# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/21 "2007-08-20T13:27:38Z")
Kucinich 61 Romney -61 Obama came in third at 28. Paul was the highest Republican at 25, which put him 6th. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/22 "2007-08-20T13:50:27Z")
Kucinich 76, Gravel 59 but no disagreements, Obama 49, Clinton 40, Edwards 39. Hunter -76, Tancredo -67, Romney -61, Huckabee -54, Guiliani -31 Not too far off. My personal preference order is Edwards, Biden, Dodd, Obama, Clinton. ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/23 "2007-08-20T14:11:12Z")
I came out with Kucinich on top, followed by Gravel, and then Obama. I did have a perfect split between the Democratic candidates and the Republicans (the only Republican who even scored in the positive range was Ron Paul). I feel like the test is slightly biased, though. If there had been a “support FairTax” question on there, I would’ve disagreed as strongly as possible, and that would’ve shown up against Gravel. Similarly with “establishing a Department of Peace” and Kucinich. Basically, several of the issues that _a priori_ make me discount the candidacies of Kucinich and Gravel weren’t on the list. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/24 "2007-08-20T14:19:42Z")
Top: Kucinich 48 Gravel 42 Obama 33 Edawards/Clinton 32 Bottom: Tancredo -41 Hunter -47 Romney -48 No real surprises at the top. Although I think Obama or Clinton would be the best choices. At bottom, I’m surprised to see Romney so low. I hate him, but it’s mostly because he was a pretty poor governor. I thought he’d be running closer to the top of the Republicans if measured by issues alone (Paul, with 15, is my top Republican, btw). ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/25 "2007-08-20T14:31:05Z")
Top 5: Kucinich 41 Gravel 36 Obama 28\* Clinton 27\* Edwards 26\* \*Interesting that these three all seem to blend together for me anyway, so a 2 point spread is not that surprising, I suppose. Bottom 5: Brownback -29 Tancredo -35 Huckabee -36 Romney -40 Hunter -43 Guess I have a definite Democratic lean going there… ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/26 "2007-08-20T14:32:59Z")
Kucinich 67, Gravel 60, Obama 31. Kucinich and Gravel are kind of crazy, but I do kind of like Obama. Tancredo -56 Romney -62 Hunter -64 Highest Republican other than Ron Paul (who wants to eliminate half of all federal agencies, it seems like), is Thompson at -17. ---
**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, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/27 "2007-08-20T15:12:04Z")
I think this test is deliberately biased towards Kucinich. If you go to the source page from the test, there is a Kucinich for president add at the top. ---
**Author:** ![Amok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@Amok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amok)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/28 "2007-08-20T15:15:28Z")
My results were a bit weird: Highest: McCain 17 Gravel 16 Paul 13 Giuliani 13 Brownback 10 Thompson 5 Gravel in with a bunch of Republicans. I disagreed with very few issues of his, but I guess I didn’t rate the things I agreed with on him very high. Lowest: Clinton -19 Romney -19 Hillary and Mitt tied. Wouldn’t have expected that. No one scored very high for me (or very low, for that matter) though. Guess it was all the “mehs” I put down for importance. I don’t particularly care about half the issues (Iraq and Iran in particular). ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/29 "2007-08-20T15:23:46Z")
Given a) I live in the UK and b) I put ‘meh’ a lot as most issues affect the US, I got: Kuchinich 49 (no disagreements) Hunter -45 Which candidates support torture? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/30 "2007-08-20T15:58:57Z")
Strange poll with an odd collection of questions: Kucinich 44 Net Neutrality Clinton 34 Patriot Act, Net Neutrality, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage Edwards 32 Patriot Act, Net Neutrality, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage **Gravel 31 (you have no disagreements with this candidate)** … Giuliani -15 Who the heck is Gravel? Interesting how the candidate I am currently planning to vote for is a -15. Of course his stand on torture and the Patriot act means I might jump ship to the Dem candidate at this rate. I think he needs some clarifying statements. Of course, if Bloomberg runs, I drop Rudy instantly. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/31 "2007-08-20T15:59:29Z")
If I support “Embryonic Stem Cells” what does that mean? Support research using them or support protecting them from research that destroys them? ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/32 "2007-08-20T16:06:51Z")
Kucinich 55 Gravel 52 Dodd 26 Obama 24 Clinton 21 Biden 21 Edwards 21 Richardson 16 Paul 15 Thompson -11 Giuliani -23 Cox -23 McCain -25 Brownback -28 Tancredo -44 Romney -53 Huckabee -56 Hunter -62 Apparently I’m some kind of Lefty. I did not know that. ---
**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, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/33 "2007-08-20T16:16:41Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] Apparently I’m some kind of Lefty. I did not know that. [/QUOTE] I’m telling you, this “test” had to have been designed by a Kucinich supporter. Go to the original issues page [here](http://www.2decide.com/table.htm), and you’ll see that he’s the only candidate who doesn’t have any “unknowns” or “other” rating on any of the issues. Also, note the Kucinich ad at the top. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/34 "2007-08-20T16:21:37Z")
[QUOTE=John Mace] I’m telling you, this “test” had to have been designed by a Kucinich supporter. Go to the original issues page [here](http://www.2decide.com/table.htm), and you’ll see that he’s the only candidate who doesn’t have any “unknowns” or “other” rating on any of the issues. Also, note the Kucinich ad at the top. [/QUOTE] Yep, you’re probably right. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/35 "2007-08-20T16:39:12Z")
[QUOTE=John Mace] I’m telling you, this “test” had to have been designed by a Kucinich supporter. [/QUOTE] This theory requires that Kucinich supporters exist. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/36 "2007-08-20T16:47:55Z")
I can say I’m fully in support of the city of Kyoto. I definitely want it to continue to exist. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/37 "2007-08-20T16:53:33Z")
Do I support or oppose embryonic stem cells? I strongly support them! Without embryonic stem cells none of us would exist. I also support Kyoto. I’ve never been there, but I’m sure most of its citizens are decent people and I wouldn’t want anything bad to happen to them. ETA: Beaten by **Panamajack.** ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/38 "2007-08-20T17:06:57Z")
I came out with "Polls belong in **IMHO** at 99 and Polls should be permitted in **GD** at -93. Off to **IMHO**. [/Moderating] (I was surprised that Romney scored lower than Tancredo, but the test is not sufficiently real to go back and see where Romney lost more points from me.) ---
**Author:** ![Aholibah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/39 "2007-08-20T17:11:19Z")
I was confused by the embryonic stem cells question, too. I support research on them, and I chose ‘support’, and since Kucinich et al didn’t disagree with me, I assume my interpretation was the correct one. Here are my results: Kucinich 69 Gravel 54 Obama 40 Clinton 37 Biden 37 Edwards 36 Dodd 36 Richardson 29 Paul 16 McCain -10 Cox -21 Thompson -21 Giuliani -24 Brownback -36 Huckabee -45 Romney -59 Tancredo -62 Hunter -68 ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/40 "2007-08-20T17:16:57Z")
Who the hell is Tom Tancredo? Apparently he’s my candidate of choice, followed by Fred Thompson. There’s no mention of taxes in the quiz either, which I found odd. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219.md?page=3)