# President Match.com **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 25, 2004, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-match-com/231137 "2004-02-25T17:36:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-match-com/231137/41 "2004-02-26T03:09:52Z")
Kucinich 100% Kerry 90% Dean 90% Edwards 80% Bush 11% I know why all of us lefties are getting mild agreement with Bush: most of us agree that an immediate US withdrawal from Iraq would be even more retarded than going in there in the first place was. Oh, and I believe the list of candidates you get rankings for is based on which issues you listed as most important to you. Domestic education and criminal policy = not as important to me as international relations, thus I didn’t get a Sharpton. Or so goes my theory. I find it somewhat worrying that the man who bankrupted Cleveland is my ideal candidate, but not nearly as worrying as how many of you agree with Bush on so much. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-match-com/231137/42 "2004-02-26T03:59:33Z")
> [@Chicago Faucet](#): > > Hal, > > Honestly, if you have been voting Libertarian your whole life, what is it about Kucinich that you find appealing? Actually, I was kind of surprised at that result. I’m socially liberal/fiscally conservative, so I expected lower Kucinich/Kerry/et al results and slightly higher Bush numbers. ---
**Author:** ![kinoons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kinoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kinoons)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-match-com/231137/43 "2004-02-26T08:53:10Z")
Kerry – 100% Edwards – 92% Dean – 87% Kucinich – 85% Sharpton – 84% Bush – 44% Damn - AOL just tells ya how to vote…wonder who wrote it? ---
**Author:** ![MadnessIsAVirtue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@MadnessIsAVirtue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadnessIsAVirtue)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-match-com/231137/44 "2004-02-26T09:18:55Z")
I’m not even American, but I took the test out of interest since who gets elected has a bearing on foreign relations and our PM in Australia wants to be all buddy buddy with Bush. I can’t stand either of them. My scores: Kerry (100%) Kucinich (91%) Edwards (89%) Dean (83%) Bush (24%) Anyone want to interpret what this means for me? Other than being a liberal Democrat, not that I can actually vote for any of those guys since I’m not a US citizen. Wish I was, just so I could get rid of Bush. I’ve never even heard of Kucinich. And I don’t know that much about Edwards or Dean either. I’m only really familiar with the views of Kerry and Bush. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-match-com/231137/45 "2004-02-26T09:20:14Z")
Kucinich 100% Dean 97% Kerry 96% Sharpton 89% Edwards 88% Bush 23% I am kind of surprised that Dean and Sharpton are so high and Edwards is so low. I saw something on one of the pages about adding the 3rd party candidates after the primaries are over. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Badger\_Racing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@Atomic\_Badger\_Racing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Badger_Racing)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-match-com/231137/46 "2004-02-26T11:00:27Z")
Kucinich 100% Sharpton 94% Kerry 91% Dean 86% Edwards 78% Bush 13% My Bush score seems far too high… ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-match-com/231137/47 "2004-02-26T12:58:04Z")
1. Bush 100% 2. Edwards 62% 3. Kerry 56% 4. Dean 53% 5. Sharpton 33% 6. Kucinich 31% No surprise there. What I don’t understand is this: > [@](#): > > So that your results are prioritized according to the issues that concern you most, tell us how important each one is to you. The information you provide will be used to rank the candidates on your final list. > > Social Issues > **Crime/Education** > Security and International Policy > Benefit Programs > **The Economy/Environment** Crime/education, and economy/environment aren’t mutually exclusive any more? I’d give the economy a “very important” and the environment a “no opinion”. ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@Lady\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Ice)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-match-com/231137/48 "2004-02-26T14:07:22Z")
100% Kucinich 95% Kerry 88% Dean 86% Edwards 15% Bush 0% Sharpton Makes sense, I’ve liked alot of things that Kucinich has said, but I’m realistic, the man was unelectable from the start. He’s kind of flakey. Funny, Sharpton didn’t even show up in my results, so I assume that means 0%. I knew Bush would come up because I really like the 401k tax break for low income. I’m probably 1 of only maybe 3 people who can actually afford to take advantage of it though. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-match-com/231137/49 "2004-02-26T15:05:21Z")
> [@](#): > > He was mayor of Cleveland and went on to be a congressman for my native Ohio–I think he may have been in the House of Representitives. _ **Boy** _ mayor of Cleveland - elected at age 31 in 1977. He was elected to the House of Representatives for Ohio’s 10[sup]th[/sup] district four times. [http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/politics/7688589.htm](http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/politics/7688589.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-match-com/231137/50 "2004-02-26T15:16:38Z")
> [@BuckleberryFerry](#): > > Bush - 100% ::gets down with her Republican self:: > That’s all I had. > No, really. That’s because you probably checked the little “Republican” box when it asks you . That excludes the non-Republicans. > [@](#): > > Party > If you want to find the best candidate for you regardless of party, leave this question blank - otherwise candidates will be excluded from the final results. I’m trying to resist making any snide comments about the observational skills of Bush backers. ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-match-com/231137/51 "2004-02-26T15:43:11Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > That’s because you probably checked the little “Republican” box when it asks you . That excludes the non-Republicans. Well, duh. I’m not gonna vote for a Democrat. I knew that. > [@](#): > > I’m trying to resist making any snide comments about the observational skills of Bush backers. I’d appreciate it. ---
**Author:** ![TheFifthYear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@TheFifthYear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFifthYear)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-match-com/231137/52 "2004-02-26T16:52:09Z")
Kucinich 100% Sharpton 98% Kerry 96% Dean 89% Edwards 85% W 10% I’m an ABB voter, for sure. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-match-com/231137/53 "2004-02-26T17:15:00Z")
Bush - 100% Kerry - 63 Dean - 61 Edwards - 57 Kucinich - 30 ---
**Author:** ![dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorkusmalorkusmafia/32/7266_2.png) [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-match-com/231137/54 "2004-02-26T17:17:29Z")
Kucinich - 100% Sharpton - 87% Kerry - 84% Dean - 82% Edwards - 71% Bush - 0% I am more than happy to see that Bush scored a 0%. I answered how I honestly felt and vote for whom I think is the best candidate funny how it seems to eliminate most republicans. I have voted for republicans in the past for city elections and such judging them by their merits rather than by their party affiliations. However, I don’t vote for anyone that is involved with the religious right. Those people are scary. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2004, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-match-com/231137/55 "2004-02-26T17:55:59Z")
I took the poll and ended up with these results, which I find baffling because I disagree with all candidates about pretty much everything: 1 Dean Score: 100% 2 Kerry Score: 100% 3 Edwards Score: 92% 4 Sharpton Score: 88% 5 Bush Score: 84% 6 Kucinich Score: 81% So, I click on “compare with other candidates” and look at their stances. Then I clicked on “back to results” and I got a different result. 1 Kucinich Score 100% 2 Kerry Score 91% 3 Sharpton Score 87% 4 Dean Score 84% 5 Edwards Score 81% 6 Bush Score 10% Hmfph. Julie ---
**Author:** ![Thirty-Nine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@Thirty-Nine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thirty-Nine)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-match-com/231137/56 "2004-02-26T20:48:48Z")
1: Kerry 100% 2: Sharpton 96% 3: Dean 95% 4: Kucinich 94% 5: Edwards 90% 6: Bush 31% Looks like I’m a stalwart Democrat (and I didn’t tick that box). Either that, or Bush is just _that_ disagreeable. ---
**Author:** ![sleeping](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@sleeping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeping)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-match-com/231137/57 "2004-02-26T23:43:11Z")
Kucinich 100% Kerry 94% Sharpton 93% Dean 93% Edwards 86% Bush 20% Hmm. That’s pretty weird. It seems like the only reason I got such high percentages for the Dems (and 100% for Kucinich! :eek: ) is that I strongly opposed most of Bush’s plans. Well that, and I expressed some concern for the environment. But there’s no chance in hell I’d agree with Sharpton on more than, say, 15% of issues and Kucinich on 20%. And the moderate Dems wouldn’t get above a 60. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-match-com/231137/58 "2004-03-01T19:20:19Z")
Hmm. Suprised me. 1 Edwards, Score: 100% 2 Kerry, Score: 96% 3 Kucinich, Score: 92% 4 Dean, Score: 89% 5 Sharpton, Score: 75% 6 Bush, Score: 67% ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-match-com/231137/59 "2004-03-02T02:16:29Z")
Here’s what they gave me: > [@](#): > > 1. Kerry Score: 100% Kerry > > 2 Edwards Score: 95% Edwards > > 3 Dean Score: 89% Dean > > 4 Kucinich Score: 73% Kucinich > > 5 Sharpton Score: 68% Sharpton > > 6 Bush Score: 66% Bush Huh. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-match-com/231137.md?page=2)