I found a great '10 issues' quiz to decide who you like for POTUS.

2008 Presidential Primaries

Clinton 10
Obama 8
Huckabee 6
McCain 4
I was a little surprised to see I agreed with Clinton more than Obama, and Huckabee more than McCain. Some answers didn’t really address the question so I marked it ‘disagree’ only to learn later that you don’t have to mark an answer if you don’t feel strongly one way or the other.

What results did you get and did you expect what came up?

Moving thread from IMHO to MPSIMS.

That was neat – I appreciated seeing quotes independent of knowing who said them. And it turns out that I pretty much came out where I expected.

Agreed
Clinton: 9
Obama: 9
Huckabee: 0
McCain: 2

Disagreed
Clinton: 1
Obama: 1
Huckabee: 9
McCain: 7

Neither:
Huckabee: 1
McCain: 1

Clinton 9, Obama 8, McCain 7, Huckabee 4. The only one I disagreed with Clinton on was Immigration.

Clinton 8, McCain 8, Obama 7, Huckabee 8, Gravel 6.

I didn’t think I so firmly agreed with McCain, and didn’t think I agreed with Huckabee or Clinton on anything.

Agree
Huckabee: 5
McCain: 8
Obama: 4
Clinton: 5

Disagree
Huckabee: 5
McCain: 1
Obama: 6
Clinton: 5

10 for Clinton

9 for Obama

2 for McCain

I wasn’t sure I could get behind Obama’s stance on giving states the right to decide whether gay people may be afforded the rights as their married counterparts. I respect the concept of state autonomy, but banning gay marriage/civil unions/whatever is such a fundamental violation of individual civil rights that I could never condone granting an individual state that power. What he said, from my perspective, is essentially on the same level as a candidate saying, ‘‘Well, if the state decides it wants to enforce racial segregation in educational institutions and public service facilities, far be it from me to stop the will of the state!’’

I felt his response overall dodged this issue – the fundamental violation of civil rights happening in this country as we speak – and he took great care to distance himself by saying he opposed gay marriage but supported civil unions. :rolleyes:

I’m voting for Obama anyways.

Overall the results did not much surprise me.

Lord, I agree with McCain and Clinton on just about everything. I wonder if there’s a chance they could be running mates . . . ?

This is, I think, the best quiz I’ve taken so far. It’s really great to read their own words, instead of agreeing or disagreeing with someone else’s interpretation of their words.

Agreed with:

Hillary Clinton on 10 issues
Health care, Energy , National Security , Race, Iraq, Immigration, Environment, Gay Marriage, Jobs and the Economy, Abortion

Mike Gravel on 9 issues
Health care, Energy , National Security , Iraq, Immigration, Environment, Gay Marriage, Jobs and the Economy, Abortion

Barack Obama on 8 issues
Health care, National Security , Race, Iraq, Immigration, Environment, Jobs and the Economy, Abortion

John McCain on 5 issues
Energy , Environment, Gay Marriage, Jobs and the Economy, Abortion

Mike Huckabee on 1 issues
Environment

At least now I know that if McCain takes this thing, my “dealbreakers” are things we agree on.

I choose to neither agree nor disagree with Obama’s gay marriage stance, for the same reason olivesmarch4th gives.

Great. I agree with McCain and Huckabee on six issues each. That doesn’t help me make my choice.

Vote for an asteroid to come in and take them both out.

I kid.

Mostly.

Barack and Hillary on 10 (huh), Huckabee on 5, and McCain on 2. [del]Who’s on first?[/del]

I agreed with Clinton and Obama on 3 and 2 issues, respectively.

Well, there is more than just one asteroid up there…

Again…mostly kidding.

With me, Obama, Clinton, and Gravel are tied with 6 Agrees apiece. Paul is next with 5, which is a shame because Paul is utterly crazy with regard to abortion and the gold standard. I truly and honestly hate Huckabee and think he personifies everything that’s wrong with the GOP today. I hope Huckabee gets caught giving head to an illegal immigrant in a truck stop.

I ended up leaving a lot blank, because I wanted more detail from the person (there was a lack of specifics or they used a lot of words to say nothing at all) or because while I didn’t really disagree with them, I didn’t really agree with them either (or vice versa).
Agreed/Disagreed/Neither:
Clinton: 8/0/2
Obama: 6/0/4
Gravel: 5/1/4 (which was a surprise)
McCain: 0/3/6
Paul: 2/5/3 (which was also a surprise. I was unaware that Ron Paul and I agreed about anything)
Huckabee:0/6/2
So, pretty much what I thought. And I still have two whole days before the caucus.

Clinton: 10
Gravel: 10
Obama: 9
Huckabee: 5
The rest: 4 each.

But if I were voting Republican, I’d vote McCain.

Huh. Trip out. I’m pretty sure I despise Clinton, but…now my self identity has been compromised!
I also did not realize that you didn’t have to choose agree or disagree. But, no matter. It may not have changed the results that much.

Agreed/Disagreed
Paul 5/5
Clinton 7/3
Gravel 6/4
Huckabee 4/6
McCain 6/3
Romney 5/5
Obama 6/4

The choice is clear. I’m 35. I need to start my own party and run.:smiley:

Agree/Disagree/No Vote

Clinton: 10/0/0
Obama: 9/0/1 (health care)
McCain: 3/4/2
Romney: 2/7/1 (agreed on energy and environment)
Huckabee: 1/7/2 (agreed on health care)

Not too surprised at the Dem/Rep split, but the differences between the Republican candidates was interesting.

7 Romney
7 Huckabee (!)
5 McCain
1 BO and HRC

I left a few blank because they were too flimsy and broad.