# Which Candidate Are You Most Like? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 14, 2015, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/722484 "2015-06-14T03:22:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/722484/41 "2015-06-24T04:22:25Z")
> [@DinoR](#): > > Did you click the button to see more questions in each section? It helps some although there were still big issues IMO in each section that weren’t covered or covered superficially. Yes, I did. However it didn’t help and as far as I could tell all the possible answers are too much sound bite. I am in an odd political place on this board. I am liberal on social issues, a mild hawk on military issues and conservative (not social conservative) on spending. In other words, marry whomever you want, military force can be useful at times and get our budget under control. On a lot of issue I believe the arguments miss the real problem. For example, on health care I believe the issue isn’t getting everyone insured but rather putting systems in place to lower costs and the rest will follow. However, politics has become about ideology first and everything else is a distant second which bothers the hell out of me. Oh well. Taint gonna change anytime soon. Slee ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/722484/42 "2015-06-24T22:25:32Z")
Sanders 98% Clinton 87% O’Malley 78% Christie 31% Paul 18% Carson 10% Walker 10% Florida 5% Cruz 4% ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/722484/43 "2015-06-24T22:48:05Z")
My moderate bonafides are showing: Hillary 77 Bernie 75 Graham 74 Paul 73 Bush 72 Cruz 70 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/722484/44 "2015-06-25T15:12:32Z")
Bernie 96 Hillary 92 O’Malley 77 Huckster 31 Rand 30 Everyone else: 7 or less ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/722484/45 "2015-06-25T18:57:50Z")
Well, that was both expected and illuminating. It pegged me as a ‘slightly left of’ centrist, which is right on the money. It also pegged me as a Hilary girl (78%) with Bernie nipping at her heels at 77%. The shocker came in the top Republican I matched - Marco Rubio (37%)? Really? What? I guess I should pay more attention to what he’s saying. Maybe he’s smarter than I thought. lol To no one’s surprise, Jeb came in last on my list at 6% ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/722484/46 "2015-06-25T19:37:34Z")
Woah, 98% Ben Carson… I didn’t see that coming. I need to take a closer look at him. I’m just kidding, he’s a dipshit. My actual numbers are: ```auto Sanders 97% Clinton 92% O'Malley 77% Huck 37% Paul 23% Walker 13% Carson 12% Cruz 11% Fiorina 7% ``` ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/722484/47 "2015-07-14T08:16:22Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Sanders 97% > Clinton 64% > Christie 57% (environmental) > Bush 57% (environmental, foreign) > O’Malley 54% (healthcare) > Walker 23% > Huckabee 21% > all others 9% or less When I click back to my results via Chrome History I now get different numbers: Sanders 99% Clinton 87% O’Malley 67% Christie 64% Bush 27% et cetera. I did NOT retake the test; I just clicked to what I think is a record of my original answers. Did the website recalibrate the results somehow, perhaps changing candidates’ stances? What happens when others click back to their results? ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/722484/48 "2015-07-14T17:24:22Z")
Bernie Sanders 97% Hillary Clinton 88% Martin O’Malley 68% Rand Paul 30% Chris Christie 30% Mike Huckabee 27% Jeb Bush 23% Donald Trump 19% Ben Carson 15% Scott Walker 11% Marco Rubio 9% Lindsey Graham 8% Carly Fiorina 7% Rick Santorum 6% Ted Cruz 3% Rick Perry 3% Frankly, I’m surprised that the GOP got this much on me. I guess if you throw crazy shit at the wall, some of its bound to stick. What’s interesting to me is that with Paul, it was some foreign policy issues that I agree with him on. He’s for giving some rights to terrorists and trying them in court and not a fan of spying. With Christie, he’s an alternative energy guy and so am I. For a lark, I looked at the bottom and saw that I agree with Perry on decriminalization of some drugs and subsidizing alternative energy, and with Cruz, he and I both agree with subsidizing small farms and jailing Wall Street bankers, though I’ve never heard him mention the latter. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/722484/49 "2015-07-14T19:21:39Z")
Bernie Sanders 94% Hillary Clinton 78% Martin O’Malley 67% Mike Huckabee 43 % Rand Paul 39% Scott Walker 17% Jeb Bush 15% Donald Trump 13 % Ben Carson 2% Ted Cruz 2% It says I side with Clinton on social issues and with Sanders on economic issues. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/722484/50 "2015-07-14T19:29:23Z")
Did they simply not include Jindal in the survey? If that is the case it is freaking hilarious! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/722484/51 "2015-07-14T20:19:31Z")
Sanders 85% Hillary 74% … Trump 34% I’m horrified. Double digits for Trump? I’m not certain I even share 34% of his DNA. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/722484/52 "2015-07-14T20:28:04Z")
Bernie Sanders 90% Hillary Clinton 83% Martin O’Malley 69% Rand Paul 39% \*\* Great Sun Jester\*\*, I got 34% for Trump, too, and it said “on healthcare”. I should have looked at where our answers matched! ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/722484/53 "2015-07-15T02:11:12Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Did they simply not include Jindal in the survey? If that is the case it is freaking hilarious! 😃 Still no Pataki who declared before him. Also no Webb who was only about a week behind Jindal. I believe they may all be en route to classification as mid-major candidates. They’re happy to be in the big dance but nobody expects them to survive Feb. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/722484/54 "2015-07-15T02:45:24Z")
Jindal must be less than the margin of error 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/722484/55 "2015-07-15T10:05:43Z")
98% Hilary, 87% Sanders…and 69% Trump! Even more surprising, my general area of agreement with Trump is on _immigration_ issues! Huh? I support a full DREAM act, clear path to citizenship for most undocumented folks, less emphasis on securing borders… At first, I thought maybe my one point of agreement with The Donald was that immigration issues are _important_. But then I read in another thread that his past statements on immigration policy are varied, only sometimes jibing with his recent odious “rapists” comments. Still, that 69% figure disturbs me. ---
**Author:** ![Clawdio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@Clawdio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clawdio)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/722484/56 "2015-07-15T14:35:47Z")
92% - Bernie Sanders 88% - Hillary Clinton 71% - Martin O’Malley 58% - Chris Christie (environmental issues) 44% - Jeb Bush 41% - The Donald 37% - Rand Paul 27% - Scott Walker 12% - Ted Cruz 11% - Ben Carson One of the primary reasons my percentage wasn’t higher with Sanders were some of the immigration questions. For example I said a child born to illegal aliens in the US should not be a citizen, but after I finished the quiz, I realized that I wanted to answer that question differently… Then I found out that was one that we differed on. I had no idea I would be so in step with Sanders. My only republican above 50% was Christie and the only issue I sided with him on was environmental issues. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/722484/57 "2015-07-15T16:57:49Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > 98% Hilary, 87% Sanders…and 69% Trump! Even more surprising, my general area of agreement with Trump is on _immigration_ issues! Huh? I support a full DREAM act, clear path to citizenship for most undocumented folks, less emphasis on securing borders… > > At first, I thought maybe my one point of agreement with The Donald was that immigration issues are _important_. But then I read in another thread that his past statements on immigration policy are varied, only sometimes jibing with his recent odious “rapists” comments. > > Still, that 69% figure disturbs me. Having a 69 with Donald Trump would disturb anyone ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/722484/58 "2015-07-15T17:51:27Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Having a 69 with Donald Trump would disturb anyone 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/722484/59 "2015-07-16T23:13:17Z")
Fairly good and in-depth poll for the Internet. I am not surprised by the results. 84% Bernie Sanders Democrat on environmental, domestic policy, healthcare, education, and social issues. 73% Hillary Clinton Democrat on domestic policy, foreign policy, education, and social issues. 63% Chris Christie Republican on environmental and economic issues. 57% Marco Rubio Republican on immigration and economic issues. 41% Rand Paul Republican on foreign policy, immigration, and healthcare issues. 39% Carly Fiorina Republican on economic issues. 37% Martin O’Malley Democrat on social issues. 36% Donald Trump Republican on immigration issues. 34% Rick Santorum Republican on immigration and economic issues. 33% Jeb Bush Republican no major issues. 33% Mike Huckabee Republican on economic issues. 31% Lindsey Graham Republican no major issues. 28% John Kasich Republican on economic issues. 27% Ted Cruz Republican on immigration issues. 25% Rick Perry Republican on healthcare issues. 20% Scott Walker Republican on economic issues. 17% Ben Carson Republican on economic issues. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/722484/60 "2015-07-17T03:44:57Z")
> [@](#): > > 97% Bernie Sanders Democrat > > 85% Hillary Clinton Democrat > > 78% Martin O’Malley Democrat > > 36%Mike Huckabee Republican > > 31%Donald Trump Republican > > 18%Jeb Bush Republican > > 17%Rand Paul Republican > > 9%Scott Walker Republican > > 7%Ben Carson Republican > > 3%Ted Cruz Republican Why, heavens to Murgatroyd-- I’m a Democrat! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/722484.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-are-you-most-like/722484.md?page=4)