2008 Candidate Calculator

Don't know if this has been posted, if so, i apologize. I searched.

This is a neato little quiz-thing that calculates who you should vote for in the 2008 elections based on your opinion on hot topic issues. You choose your stance on the topic, how high a priority it is for you, and then voila, results.

The good thing about this is if you are unread or confused about a certain topic, you can click the topic and it takes you to a page laying out the basic "jist" of it and both sides of the argument.

2008 Candidate Calculator

Shit. Gravel. 91% match.

my results were not suprisingly, very republican. but the order wasn't what i expected.

John Cox 75%
Mitt Romney 72%
Mike Huckabee 65%
Tom Tancredo 65%
Fred Thompson 63%
Rudy Giuliani 58%

This makes me depressed that I can't BURN web sites down to the ground. Shame that.

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The one Zarth posted a while back was much more comprehensive and therefore better (no disrespect meant to you DarkBlueMarcy). I'd repost it, but I don't remember the name of it. How useless am I?

I'm pretty sure he thinks it's a bad idea to vote based on how a website tells you. There are other factors beyond "agree", "disagree."

oh, gotcha. my bad. i was shown this last night and thought that it was interesting. i remember taking the one Zarth posted as well. i liked this because it was simple and hit on big main issues that most people are familiar with. and it doesn't take too long to do.

i mean, OBVIOUSLY there are other things that go into picking a candidate to vote for. but it's interesting to see how they align.

Definitely, it's fun, interesting, I just wouldn't take it too seriously (not that I think you are).

Once again, I get Kucinich as my top choice. My next top three were:

Too bad for Kucinich, the American Presidential election process prefers style over policy.

Agreed, but his SCHIP vote really pissed me off.

Kucinich (D) - 91.67% match
Former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel (D) - 90.63%
Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards (D) - 78.13%
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (D) - 78.13%
Not surprising.

i'm the only republican on the boards! wooooooooooooooo!

wait. maybe i shouldn't be declaring that so loudly. lol.

oh. well, yeah. i thought it would be assumed that some more research would be necessary to make your ultimate decision. i suppose i'm never quite clear enough with the posts i make here.

for a second i though he was referring to the military website and was confused.

Kucinich - 96.91%

I got a whopping 0% match to my former Governor, Tommy Thompson. I hate that douche.

Not changing importance...

Gravel 96% (Weeeee...)
Kucinich 86%
Obama
Biden

Is it just me or was that Net Neutrality issue really random? I have this weird feeling that the whole thing is some sort of data polling for that issue. It just seemed really out of place or is there something I'm missing??

i agree. and on the quiz it showed it as internet neutrality and then took you to the link for net neutrality and i was a bit confused if there was a difference. i honestly wasn't sure what the ins and outs of it was. it was the one issue i had "unsure" for.

Me too. The cons had something to do with R/D computer nerdy stuff I would know nothing about.

Gravel 86% for me.

What the hell. Lots of Kucinich.

Dennis Kucinich (D) 57.81% match
Christopher Dodd (D) - 55.47%
Joseph Biden (D) - 53.91%
Hillary Clinton (D) - 51.56%
Ron Paul (R) - 50.78%
Duncan Hunter (R) - 49.22%
Rudy Giuliani (R) - 48.44%
Barack Obama (D) - 47.66%

I'm not surprised, I reeeeaaaally don't fit the goals of either of the parties.

Pretty cool little site, if used only for bringing up candidates you might otherwise not researched.

No surprise; Kucinich, Gravel, Richardson - though I would vote Richardson, Gravel, Kucinich.

Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich (D) - 88.00%
Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd (D) - 84.00%
Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards (D) - 84.00%
Delaware Senator Joseph Biden (D) - 80.00%
New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D) - 80.00%
Former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel (D) - 80.00%
Illinois Senator Barack Obama (D) - 80.00%
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (D) - 72.00%
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) - 52.00%
Texas Representative Ron Paul (R) - 40.00%
Businessman John Cox (R) - 36.00%
Arizona Senator John McCain (R) - 36.00%
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R) - 32.00%
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R) - 20.00%
Kansas Senator Sam Brownback (R) - 16.00%
Colorado Representative Tom Tancredo (R) - 16.00%
California Representative Duncan Hunter (R) - 8.00%
Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson (R) - 8.00%

Huh. I don't think I'd vote for Kucinich if I were American, but there you go.

Not just that, but when they say a candidate agrees with me on abortion or gay marriage or the war in Iraq, which statement of the candidate are they basing it on? Some folks have, y'know, flip-flopped a little from time to time.

Kucinich (90%)
Gravel (85%)
Edwards (70%)
Richardson (69%)

Not really that helpful, because I don't think I want Kucinich as President even if he had a snowball's chance in hell of winning the primaries, much less the election. Then again, I'm not a registered party member, so it's not going to matter anyway. They'll field whoever they field, and I'll vote Democrat because there's not a Republican candidate born that I'd want running the country or my state right now. (Possibly ever.)

Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich (D) 90.00%
Illinois Senator Barack Obama (D) - 80.00%
Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards (D) - 73.33%
New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D) - 70.00%