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Online quiz: Which presidential candidate fits your beliefs the best?

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Mizzougrad96, Sep 26, 2007.

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  1. spnited

    spnited Active Member

    First one came up Kucinich, Richardson, Edwards, Biden, Obama, Clinton

    Second one was Obama, Edwards, Biden, Clinton, Kucinich, Dodd.
     
    spnited, Sep 26, 2007
    #25
  2. Cansportschick

    Cansportschick Active Member

    Wasn't Biden involved in the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination hearings?
     
    Cansportschick, Sep 26, 2007
    #26
  3. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    Why are you disturbed? You apparently agree with her on many things.

    A friend of mine did this poll last election and was matched up with Kucinich. He went nuts. Another friend asked him why wouldn't he vote for Kucinich since apparently they shared the same views on many things.

    Apparently Giuliani, Obama, Edwards, and Hillary share many of the same views because they all popped up in my top four as well.
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Sep 26, 2007
    #27
  4. Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!

    Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!! Well-Known Member

    So was mine.
     
    Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!, Sep 26, 2007
    #28
  5. Cansportschick

    Cansportschick Active Member

    I would question the validity of this quiz then....
    Bell curve anyone?
     
    Cansportschick, Sep 26, 2007
    #29
  6. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    John McCain 28
    Ron Paul 27
    Fred Thompson 23
    Sam Brownback 23
    Duncan Hunter 23
    Jim Gilmore 22
    Rudy Giuliani 19

    Out of that group, only two I'd consider voting for are Ron Paul (as unserious a candidate as he is) and Giuliani. The poll is flawed, though, I think. I am guessing it assumes things from your responses that may not be true. For example, when it says, "Social Security: Do you favor the concept of privatization of Social Security to any degree?" I said no, but not because I want social security as it exists. I'd do away with any government-mandated program that tells people what to do with their money or how to save--whether it is the government running it or the government mandating some kind of investment with private entitites. Same thing with the stem cell research question... I am not opposed to stem cell research, I just don't think government should be funding the research. I also think government loonies shouldn't be stopping others from doing it, as the Christian fundamentalists would. So I think the poll didn't really match me up right. I'd vote for a Fred Thompson or Sam Brownback over my dead body.
     
    The Big Ragu, Sep 26, 2007
    #30
  7. digger

    digger New Member

    Kucinich 48

    Dodd 43

    Edwards 42

    Obama and Hillary 38 (we disagree on Iraq, death penalty and Immigration)

    Rudy 28 was highest republican

    McCain, hunter and huckabee were all 5s.

    The wierdest thing is, 7 years ago I would have voted for McCain, and I doubt he's changed much. But now, with his kissups to GWB in 2004, not a chance.
     
    digger, Sep 26, 2007
    #31
  8. Cansportschick

    Cansportschick Active Member

    Okay I just did this quiz and I know for a fact it's rigged:

    Romney: 35
    McCain: 30
    Richardson: 30
    Gravel: 25
    Gilmore: 25
    Guliani: 25
    Hunter: 25


    Obama: 25
    Biden: 25
    Clinton: 25
    Paul: 25
    Edwards: 20
    Huckabee: 20
    Thompson: 20
    Tancredo: 20
    Dodd: 20
    Kuckinch: 20
    Brownback: 20

    Thank god that I am Canadian.
    This quiz has errors. ;D
     
    Cansportschick, Sep 26, 2007
    #32
  9. digger

    digger New Member

    Second quiz: Hillary and Dodd 68, Edwards 65.

    Rudy again (tied with Paul) best republican with 30. McCain did better with a 25.

    Brownback and Huckabee got 8's, Tancredo and Hunter 0.

    By the way, I'm leaning toward Edwards.
     
    digger, Sep 26, 2007
    #33
  10. Gold

    Gold Active Member

    Dodd came out on top in both polls for me. I think Hillary came out second in one and third in another.

    the first one didn't seem as good. I know I don't agree with Mike Huckabee on Iraq.
     
    Gold, Sep 26, 2007
    #34
  11. Gold

    Gold Active Member

    Yes. He might have been chairman of the committee reviewing the Judge Sexual Harassment
     
    Gold, Sep 26, 2007
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  12. Killick

    Killick Well-Known Member

    Obama 37
    Clinton 37
    Giuliani 36
    Richardson 35
    Kucinich 35
    Edwards 35
    Dodd 30
    Biden 30

    But as someone said, not a very nuanced quiz. The Iraq answers in particular.
     
    Killick, Sep 26, 2007
    #36
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