# 2008 Presidential Candidate Matcher **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 20, 2007, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219 "2007-08-20T04:53:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paladud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Paladud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paladud)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/1 "2007-08-20T04:53:55Z")
I found this linked from Kucinich’s wiki article. [See where you stand](http://www.dehp.net/candidate/). Please post your results (preferably including the worst match as well) and discuss. I got 58 for Paul, no one else over 20, and the majority in the negative. Strangely, Giuliani was at the very bottom with -27. ---
**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/2 "2007-08-20T05:02:11Z")
Gravel?? Are you kidding me? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/3 "2007-08-20T05:06:36Z")
Kucinich 76. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/4 "2007-08-20T05:14:06Z")
The first mainstream candidate on my list is Obama. No big surprise. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/5 "2007-08-20T05:15:20Z")
Paul 19, Hackabee -18. My preferred at this point is Obama, but I only got +4. This test is crap, though, as far as I’m concerned. I rated too many issues “meh”. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/6 "2007-08-20T05:18:33Z")
[QUOTE=John Mace] This test is crap, though, as far as I’m concerned. [/QUOTE] Agreed. Several of these “issues” are things over which a president has little or no control. And I have plenty of other issues which concern me and which are not on the list. ---
**Author:** ![cckerberos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@cckerberos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cckerberos)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/7 "2007-08-20T05:22:33Z")
Kucinich 16, Romney -18 Frankly, I’d be hard pressed to think of a candidate I’d be less likely to vote for than Kucinich. ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/8 "2007-08-20T05:47:36Z")
Tancredo 20, Dodd -18 God… I agree with Mr. Bomb-Mecca this much? I want to go take a shower. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/9 "2007-08-20T05:49:20Z")
I’m Canadian but it’s possible I might end up south before too long so I thought I’d do this just for fun. It just so happens that it gave me around about what I thought: Top 3: Kucinich (83) Gravel (67 - no disagreements, however) Obama (46 - out of the contenders, this is who I do like) Bottom 3: Hunter (-76) Tancredo (-72) Romney (-72) ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_Stimulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Digital\_Stimulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_Stimulus)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/10 "2007-08-20T06:29:00Z")
Kucinich 45 Romney -41 I’ll vote for either Kucinich or Obama (score of 23) in the primaries, leaning towards Obama. ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/11 "2007-08-20T06:55:54Z")
Just for fun (US resident, but not a citizen): Kucinich (70) was top. Hunter (-65) was bottom. Best mainstream candidate was Obama. First Republican was Ron Paul. ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/12 "2007-08-20T07:33:22Z")
Who the hell is this “Gravel” I came up with? ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/13 "2007-08-20T07:39:36Z")
Hunter 110 Tancredo 95 ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/14 "2007-08-20T07:41:48Z")
[QUOTE=VCO3] Who the hell is this “Gravel” I came up with? [/QUOTE] Democrat from Alaska. Kinda the Dem’s version of Ron Paul… not precisely an extremist, but kind of the sort of looney who is somewhat tangential to his party’s norm. ---
**Author:** ![exastris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b38774/32.png) [@exastris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/exastris)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/15 "2007-08-20T08:04:46Z")
Kucinich 72 The only positive scoring Republican was Ron Paul, at 13. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/16 "2007-08-20T08:57:22Z")
I left the weights of most of the issues as meh, and ended up with Romney at 3 and Obama at 2. Then I firmed up my choices and got Obama at 12. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/17 "2007-08-20T09:19:37Z")
Kucinich 87 Hunter -90 I noticed that Thompson at -25 did better than Guliani -27. Didn’t I tell you guys that Thompson wasn’t as conservative as he seemed? What happened to Biden? He’s practically a stick in the mud. Someone needs to talk to these guys about No Child Left Behind. It sucks and they’re supporting it. ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/18 "2007-08-20T10:26:01Z")
**Top Matches** (with disagreements) Kucinich 36 _No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban_ Richardson 26 _Death Penalty, Patriot Act, Same-Sex Marriage_ Gravel 26 (you have no disagreements with this candidate) **Bottom Matches** Hunter -31 Romney -34 ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/19 "2007-08-20T10:47:02Z")
Top Matches: McCain 20 Huckabee 17 Hunter 16 Bottom Matches Kucinich -17 Clinton -13 Obama -12 I don’t see myself voting for McCain, in 2000 I did, but I think he’s quite simply too old to be President right now. Plus I think he’s moved in a somewhat less than satisfactory position on some issues. Most of the issues were “meh” to me. The only ones which were labeled important were: Abortion Rights (oppose), ANWR Drilling (support), Kyoto (oppose), Assault Weapons Ban (oppose), Citizenship Path for Illegals (support), Border Fence (oppose), Iran Sanctions (support), Iraq War (support), Iraq Troop Surge (support), Universal Healthcare (oppose). I only labeled one as key, Iraq Withdrawal (oppose). ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/20 "2007-08-20T13:26:43Z")
Kucinich 57 Gravel (who?) 52 (no disagreements) Obama 33 * * * Huckabee -44 Tancredo -45 Romney -58 Hunter -60 I’ve long known I was simpatico w/ Kucinich. Was fortunate that when my family and I traveled to DC in 2002 or 3, we got to see him give a stirring speech against the war in the Capitol. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219.md?page=2)