# 2008 Presidential Candidate Matcher

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219>\
**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:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/61 "2007-08-22T14:44:07Z")

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Grovel in 2008!!!

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**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/62 "2007-08-22T15:46:00Z")

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Kucinich 73  
Gravel 65  
Obama 38  
Edwards 37  
Clinton 37  
Dodd 35  
Richardson 32  
Biden 30  
Paul 9

Move Kucinich and Gravel down to just below Clinton in my plus list and the order would then be more in line with how I’d actually vote.

Thompson -21  
McCain -25  
Giuliani -31  
Cox -34  
Brownback -36  
Huckabee -52  
Tancredo -59  
Romney -67  
Hunter -71

At first I coulldn’t believe Thompson was at the top of my minus list. However, looking at the rest of this whacked-out bunch I’d say the order is essentially correct, with the exception being Tancredo, who I’d move to just below Romney.

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**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-candidate-matcher/416219/63 "2007-08-22T17:23:57Z")

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I got Kucinich (who I actually do plan to vote for) and Gravel at the top. I agree that the test seems to be biased toward Kuchinich, but I would hope that people would take notice if he turns out to be the candidate most in agreement with their positions and at least take a closer look at him.

Obama was my top “real” candidate; big surprise for me was that Edwards did not finish higher than he did (behind Clinton and also Richardson). All the Democrats beat all the Republicans, the only GOPer in positive figures (barely) was Paul. Dead last was Hunter; he and Cox were the only two I had never heard of.

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