Surge, Iraq Withdrawal, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage

Kucinich 16
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, ANWR Drilling, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Iraq War, Iraq Troop Surge, Iraq Withdrawal, Minimum Wage Increase

Paul 9
Abortion Rights, Death Penalty, Embryonic Stem Cells, Kyoto, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Border Fence, Net Neutrality, Iraq War, Iraq Troop Surge, Iraq Withdrawal, Same-Sex Marriage, Universal Healthcare

McCain 9
Abortion Rights, No Child Left Behind, ANWR Drilling, Kyoto, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Net Neutrality, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage, Universal Healthcare

Edwards 6
No Child Left Behind, ANWR Drilling, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Iraq War, Iraq Troop Surge, Iraq Withdrawal, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage

Clinton 6
No Child Left Behind, ANWR Drilling, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Iraq War, Iraq Troop Surge, Iraq Withdrawal, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage

Dodd 4
No Child Left Behind, ANWR Drilling, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Iraq War, Iraq Troop Surge, Iraq Withdrawal, Minimum Wage Increase

Biden 3
No Child Left Behind, ANWR Drilling, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Iraq War, Iraq Troop Surge, Iraq Withdrawal, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage

Obama 1
Death Penalty, ANWR Drilling, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Iraq War, Iraq Troop Surge, Iraq Withdrawal, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage

Thompson -4
Huckabee -6
Giuliani -6
Cox -12
Brownback -15
Hunter -16
Tancredo -19
Romney -25

And this is why I almost don't bother voting. The only people I even moderately agree with are wrong on the most important issues. And if I were to dig past the hot-button issues to the things that I consider really important, I'm willing to bet they wouldn't stand with me on those, either.

jfuh · 08-08-07, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Kucinich 29
Citizenship Path for Illegals, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Iraq Troop Surge, Minimum Wage Increase

Gravel 22
No Child Left Behind, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Iraq Troop Surge

Clinton 15
Death Penalty, Patriot Act, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Iran - Military Action, Iraq Troop Surge, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage

Dodd 15
Death Penalty, Patriot Act, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Iran - Military Action, Iraq Troop Surge, Minimum Wage Increase

Obama 9
Patriot Act, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Iraq Troop Surge, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage

Biden 9
Death Penalty, Patriot Act, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Iraq Troop Surge, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage

Edwards 9
Death Penalty, Patriot Act, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Iran - Military Action, Iraq Troop Surge, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage

Richardson 4
Death Penalty, Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Border Fence, Iran - Military Action, Iraq Troop Surge, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage

Paul 1
Abortion Rights, No Child Left Behind, Embryonic Stem Cells, ANWR Drilling, Kyoto, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Net Neutrality, Iran Sanctions, Iraq Troop Surge, Same-Sex Marriage, Universal Healthcare

McCain -1
Thompson -3
Giuliani -4
Cox -11
Brownback -19
Romney -24
Hunter -25
Huckabee -26
Tancredo -29

Interesting, because Kucinich supports minimum wage increase where as I oppose it; Kucinich supports citizenship for illegals I strongly oppose it - yet according to this, I'm closest to Kucinich?

vvx · 08-09-07, 04:03 AM

Quote:

Kucinich 35
No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban

Gravel 31
(you have no disagreements with this candidate)

Richardson 20
Patriot Act, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Obama 18
Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Same-Sex Marriage

Edwards 16
No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Clinton 15
No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Dodd 11
No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action

Biden 10
No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Same-Sex Marriage

Paul 0
McCain -14
Thompson -14
Giuliani -15
Huckabee -19
Cox -23
Brownback -25
Tancredo -32
Romney -34
Hunter -35

I like these things for early research into candidates but past that it's iffy. Just too hard to have "agree/disagree" type questions on major issues, as the implementation is more important than the issue itself IMO.

rivrrat · 08-09-07, 09:15 AM

Quote:

Paul 23
Abortion Rights, Death Penalty, Embryonic Stem Cells, Iran Sanctions, Same-Sex Marriage

Gravel 18
Death Penalty, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Universal Healthcare

Kucinich 11
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Border Fence, Net Neutrality, Iran Sanctions, Minimum Wage Increase, Universal Healthcare

Dodd 8
No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Net Neutrality, Iran - Military Action, Minimum Wage Increase

Thompson 7
Abortion Rights, Guantanamo, Iraq Troop Surge

Biden 7
No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Net Neutrality, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage

Giuliani 6
Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Guantanamo, Torture, Wiretapping, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Iran - Military Action, Iraq War, Iraq Troop Surge, Iraq Withdrawal, Same-Sex Marriage

McCain 5
Abortion Rights, No Child Left Behind, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Iran - Military Action, Iraq War, Iraq Troop Surge, Iraq Withdrawal, Same-Sex Marriage

Clinton 3
No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Net Neutrality, Iran - Military Action, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage, Universal Healthcare

Richardson 3
Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Border Fence, Net Neutrality, Iran - Military Action, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage, Universal Healthcare

Obama 2
Death Penalty, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Net Neutrality, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage, Universal Healthcare

Edwards 1
No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Net Neutrality, Iran - Military Action, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage, Universal Healthcare

Brownback -8
Tancredo -12
Hunter -14
Cox -15
Huckabee -18
Romney -22

Apparently I like Paul. Which is cool since that's who I was leaning towards.

Cephus · 08-09-07, 03:51 PM

I agree, this isn't a very useful test, pretty much every candidate it recommended disagreed with me on all of the important issues. They really need to rank what's most important to a person and eliminate completely those candidates that have an opposing view on that subject. For me, citizenship for illegals pretty much knocks out every candidate since I will not vote for anyone who supports it, period.

reaganburch · 08-09-07, 04:48 PM

Romney 37
Assault Weapons Ban, Same-Sex Civil Union, Same-Sex Constitutional Ban

Hunter 33
Guns - Background Checks, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Constitutional Ban

Huckabee 30
Guns - Background Checks, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Same-Sex Civil Union, Same-Sex Constitutional Ban

Tancredo 26
No Child Left Behind, Guns - Background Checks, Iraq Troop Surge, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Civil Union, Same-Sex Constitutional Ban

McCain 23
Embryonic Stem Cells, ANWR Drilling, Guantanamo, Wiretapping, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Net Neutrality, Minimum Wage Increase

Thompson 19
Embryonic Stem Cells, Net Neutrality, Minimum Wage Increase

Giuliani 18
Abortion Rights, Embryonic Stem Cells, Assault Weapons Ban, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Net Neutrality, Minimum Wage Increase

Biden 10
Abortion Rights, Embryonic Stem Cells, ANWR Drilling, Assault Weapons Ban, Guantanamo, Wiretapping, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Iraq War, Iraq Troop Surge, Iraq Withdrawal

Clinton 8
Abortion Rights, Embryonic Stem Cells, ANWR Drilling, Kyoto, Assault Weapons Ban, Guantanamo, Wiretapping, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Iraq War, Iraq Troop Surge, Iraq Withdrawal, Universal Healthcare

Cox 7
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Civil Union, Same-Sex Constitutional Ban

Dodd 7
Abortion Rights, Embryonic Stem Cells, ANWR Drilling, Kyoto, Assault Weapons Ban, Guantanamo, Wiretapping, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Iraq War, Iraq Troop Surge, Iraq Withdrawal

Edwards 4
Abortion Rights, Embryonic Stem Cells, ANWR Drilling, Assault Weapons Ban, Guantanamo, Wiretapping, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Iraq War, Iraq Troop Surge, Iraq Withdrawal, Universal Healthcare

Brownback 1
Death Penalty, Guns - Background Checks, Wiretapping, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Net Neutrality, Iraq Troop Surge, Iraq Withdrawal, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Civil Union, Same-Sex Constitutional Ban

Richardson 1
Abortion Rights, Embryonic Stem Cells, Kyoto, Guantanamo, Wiretapping, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Border Fence, Iraq Troop Surge, Iraq Withdrawal, Universal Healthcare

Paul -1
Obama -3
Kucinich -28
Gravel -35

Jray · 08-09-07, 10:16 PM

look at this

Pick Your Candidate - Stats

Jerry · 08-09-07, 11:07 PM

McCain 42
No Child Left Behind, ANWR Drilling, Patriot Act, Guantanamo

Hunter 34
No Child Left Behind, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Torture, Wiretapping

Huckabee 31
No Child Left Behind, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Minimum Wage Increase

Tancredo 28
Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Torture, Wiretapping, Iraq Troop Surge

Thompson 27
(you have no disagreements with this candidate)

Cox 26
Death Penalty, Assault Weapons Ban

Romney 25
No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Torture, Wiretapping

Brownback 23
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Iraq Troop Surge, Iraq Withdrawal

Giuliani 18
Abortion Rights, Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Torture, Wiretapping, Same-Sex Civil Union

Paul 16
Death Penalty, Guns - Background Checks, Guantanamo, Iran - Military Action, Iraq War, Iraq Troop Surge, Iraq Withdrawal

Biden -17
Richardson -18
Dodd -22
Obama -24
Clinton -27
Edwards -27
Gravel -33
Kucinich -39

RightinNYC · 08-10-07, 02:52 AM

Quote:

Giuliani 23
Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

McCain 17
Abortion Rights, ANWR Drilling, Guantanamo, Wiretapping, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Hunter 16
Abortion Rights, Embryonic Stem Cells, Guns - Background Checks, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage, Same-Sex Constitutional Ban

Romney 15
Abortion Rights, Embryonic Stem Cells, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage, Same-Sex Civil Union, Same-Sex Constitutional Ban

Thompson 15
Abortion Rights, Citizenship Path for Illegals

Huckabee 9
Abortion Rights, Embryonic Stem Cells, Guns - Background Checks, Same-Sex Marriage, Same-Sex Civil Union, Same-Sex Constitutional Ban

Brownback 6
Abortion Rights, Death Penalty, Embryonic Stem Cells, Guns - Background Checks, Wiretapping, Iraq Troop Surge, Same-Sex Marriage, Same-Sex Civil Union, Same-Sex Constitutional Ban

Tancredo 6
Abortion Rights, No Child Left Behind, Embryonic Stem Cells, Guns - Background Checks, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Iran - Military Action, Iraq Troop Surge, Same-Sex Marriage, Same-Sex Civil Union, Same-Sex Constitutional Ban

Cox 5
Abortion Rights, Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Embryonic Stem Cells, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Same-Sex Marriage, Same-Sex Civil Union, Same-Sex Constitutional Ban

Biden 4
ANWR Drilling, Guantanamo, Wiretapping, Iraq War, Iraq Troop Surge, Same-Sex Marriage

Paul 1
Abortion Rights, Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Embryonic Stem Cells, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Guantanamo, Wiretapping, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Iraq War, Iraq Troop Surge, Same-Sex Marriage

Dodd -1
Edwards -2
Obama -2
Clinton -5
Richardson -7
Gravel -11
Kucinich -11

Pretty accurate I'd say.