# Test your political orientation **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 13, 2008, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-political-orientation/433381 "2008-01-13T15:38:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-political-orientation/433381/1 "2008-01-13T15:38:12Z")
Take the quiz at [http://glassbooth.org/](http://glassbooth.org/) 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 . Try it. It’s fun. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-political-orientation/433381/2 "2008-01-13T18:34:30Z")
It says I match 100% with eleven of the candidates and zero with the remaining four of Richardson, Biden, Tancredo, and Dodd. I somehow doubt that. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-political-orientation/433381/3 "2008-01-13T18:42:49Z")
[QUOTE=BarnOwl] Take the quiz at > **[Xoilac TV - Trực tiếp World Cup 2026 - Link XoilacZ chính thức](https://xoilaczvy.cc/)** > > Xoilac TV chính thức - Trực tiếp bóng đá World Cup 2026 HD. XoilacZ cập nhật link xem bóng đá, lịch thi đấu, bảng xếp hạng, kết quả bóng đá nhanh và chính xác nhất. 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 . Try it. It’s fun. [/QUOTE] 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) ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-political-orientation/433381/4 "2008-01-13T18:54:56Z")
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: ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-political-orientation/433381/5 "2008-01-13T19:09:50Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-political-orientation/433381/6 "2008-01-13T19:14:55Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-political-orientation/433381/7 "2008-01-13T19:16:06Z")
Agree with me: 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%. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-political-orientation/433381/8 "2008-01-13T19:18:05Z")
I got Kucinich and Gravel (again) – too bad neither of them actually has a shot. ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-political-orientation/433381/9 "2008-01-13T19:25:35Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] I got Kucinich and Gravel (again) – too bad neither of them actually has a shot. [/QUOTE] But you persevered. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-political-orientation/433381/10 "2008-01-13T19:41:58Z")
Obama/Duncan Hunter (who?) ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-political-orientation/433381/11 "2008-01-13T19:47:30Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] 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: [/QUOTE] C’mon. Tell us how you did - even if you had to take the quiz again! 😃😃😃 ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-political-orientation/433381/12 "2008-01-13T20:39:10Z")
Best: Kucinich (87%), it also appears that it doesn’t matter whether Hillary or Obama wins b/c one had 70 and one had 69. Worst: Duncan Hunter at 24%, followed by Huckabee and Thompson at 35% ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-political-orientation/433381/13 "2008-01-13T21:30:34Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-political-orientation/433381/14 "2008-01-13T21:36:02Z")
The Antinapier’s best bets: Hunter 89%, Huckabee 84, Giuliani 81, Thompson 78, McCain 76, Romney 74 Ron Paul comes in at 36. Whose side is he on, again? ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-political-orientation/433381/15 "2008-01-13T21:53:18Z")
Real: Dennis Kucinich shares a 91% similarity with your beliefs Opposite: Duncan Hunter shares a 85% similarity with your beliefs ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-political-orientation/433381/16 "2008-01-13T21:55:31Z")
This Kucinich fella is coming up a lot. Perhaps something is amiss? ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-political-orientation/433381/17 "2008-01-13T21:56:55Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-political-orientation/433381/18 "2008-01-13T21:59:24Z")
[QUOTE=Lobsang] This Kucinich fella is coming up a lot. Perhaps something is amiss? [/QUOTE] 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. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-political-orientation/433381/19 "2008-01-13T22:05:26Z")
Ron Paul 75% Barack Obama 71% Dennis Kucinich 60% I’ll take door #2, please. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-political-orientation/433381/20 "2008-01-13T22:36:38Z")
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. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-political-orientation/433381.md?page=2)