and see which candidate you align with. Then do the quiz again, answering all the
questions antithetically. You might find yourself gnashing your teeth in this part of the exercise, but persevere.
On the honest side I came out as a Dennis Kucinich supporter and the second time around I was for Duncan Hunter .
Do you think it’s possible that the polls are being logged for statistical purposes… so taking the test the second time antithetically will adversely affect that?
I took the test once and came out as a Denis Kucinich supporter (Whoever that is)
I don’t quite understand the quiz. We add points to what is “more important to you”. But what does that mean? I can be rabidly pro or anti on any issue - how do they score the same?
ETA: Never mind, that was just the first step. :smack:
76% Huckabee
66% McCain
64% Thompson
61% Obama
51% Clinton
Obama still has my support. The stuff that we disagree on strongly is tax policy and gun control, and while he might be able to effect change on taxes he doesn’t have a prayer on guns. Besides, my opposition to taxes is ideological and is not really practical.
Issues:
Civil Liberties and Domestic Security — 3
Iraq and Foreign Policy — 4
Environment and Energy — 3
Health Care — 5
Social Security — 2
Education — 3
Results:
83% Gravel
80% Kucinich
80% Obama
Guess I didn’t get as far from the 1960s as I thought I did.
John Edwards: 84%
Barack Obama: 84%
Hillary Clinton: 82 %
(Yeah, I’m an interested spectator but none of the Dem nominees is spectacularly better than the others policy-wise. My preferences are all on leadership style and personality and other such fluff. I’m hoping Edwards gets washed out but I could totally live with either Obama or Clinton)
4 Civil Liberties & Domestic Security
3 Iraq & Foreign Policy
3 Trade & Economics
4 Health Care
2 Taxed & Budget
4 Abortion & Birth Control
My anticandidate is Duncan Hunter @ 86%. Rudy and Fred are behind at 74 & 75% respectively. I had to select Mike Huckabee from the dropdown to find out he’s at 73%. So is John McCain. Mitt’s at 74%. Ron Paul comes closest to meeting me halfway at 51%.
Kuchinich 90,
Gravel 88,
Edwards 78,
Obama 77,
Clinton 73.
Somehow, a President Kuchinich seems untenable. He’s a good deal older than I am, and his wife’s a couple years younger than our youngest child. Plus, that being said, I feel like a creep for thinking she’s hot. And is that a bad rug, or what?
I got 81% Kucinich and 80% Gravel. Funny–the other quiz I took put me 90+% Gravel. I think the guy is a moron, but apparently we are like-minded morons.
The ‘fake’ test was scary. I kept putting “Strongly Oppose” and “Strongly Agree”–absolutely no middle ground, all for positions I find personally loathesome. I thought, “Only someone who was certifiably insane could answer these questions in this way.” Well, that person would be Duncan Hunter–93%. Who the fuck is this guy? Baelzebub?
Nah. Kucinich actually professes most of the policies that liberals and democrats favor in theory. But the other candidates try to be more moderate in order to be more “electable” and out of pragmatism. You see the same sort of thing with third parties - they may have all the policies people want in theory, but not be considered viable and so aren’t ever voted for.
With my views, I got Kucinich, Obama and Clinton. Kucinich doesn’t have a chance in hell (and I think his wife is just creepy, as is he), but (and I always knew this) for me it comes down to Obama or Clinton.
When I did [del]the Antichrist[/del] the alter ego of me, I got Duncan Hunter (who he?), Romney and someone else, whose name I already forgot (not McCain or Huckabee).
I did notice the questions were slightly different when I did it the second time.