Pick Your Candidate

[Lemur]

Finally, I don't have to put all of that exhausting thought and consideration into picking a candidate for President. Thanks to this handy online quiz, which asks you about nothing but wedge issues, your candidate will be picked for you. Salvation!

Apparently I can choose from Bill Richardson, Ron Paul or Barack Obama. Now I know.

[econ21]

Dennis Kucinich - whoever he is.

I only disagree with him on immigration, apparently, and the options on that topic all seemed too anti-immigration for my tastes, so I am not sure that counts as I did not want to pick any.

Wierdly Obama and Hilary only disagreed with me on Iraq and the death penalty, which seems to imply a greater degree of agreement between them than I supposed.

What happened to Fred Thompson? He was not on the list.

[The Wizard]

Well, I'm not a Yank, but I did the test anyway. Fred Thompson's my pick, but according to this I should be gunning for Mitt Romney (followed by Jim Gilmore -- who? -- and -- ugh -- Giuliani). Thompson's all the way down, ranked seventh! Maybe I'm really mistaken here...

By the way, I didn't quite get the question about marriage. The amendment they talked about -- would it benefit or repress homosexuals? Repress, right?

[drone]

I knew I had the right man from the start: Ron Paul (followed by Giuliani and McCain).

[The Wizard]

I like the Libertarian Party, but Paul's an isolationist nutcase, not to mention a tired old man who should call it quits already. Just my two cents here, not trying to start fights (may be the wrong forum for that, yeah)

[InsaneApache]

Dennis Kucinich - whoever he is.

ditto, now that's worrying.

and some other non entities...

Chris Dodd.

Who are these people?

I got Rodham next.

Blinking 'eck you guys really 'do' extreams.

[Husar]

Apparently it's Ron Paul with a score of 33.

If that's 33 of 100 I guess it's good I'm not a US citizen(yet).

[Kagemusha]

I got Hillary,Obama and Kucinich with same amount of points as my top three,with 27 points..

[Lemur]

Note that the quiz uses nothing but wedge issues. So you're not exactly getting a detailed or nuanced idea of the candidates. Still, it's amusing.

[Husar]

Note that the quiz uses nothing but wedge issues. So you're not exactly getting a detailed or nuanced idea of the candidates. Still, it's amusing.

Well, it's not like I have a set or educated opinion on every matter anyway.

[Xiahou]

Fred Thompson- weird, huh?

[drone]

For all you Euros getting Kucinich, I ask one question: do you really want an Essex girl as the First Lady?

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

Finally, I don't have to put all of that exhausting thought and consideration into picking a candidate for President. Thanks to this handy online quiz, which asks you about nothing but wedge issues, your candidate will be picked for you. Salvation!

Apparently I can choose from Bill Richardson, Ron Paul or Barack Obama. Now I know.

Obama and Clition are the first two on my list... Joys.... Third is Tom Tancredo,never heard of him.

[woad&fangs]

Interesting, Joe Biden got 50 points while Clinton and Obama tied at 40. Of course Hillary is manipulative, and power hungry, so regardless of what I agree with her on I would never support her. Giuliani was right behind with 39 points. Surprisingly, while I usually identify myself as a moderate libertarian, Ron Paul only got 7 points.

[AntiochusIII]

By the way, I didn't quite get the question about marriage. The amendment they talked about -- would it benefit or repress homosexuals? Repress, right?

Repress. It translates into "gays can't marry."

and the options on that topic all seemed too anti-immigration for my tastes, so I am not sure that counts as I did not want to pick any.

The quiz-makers seem to be fascinated with that border fence thing. Pathetic really, since of all the anti-immigration measures this is probably the most useless.

There's no "who ******* cares about the wall? But punish employers of illegal immigrants, yes" or "make the wall a monument to the Arts with mosaics and marble carvings and stuff and we can talk" so I don't think I can really answer this quiz question.

[econ21]

ditto, now that's worrying.

A sorry indictment of the New Labour and "New" Conservative Parties.

They should just put "ditto" on the ballot box and forget about having a British general election.

I mean, we did manufacture your leader and you did just write our budget.

[The Wizard]

Repress. It translates into "gays can't marry."

Good, good. I chose correctly then.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

I got obama and clinton (Apparently they hold all the same positions).

[InsaneApache]

For all you Euros getting Kucinich, I ask one question: do you really want an Essex girl as the First Lady?

That's it. Perfect. Jade Goody gets the keys to the 'slighty chared' building on Pennsylvania Avenue.

[Louis VI the Fat]

Tied at 48 points for these four : Edwards, Obama, Clinton, Richardson. I knew I prefered Clinton or Obama, in that order. Never heard of Richardson.


Highest Republicans were Romney and Giuliani. I don't know Romney, but before the quiz Giuliani was my favourite Republican. Good quiz then, apparently.

[CountArach]

I don't know if you guys have seen this before, but there is a similar thing here:

http://www.vajoe.com/candidate_calculator.html

Not as well set out and done quite differently to this one, but the idea is still there. I got Kuchinich in that one.

In the one you posted I got 66 for Dodd, only disagreeing on Immigration and I got 64 with Kucinich, only disagreeing (And then slightly) on Iraq. I had Hillary, Obama and Edwards (Who I prefer out of the three top runners) tied next on 59 - all of whom I disagree with on the Death Penalty. Hunter was last on 7 - only agreed with him on Energy.

I only disagree with him on immigration, apparently, and the options on that topic all seemed too anti-immigration for my tastes, so I am not sure that counts as I did not want to pick any.

I was in the same conundrum.

[naut]

Dennis Kucinich - 56
Chris Dodd - 51
John Edwards - 46
Barack Obama - 46
Hillary Clinton - 46

Disagreed with all of them on Iraq; Obama and Clinton on Immigration and the Death Penalty.

[econ21]

The immigration question was so hostile to immigrants, it was funny. Why did they not just ask you to choose:

Option 1: Crush illegal immigrates and have them flee before you.
Option 2: Seize the possessions of illegal immigrants, crush them and have them flee before you.
Option 3: Hear the wailing of women illegal immigrants, crush them and have them flee before you.
Option 4: Embrace the wives and daughters of illegal immigrants, hear their women wail, crush them and have them flee before you.

Seriously, what was wrong with:

"Give me your tired your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

That was beautiful and also, I think, one reason why America became the greatest nation on earth.

[Crazed Rabbit]

Oh please, Econ. We had much stricter immigration laws back when that was put up. And immigration should not be a general opening of our doors to a bunch of people fleeing a crappy country to our south and costing us billions of dollars (illegals cost LA county about $1billion a year. That's one county).

Anyways, I got:
John McCain
Score: 51

Tom Tancredo
Score: 50


Duncan Hunter
Score: 43

Fred Thompson
Score: 43

Which is odd, since I would much, much rather have Duncan Hunter or Fred Thompson over Tancredo or McCain. Thompson is my choice right now, edging Duncan mainly because of name recognition.

FYI, I got 8's for Edwards, Obama, and Clinton, and 3's for Dodd, Kucinich, and Gravel.

CR

[Spino]

Rudy Giuliani - 53
Mitt Romney - 43
John McCain - 42

[Xiahou]

I don't know if you guys have seen this before, but there is a similar thing here:

http://www.vajoe.com/candidate_calculator.html

Not as well set out and done quite differently to this one, but the idea is still there. I got Kuchinich in that one.

Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson (R)
90.82% match

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Your Other Top Matches
Kansas Senator Sam Brownback (R) - 85.71%
Texas Representative Ron Paul (R) - 84.69%
Colorado Representative Tom Tancredo (R) - 84.69%

Middle of the Pack
Businessman John Cox (R) - 78.57%
California Representative Duncan Hunter (R) - 77.55%
Arizona Senator John McCain (R) - 75.51%
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R) - 72.45%
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) - 69.39%
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R) - 69.39%
Former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel (D) - 30.61%
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (D) - 30.61%
Illinois Senator Barack Obama (D) - 24.49%
Delaware Senator Joseph Biden (D) - 23.47%

Bottom of the Barrel
Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards (D) - 18.37%
New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D) - 14.29%
Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd (D) - 13.27%
Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich (D) - 10.20%

[Louis VI the Fat]

I'm a sucker for political quizzes. The CountArach one:


New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D) 72.31% match

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Obama seems a bit low, coming in only as fourth Dem. Giuliani comes in as second placed Rep.
There are lots of unfamiliar presidential hopefuls in these quizzes that I don't know anything about. But the ones I've been rooting for keep coming out on top. So, if one thing, these quizzes have convinced me that I was right in my pick of candidates.
(And that I have some basic grasp of what the major candidates stand for. )


Your Other Top Matches
Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd (D) - 66.15%
Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards (D) - 66.15%
Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich (D) - 64.62%

Middle of the Pack
Illinois Senator Barack Obama (D) - 64.62%
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (D) - 64.62%
Delaware Senator Joseph Biden (D) - 63.08%
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R) - 54.62%
Former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel (D) - 48.46%
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) - 42.31%
Texas Representative Ron Paul (R) - 39.23%
Arizona Senator John McCain (R) - 38.46%
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R) - 38.46%
Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson (R) - 33.08%

Bottom of the Barrel
Colorado Representative Tom Tancredo (R) - 28.46%
Businessman John Cox (R) - 21.54%
California Representative Duncan Hunter (R) - 20.00%
Kansas Senator Sam Brownback (R) - 18.46%

[Crazed Rabbit]

From CA's:

Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson (R)
96.03% match

You are number 1,043,181 to use the Candidate Calculator.

Your Other Top Matches
Kansas Senator Sam Brownback (R) - 87.30%
Colorado Representative Tom Tancredo (R) - 87.30%
Arizona Senator John McCain (R) - 82.54%

Middle of the Pack
Texas Representative Ron Paul (R) - 79.37%
California Representative Duncan Hunter (R) - 77.78%
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R) - 71.43%
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R) - 65.08%
Businessman John Cox (R) - 64.29%
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) - 52.38%
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (D) - 31.75%
Delaware Senator Joseph Biden (D) - 19.05%
New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D) - 15.87%
Illinois Senator Barack Obama (D) - 15.87%

Bottom of the Barrel
Former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel (D) - 12.70%
Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd (D) - 9.52%
Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards (D) - 9.52%
Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich (D) - 6.35%

CR

[JAG]

Apparently me and Dennis Kucinich agree on all the points in that original test thing - he has no chance then ;)

Dennis Kucinich
Score: 61
Agree
Iraq
Immigration
Taxes
Stem-Cell Research
Health Care
Abortion
Social Security
Line-Item Veto
Energy
Marriage
Death Penalty
Disagree

:O

Using the other one I had...

Your Top Match
Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich (D)
95.00% match


I guess he likes agreeing with me!

[ICantSpellDawg]

my number 1 was somone i'm not too fond of, followed by McCain followed by Romney.

I'll vote Romney in this election, if he is in the runnings.