# Which Candidate Are You Most Like?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/609367
**Category:** Politics & Elections
**Created:** [January 13, 2012, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/609367 "2012-01-13T04:05:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2012, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/609367/1 "2012-01-13T04:05:40Z")
[http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/candidate-match-game](http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/candidate-match-game)
Huntsman 7/11 73.4%
Romney 4/11 53.4%
Gingrich 3/11 46.8%
Can the thread title be changed to “most like”
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2012, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/609367/2 "2012-01-13T06:07:17Z")
Doesn’t seem very meaningful to me, since I ended up with so many “none of the above”. Particularly annoying were questions about “What should be done about…” that didn’t offer an option of “Nothing; it’s fine the way it is”.
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### Author:  [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2012, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/609367/3 "2012-01-13T12:07:52Z")
I end up with either Huntsman or Obama, though I admit some of the questions had no answers I could support.
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### Author:  [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2012, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/609367/4 "2012-01-13T13:45:05Z")
Obama, then Huntsman and Paul. I’d have trouble deciding between Obama and Huntsman in a general election, but I’d vote for Obama over Paul, no contest. He has some great ideas, but he’s a nut on many others.
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### Author:  [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2012, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/609367/5 "2012-01-13T13:52:02Z")
I post like _this_, but black people post like _this_.
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### Author:  [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/609367/6 "2012-01-13T14:44:31Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#):
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> Obama, then Huntsman and Paul. I’d have trouble deciding between Obama and Huntsman in a general election, but I’d vote for Obama over Paul, no contest. He has some great ideas, but he’s a nut on many others.
I was ranked the same and would have the same trouble choosing between Hunstman and Obama. Same on Paul too - some really great ideas, but others, not so much.
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### Author:  [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/609367/7 "2012-01-13T15:50:12Z")
Dodgy quiz, as often my preferred solution was somewhere near, but not identical to, one of the choices. Rather than pick a bunch of "none of the above"s I tried to pick the closest to my preferred policy wherever possible.
Results: Obama (61.5%), Paul (51%), Huntsman (30%).
Yeah, that sounds about right.
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### Author:  [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/609367/8 "2012-01-13T16:04:40Z")
Another poll with insufficient response choices.
Anyway, my results were:
Obama: 81.5%
Huntsman: 31.6%
Paul: 27.9%
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### Author:  [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/609367/9 "2012-01-13T16:08:22Z")
Obama 74%
Huntsman 43.6%
Romney 39.3%
It was a pretty steep drop-off though with Obama matching 7 of 11 then Huntsman with 3 and Romney with 2.
I swear, some people take internet quizzes just to complain about the quizzes. These aren’t court-admissible or anything 😛
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### Author:  [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/609367/10 "2012-01-13T16:14:54Z")
Yeah, stupid poll. Did anyone tweak the importance meter?
Paul: 47%
Obama/Huntsman: 38%
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/609367/11 "2012-01-13T16:15:21Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#):
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> Can the thread title be changed to “most like”
Done. In the future, please just report your post. That way a mod will see it faster.
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### Author:  [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/609367/12 "2012-01-13T16:17:46Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> Did anyone tweak the importance meter?
I did. I didn’t put a lot of thought into it but did some gut-level adjustments.
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### Author:  [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/609367/13 "2012-01-13T16:19:47Z")
> [@Jophiel](#):
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> I did. I didn’t put a lot of thought into it but did some gut-level adjustments.
Me, too. I tweaked Afghanistan and Defense spending up in importance, which probably upped my “Paul” factor since my position on those two are basically the same as his.
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### Author:  [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/609367/14 "2012-01-13T16:25:12Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> Yeah, stupid poll. Did anyone tweak the importance meter?
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> Paul: 47%
> Obama/Huntsman: 38%
I just did, with the following result:
My original score
Obama: 81.5%
Huntsman: 31.6%
Paul: 27.9%
After tweaking
Obama: 77.2%
Huntsman: 30.5%
Paul: 26.4%
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### Author:  [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/609367/15 "2012-01-13T16:34:58Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#):
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> I just did, with the following result:
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> My original score
> Obama: 81.5%
> Huntsman: 31.6%
> Paul: 27.9%
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> After tweaking
> Obama: 77.2%
> Huntsman: 30.5%
> Paul: 26.4%
Hey, it’s kind of fun to see the candidates jump around when you adjust the importance meter after the fact! 🙂
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### Author:  [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/609367/16 "2012-01-13T17:15:43Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> Hey, it’s kind of fun to see the candidates jump around when you adjust the importance meter after the fact! 🙂
Yeah, although I was kind of surprised that my score for Obama dropped when I increased the importance of the Gay Marriage question.
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### Author:  [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/609367/17 "2012-01-13T17:48:35Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#):
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> Yeah, although I was kind of surprised that my score for Obama dropped when I increased the importance of the Gay Marriage question.
You possibly (like me) actually selected the Ron Paul answer - that we don’t need a marriage amendment because it should be left to the states. The “Obama” answer is “No. Civil Unions are OK for gay couples but marriage should be between a man and a woman”.
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/609367/18 "2012-01-13T17:59:22Z")
Obama first, with (suprisingly) Gingrich as a distant second and (more surprisingly) Paul third.
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### Author:  [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/609367/19 "2012-01-13T18:23:59Z")
Obama - 53.4%, 4 of 11 issues
Paul - 42.4%, 2 of 11 issues
Huntsman - 40.1%, 2 of 11 issues
So, I’m nothing much like any of them. What a surprise. That’s what happens when you’re a civil libertarian and the only high-profile candidates who give a rat’s ass about social issues are the ones who want to ban gay people and Mexicans. Guess I’m voting for Mike Gravel again, assuming he’s still alive in November.
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### Author:  [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/609367/20 "2012-01-13T18:30:25Z")
Obama, Huntsman, Paul
The poll choices are probably limited because they only offer as a choice a stance that has already been made by one of the candidates. I would have voted on Gay Marriage “Gays deserve equal rights on all things, including marriage” but none of the candidates have made that their platforms.
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