# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/41 "2007-08-20T17:32:45Z")
Who the heck are these people? “Gravel”? “Paul”? I’m surprised McCain is so low, but then I remember his support for Iraq and that clears it up. Gravel 20 Richardson 17 Kucinich 14 Paul 14 Edwards 8 Clinton 4 Biden 3 Dodd 2 Obama 1 Thompson -1 McCain -2 Brownback -7 Huckabee -13 Hunter -14 Tancredo -15 Giuliani -17 Cox -22 Romney -26 ---
**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, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/42 "2007-08-20T17:44:26Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] Who the hell is Tom Tancredo? [/QUOTE] He’s a Republican member of the House (R-CO?) who is basically a one-trick pony, that pony being anti-illegal immigration. He’s really, really, REALLY anti-illegal immigration. ---
**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, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/43 "2007-08-20T18:26:02Z")
Tancredo is also the guy who acted like having a bilingual country was right up there with devil worship. He’s a nut. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/44 "2007-08-20T18:41:51Z")
Top: Clinton 22 Dodd 21 Biden and Obama 18 Bottom: Huckabee -11 Brownback -13 Cox -14 I need to do more research. Too many of my issues were left at ‘meh’ and some I had to Wiki real quick. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/45 "2007-08-20T18:45:59Z")
I got 20 for Ron Paul, for whom I’d never vote. Nobody else got more than 10. I’m leaning toward Huckabee. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/46 "2007-08-20T19:51:17Z")
[QUOTE=MilTan] 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. [/QUOTE] Same here (I had Kucinich first, Gravel second, 4 way tie between Clinton, Obama, Richardson, and Edwards). I also thought some of the questions were poorly worded or unclear (Embryonic Stem Cells, what about them?) redundant, or did not fit easily into “support” or “oppose” so, I had a number of "Other"s at “Meh” level. ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/47 "2007-08-20T19:56:56Z")
Obama -16 Closest other was 13. Wow…didn’t know. ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/48 "2007-08-20T20:04:49Z")
Just had a friend take it…and he had scores in the 40-70’s This supports my gut now…in that no candidate really represents me. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/49 "2007-08-20T21:24:07Z")
Top three: Kucinich 64 No Child Left Behind Gravel 53 (you have no disagreements with this candidate) Edwards 40 No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage Bottom three: Tancredo -54 Romney -57 Hunter -63 To be honest, no one really thrills me right now, though. I got Kucinich at the top last time I took one of these, last election time, and it was from a Democrat-weighted site, though not a Kucinich one. I’d heard of everyone but Gravel before, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/50 "2007-08-20T21:44:52Z")
Top 4: Kucinich 89 No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban Gravel 78 😕 (you have no disagreements with this candidate) Obama 50 Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Same-Sex Marriage Clinton 49 Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage Bottom 4: Huckabee -59 Tancredo -77 Hunter -87 Romney -89 ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/51 "2007-08-20T21:49:49Z")
**Kucinich 53** Gravel 46 Obama 39 Clinton 31 Edwards 30 Biden 28 Dodd 26 Richardson 25 Paul 6 Giuliani -13 Thompson -21 McCain -24 Cox -27 Huckabee -30 Brownback -32 Tancredo -42 Hunter -45 **Romney -47** I’d support Kucinich if he had a chance. I think I’d be happy with Obama or Clinton. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/52 "2007-08-20T22:04:27Z")
[QUOTE=] Kucinich 77 No Child Left Behind, Border Fence Gravel 69 Border Fence Obama 45 Patriot Act, Iran Sanctions, Same-Sex Marriage Clinton 43 Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage Dodd 41 Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action Edwards 40 Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage Biden 39 Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Iran Sanctions, Same-Sex Marriage Richardson 34 Death Penalty, Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage Paul 24 Abortion Rights, Embryonic Stem Cells, Kyoto, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Net Neutrality, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage, Universal Healthcare Thompson -18 McCain -20 Giuliani -27 Brownback -35 Cox -35 Huckabee -54 Tancredo -65 Romney -72 Hunter -74 [/QUOTE] Odd since I don’t know who Gravel is and like Clinton better than Obama. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/53 "2007-08-20T22:52:17Z")
Thompson 31 Kyoto McCain 27 Kyoto, Guantanamo, Torture, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage Romney 27 Embryonic Stem Cells, Kyoto, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage, Same-Sex Civil Union, Same-Sex Constitutional Ban Giuliani 26 Hunter 24 Tancredo 15 Huckabee 12 Cox 10 Paul 5 Brownback -1 Dodd -7 Biden -8 Clinton -12 Obama -13 Edwards -18 Richardson -21 Kucinich -26 Gravel -27 The top three are correct, but it’s actually Romney/Thompson/McCain. I like how Romney lost so many points because same-sex marriage gets 3 questions and taxes aren’t even on the quiz. ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/54 "2007-08-20T22:53:07Z")
My top choice is Kucinich with 45. Bottom choice is Romney with -44. This poll is clearly favoring Kucinich. I can’t believe there are this many Kucinich supporters even on this board. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/55 "2007-08-20T22:59:04Z")
My top was Richardson at 21. Bottom was Brownback at -21. My politics don’t match much with the standard left/right split on issues (nor authoritarian/liberalist) ---
**Author:** ![Dunawake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dunawake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunawake)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/56 "2007-08-20T23:16:04Z")
I just redid the test and got similar results as before Paul 31 Kucinich 30 Gravel 27 Richardson, Biden, Obama, etc. I really like Paul so his top position doesn’t surprise me at all, but all of the Democratic candidates are somewhat distasteful to me, so I don’t know why Kucinich (probably the most radical of the Democrats) is rated so highly. I’m gonna guess at inherent bias as well. ---
**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 21, 2007, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/57 "2007-08-21T00:27:14Z")
This is an obvious attempt to get democratic voters to vote for Kucinich in the primaries. The top two choices of every single SDMB liberal are Kucinich and Gravel? I don’t think so. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/58 "2007-08-21T17:00:57Z")
Kucinich 49 Gravel 39 Obama 29 Romney -42 Tancredo -42 Huter -44 With 14, Paul was the only ® with a positive number ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/59 "2007-08-21T22:57:26Z")
I didn’t know who “Cox” was, so I Googled and found [this article,](http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/013/642dsifq.asp?pg=1) which explains why I hadn’t heard of him – he hasn’t been invited to the ongoing string of “debates”, even though he’s won a straw poll! As for my results, the top four matches were: McCain 14 Paul 10 (and I actually voted for him in the '88 presidential election, when he ran under the Libertarian banner) Thompson 10 Kucinich 5 (when I lived in suburban Cleveland, I voted for him during several of his Congressional races) Bringing up the rear: Huckabee -8 Brownback -8 Tancredo -7 Hunter -7 Biggest surprise was that I actually got a +1 for Hillary, who’d be my eighteenth choice if I ranked these hopefuls from top to bottom on a weighted ballot. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/60 "2007-08-22T02:36:05Z")
I think basically, this thing is pretty much trying to convince me not to vote this election. 14% was the **highest** I got, and that’s not very inspiring. Romney 14 Hunter 13 Thompson 9 Tancredo 9 Huckabee 8 McCain 7 Brownback 6 Paul 5 Cox 3 Giuliani 1 Clinton -3 Richardson -3 Edwards -3 Biden -3 Dodd -3 Obama -7 Kucinich -9 Gravel -13 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219.md?page=4)