Test - which candidate do you match up best with?

Another imperfect test (like how could Paul be above Richardson, and why is Edwards so low,) but here's how it came out for the candidates (from fits me best to fits me worst) -

Kucinich
Sharpton
Obama
Dodd
Biden
Clinton
Edwards
Paul
Richardson
Giuliani
Huckabee
Brownback
Gilmore
Romney
McCain
Thompson
Tancredo
Hunter

Here's the test:

http://www.speakout.com/VoteMatch/senate2006.asp?quiz=2008#sec0

who did you end up with

And he does happen to be my favorite.

Similar to the first one: http://www.selectsmart.com/president/2008.html

Nearly identical to first test. Go figure!

1. Theoretical Ideal Candidate (100%)
2. Dennis Kucinich (81%) Click here for info
3. Barack Obama (80%) Click here for info
4. Joseph Biden (73%) Click here for info
5. John Edwards (73%) Click here for info
6. Christopher Dodd (72%) Click here for info
7. Hillary Clinton (72%) Click here for info
8. Wesley Clark (69%) Click here for info
9. Al Gore (64%) Click here for info
10. Bill Richardson (63%) Click here for info
11. Mike Gravel (46%) Click here for info
12. Elaine Brown (41%) Click here for info
13. Ron Paul (40%) Click here for info
14. Kent McManigal (40%) Click here for info
15. Rudolph Giuliani (33%) Click here for info
16. Mike Huckabee (29%) Click here for info
17. John McCain (27%) Click here for info
18. Mitt Romney (24%) Click here for info
19. Tommy Thompson (22%) Click here for info
20. Tom Tancredo (19%) Click here for info
21. Chuck Hagel (18%) Click here for info
22. Sam Brownback (15%) Click here for info
23. Newt Gingrich (14%) Click here for info
24. Fred Thompson (13%) Click here for info
25. Duncan Hunter (12%) Click here for info
26. Jim Gilmore (8%) Click here for info

1. Theoretical Ideal Candidate (100%)
2. Barack Obama (78%) Click here for info
3. Dennis Kucinich (73%) Click here for info
4. John Edwards (71%) Click here for info
5. Christopher Dodd (68%) Click here for info
6. Al Gore (65%) Click here for info
7. Joseph Biden (63%) Click here for info
8. Hillary Clinton (62%) Click here for info
9. Wesley Clark (62%) Click here for info
10. Bill Richardson (58%) Click here for info
11. Ron Paul (53%) Click here for info
12. Mike Gravel (50%) Click here for info
13. Elaine Brown (50%) Click here for info
14. Mike Huckabee (33%) Click here for info
15. Kent McManigal (28%) Click here for info
16. Tom Tancredo (24%) Click here for info
17. Duncan Hunter (22%) Click here for info
18. John McCain (20%) Click here for info
19. Mitt Romney (19%) Click here for info
20. Tommy Thompson (18%) Click here for info
21. Rudolph Giuliani (15%) Click here for info
22. Fred Thompson (13%) Click here for info
23. Jim Gilmore (13%) Click here for info
24. Chuck Hagel (11%) Click here for info
25. Sam Brownback (10%) Click here for info
26. Newt Gingrich (8%) Click here for info

I think those options help sift the candidates a bit more.

1. Theoretical Ideal Candidate (100%)
2. Al Gore (76%)
3. John Edwards (73%)
4. Barack Obama (70%)
5. Bill Richardson

These little quizes may not be spot on, but they're kinda fun to take!

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Someone posted a link to it earlier and it placed Obama at the top for almost everyone. However, it's not a bad match for me. It ranked Obama followed by Richardson and those are my two top choices. I'm leaning more towards Richardson now but would be very pleased with Obama.

that would NOT have given me Obama (now that I think about it).

Nothing's perfect, but I think this one skews in Obama's favor.

He's mainly made generalized policy statements and is slowly filling in the details. If Selectsmart updates the test based on recent positions announced by Obama, it'll probably make the test more accurate. The Speakout test in the OP is based on the ontheissues.org site which has some inaccurate and dated material about the candidate's current positions.

Here's how I matched up:

Kucinich 79%
Obama 76%
Dodd 70%
Edwards 69%
Biden 69%
Clinton 68%
Gore 65%
Clark 64%
Richardson 60%
Gravel 53%

The highest rating of the republicans was Paul 44%

but i didn't like the way most of the options were written. there were too many "support x and y" options where i might support x but nut y. i ended up having to pick neither on most of those.

Funny.

Kucinich, Clinton, Sharpton, Dodd, Biden, Edwards, Obama, Paul (R), Gilmore (R), Richardson, Giuliani (R), Thomson (R), McCain (R), Romney (R), Huckabee (R), Brownback (R), Tancredo (R), Hunter (R).

I'm leaning toward Richardson.

Interesting test, worthless results.

it means the candidates people support aren't actually offering the policies they want to see?

I found it reasonably accurate, in broad-brush terms.

I ended up with my second choice, but it was very close. I was surprised to find large percentage matches in one area with candidates I otherwise strongly disagreed with in the other areas.

The best part, though, is being able to read the candidates' statements on the issues and look at the various actions they've taken in support or opposition.

Good job!

appreciatively,
Bright

... although I'm surprised that Edwards is so low

Kucinich (73%)
Obama (68%)
Sharpton (68%)
Clinton (65%)
Biden (63%)
Dodd (60%)
Edwards (48%)
Richardson (33%)
... followed by the Rethugs, beginning with libertarian Paul, followed by fabulous in pearls Giuliani and then all the way down to Duncan Hunter.

Hey, where was Mike Gravel? He wasn't even listed.

Kucinich 73%
Sharpton 68%
Obama 63%
Dodd 60%
Biden 60%
Clinton 58%
Edwards 53%
Paul 35%
Richardson 33%
Giuliani 30%
Huckabee 25%
Brownback 18%
Gilmore 18%
Romney 15%
McCain 15%
Thompson 15%
Tancredo 10%
Hunter 8%

It was the one about requiring hiring more women and minorities. I chose "oppose" because I'm against quotas and strict requirements - but it turns out reading it more in depth, there are things related to that issue that I support. My results wouldn't be changed much and I'm not sure how the site would answer that question for me, so I'll leave the results the way they are.

Many of the questions were easy for me, like strong opposition to the death penalty, supporting funding health care more, removing troops from Iraq, etc.

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Then Hillary, then Edwards, then Obama.

Then again, they don't factor competence, intelligence, or electability into the mix, so you've got to think about that when you look at your results.

It can be used as guidance, but you still have to make an informed decision.

here.

Kucinich
Sharpton
Clinton
Dodd
Obama
Edwards
Biden
Richardson
Paul

rest of repukes in predictable order with Tancredo last (ironically, he used to be my representative)

Great minds... Though, I am so far supporting Obama. Unless, Gore or Dean decide to jump in.

No surprise there. I'm a flaming liberal.

Actually my dream team ticket is Gore/Clark as far as qualified and electable goes.

Dennis has great ideas but the media will diss him.
Just like they turned Jerry Brown into "Governor Moonbeam".

:)

I am shocked. I would never have guessed. However what I found interesting is that the results first choice, Kucinich, came in at only 63%, kind of mirroring my own view of the mediocrity of the entire field of candidates. Did everyone else get the same low scores all the way across?

Dennis Kucinich
Al Sharpton
Hillary Clinton
Chris Dodd
Barack Obama
John Edwards
Joe Biden
Ron Paul
Bill Richardson
Tommy Thompson
Mitt Romney
John McCain
Rudy Giuliani
Jim Gilmore
Sam Brownback
Duncan Hunter
Tom Tancredo
Mike Huckabee

Hillary Clinton
Dennis Kucinich
Al Sharpton
Joe Biden
Barack Obama
John Edwards
Bill Richardson
Chris Dodd
Rudy Giuliani
Tommy Thompson
Ron Paul
John McCain
Mitt Romney
Duncan Hunter
Tom Tancredo
Jim Gilmore
Sam Brownback
Mike Huckabee

Surprisingly, my personal favorite, Obama, is only fifth on my list.

My results:

Kucinich
Clinton
Sharpton
Biden
Obama
Dodd
Edwards
Richardson
Romney
Paul
Huckabee
Gilmore
McCain
Thompson
Giuliani
Brownback
Tancredo
Hunter

Kucinich - 80%
Sharpton - 75%
Clinton - 73%
Dodd - 63%
Obama - 58%
Edwards - 55%
Biden - 48%
Giuliani - 25%
Paul - 25%
Gilmore - 25%
McCain - 23%
Thompson - 23%
Richardson - 20%
Romney - 15%
Huckabee - 10%
Hunter - 10%
Tancredo - 8%
Brownback - 5%

I do like Kucinich but Sharpton would have no shot with me.

and I have the same avatar, too. :hi:

I got the same top three as well.

But I still didn't know Sharpton was running.

I got Kucinich-Sharpton-Clinton-Dodd-Obama-Biden-Edwards - no great surprises there, except maybe the order Clinton-Obama and Biden-Edwards. Not much on foreign policy, I noticed (there's more to international relations than trade, military spending and occupying other people's countries, amazingly enough) - though I doubt it'd have changed the order much.

Richardson came down among the Republicans barely ahead of Ron Paul at 25%. Hmm...

Joe Biden
Barack Obama

Actually, I support Obama, with Biden as my second choice, but this is close!

Followed by, in order, Clinton, Edwards, Kucinich, Dodd, Romney (huh?), Richardson, McCain, T. Thompson, Gilmore, Paul, Huckabee, Giuliani, Brownback, Tancredo, Hunter

With Ron Paul third from last. I never would have guessed it.

I am not terribly surprised with my results, or with the many who are coming up Kucinich. This community seems quite left of center, and I know I am especially left-leaning on economic issues. I am happy that a guy like Dennis is hanging around and possibly having some influence on our other candidates.

That's not surprising. And I'd prefer any Dem over any Repug, also not a surprise.

Just for kicks, I took the test a second time with No Opinion on any issue. I got labeled a centrist, got the list of candidates in alphabetical order, and won a free laptop. :rofl:

My main man came up #1 -- I would have been shocked if it had been anyone else. Not surprised that Clinton came in where she did, I am a liberal, after all. :D I was surprised Obama came in so high at third, saddened that Edwards came in so low, and shocked that Richardson is so very far away from my beliefs (I had been open to looking at him as a candidate).


Kucinich 75%
Sharpton 70%
Obama 65%
Dodd 60%
Biden 60%
Clinton 58%
Edwards 53%
Richardson 35%
Paul 30%
McCain 28%
Gilmore 25%
Guiliani 25%
Thompson 25%
Romney 23%
Brownback 18%
Huckabee 15%
Hunter 13%
Tancredo 10%

Obama - you're actually a Clarkie.

:7

Huckabee, Tommy, Giuliani, Hunter, Brownback, Tancredo

Candidates with more complex positions end up in the middle.

issues where they no longer support that position counted in evaluating the candidate but for other candidates old votes are not counted.

For example, Kucinich is great on every issue you could think of but - once upon a time - he was anti-choice (he's subsequently seen the light and he is now totally pro-choice) and yet Kucinich's old anti-choice votes are not counted against his social liberal score. That's fair because Kucinich is no longer anti-choice so why count his old votes against him?

On the other hand, Richardson was once questionable on gay rights (DOMA etc.) but to his great credit Richardson has really turned around on that issue and he's been quite good on that issue more recently but Richardson's past votes are still counted his social liberal score. That's not really fair on two levels: (1) why count Richardson's old votes against him because he is now much better on gay rights and (2) why are Richardson's old votes considered when Kucinish's aren't?

There is no justification with not counting Kucinich's old votes which he had disavowed but counting Richardson's old votes which he has disavowed against him.

This poll counts Obama more liberal than he is (because he voted more liberal in the Illinois state legislature when he represented a very liberal district than he is now in the Senate where he represents the whole state) and Edwards less liberal than he is (because it counts some of his conservative votes from when he was a North Carolina Senator even though he has come around on some of those issues).

With that said, the poll is right about the most important issue: if you are a true progressive, Kucinich is your candidate!

Dodd & Kucinich (Tie @ 60%)
Clinton
Sharpton
Edwards
Paul
Biden
Obama
Richardson
Giuliani
Huckabee
Gilmore
Romney
McCain
Tancredo
Thompson
Hunter
Brownback

Because he is one candidate that I don't support.

Kucinich
Sharpton
Clinton
Dodd
Obama
Edwards
Biden
Paul
Richardson
Giuliani
Romney
McCain
Hunter
Huckabee
Gilmore
Tancredo
Thompson
Brownback

My top 3.......

Bill Richardson 53%
John Mccain 50%
Hillary Clinton 44%

Yeah Mccain and Richardson.........together...........screwed up test

Most of these tests rate your answers against the candidates voting records ... Most of the 20 something candidates are running campaigns that are highlighting stuff they have never had an interest in legislating. If you put up a list of candidates campaign proposals side by side with their past legislative agendas you would never be able to match the two lists up.
Thus your results make little sense unless you select your candidate on what they have done and not what they are now saying.

He's the only one I believe will end the war. The others who say they'll end it are too beholden to corporate sponsors and I think it will be Nixon Redux if one of them wins. Nixon, remember, promised to end the war in Viet Nam but didn't and in fact bombed Cambodia and sent troops into Laos as well. Saved villages by destroying them, things like that.

Dennis Kucinich
Al Sharpton
Hillary Clinton
Chris Dodd
Barack Obama
Joe Biden
John Edwards
Ron Paul
Bill Richardson
Rudy Giuliani
Mike Huckabee
Jim Gilmore
John McCain
Tommy Thompson
Sam Brownback
Mitt Romney
Tom Tancredo
Duncan Hunter

I'm surprised that Hillary comes in third, while Obama comes in fifth. Then again, I suppose they should be 2nd and 4th, respectively — I don't know why Sharpton's on the list.

It treats all issues equally.

That said, mine came up with Kucinich, Sharpton, and Dodd as the top 3. While my political beliefs might be in line with some of that, I certainly do not like the way Kucinich and Sharpton conduct themselves and would not vote for them under any circumstances. I guess I'd consider Dodd, but, meh.

with weighting, strongly agree versus sort of agree ...
Only vote strong opinions about things you feel are most important to you. If you dont really care about one of them but still have an opinion try leaving that question nuetral ... It might help some.

not that this was a great test, IMO.

Kucinich (YAY!)
Sharpton
Obama
Clinton
Biden
Dodd
Edwards
Richardson
Giuliani
Paul

Then again, Romney's political positions change to suit whom every he happens to be talking to.

Jesus
Clooney
Kucinich
Clinton
Sharpton
Obama
Dodd
Biden
Edwards
Paul :shrug:
Richardson
Giuliani
Gilmore
McCain
Thompson
Huckabee
Romney
Tancredo
Brownback
Satan
Hunter

Some of the stuff on that site is dated or just plain wrong. For example they have Edwards strongly supporting increased military spending based on his 2004 positions. They have Richardson opposing granting path to citizenship for undocumented workers and opposed to increasing immigration which is the exact opposite of his position. I got Biden as my top pick based on this test followed by Clinton.

:toast:

I support Edwards, who is way down the list, only ahead of Richardson among Democrats. No matter, I like Edwards because I think he has the best chance to win a general election, not issue by issue. Get a Democrat in office and I'll take my chances.

Joe Biden
Dennis Kucinich
Hillary Clinton
Barack Obama
Al Sharpton
Chris Dodd
John Edwards
Tommy Thompson
Bill Richardson
Rudy Giuliani
Jim Gilmore
Mike Huckabee
Mitt Romney
Sam Brownback
John McCain
Ron Paul
Tom Tancredo
Duncan Hunter

but I voted for Kucinich in 2004, and he got the highest ranking 50% in my results.

I agreed with Sharpton, Biden, Obama, and Kucinich the most on economic issues, with Richardson and Dodd most on the social issues. Of the Republicans I agreed with Paul, Giuliani, Romney, and Hunter most often on the social issues, I agreed with Huckabee, McCain, and Tommy Thompson most often on the economic issues.

Oh - I matched the most with Kucinich, but, at 60 percent, that still wan't all that great of a match.

I guess my candidate hasn't entered the race. :shrug:

Clinton (?!?!?) second. I don't believe it.

my #1 was a virtual tie between barak obama, joe biden and mike huckabee--how is that even possible??? the only thing right on my list was that al sharpton was dead last. i can't stand that hypocritical shameless self-promoter.

but no one on my list was higher than 43%. i guess that's fair since i don't like any of the candidates much.

Huh. Who'da thunkit?

BTW.. I didn't look past the top 3.. Guess I'll have to run through the test again later..

Kucinich first, then Sharpton, then Hillary (!?) followed by Dodd, Edwards, Obama, Biden, Paul and Richardson. Below that were all repubs.

... Doesn't that tell you something?

I got "Kucinich". But I'd already worked that out.

No, I'm not saying back the guy because a test said so.

I'm saying check your candidate's policies. Read between the lines. Read the small print. Read what's missing.

Then see what the candidates you've written off have to say - not just Kucinich, but others too.

Then ask who wrote them off. And ask if you're satisfied with that.

the surprise was the high showing by Hillary

... and I still don't quite understand it. We need those Hillary supporters to come out of the closet and explain.

The high liberal scores for Clinton surprised me, too. I mean, since the test scored me as 85% in common with Kucinich and called me a hard-core liberal, I was surprised at how much I had in common with Clinton. Perhaps it's because she seems to project herself as more moderate than most of the other Democratic candidates, so my perception of where she stands has been off.

My lowest rating was with Tancredo with whom I scored 3%, and I'm a bit disappointed as I would have been more satisfied with 0%!

Kucinich 85%
Sharpton 75%
Clinton 65%
Dodd 63%
Edwards 55%
Obama 53%
Biden 53%
Paul 33%
Richardson 23%

The rest:

Ghouliani 20%
Gilmore 18%
Romney 15%
McCain 15%
Thompson 13%
Huckabee 10%
Brownback 10%
Hunter 5%
Tancredo 3%

I have all democrats on the top of my list but all are split like 30%. I am very in the middle it seems

Kucinich
Dodd
Obama
Sharpton

the folks I feel more strongly about (other than Dodd and Obama) are waay down the list!


hmmm, although some of the question are limited in scope and a bit skewed.... ;)

and the second one

Kucinich, Obama, Biden, Dodd, CLinton

that is interesting!

My results:

Biden
Clinton
Kucinich
Sharpton
Edwards
Obama
Giuliani
Dodd
Huckabee
Gilmore
Richardson
McCain
Thompson
Paul
Romney
Brownback
Tancredo
Hunter

I'm a "populist-leaning liberal", too.

I matched up best with Kucinich followed by Sharpton, Dodd, then Clinton

I had a 67% economic match with Kucinich and a 67% social match with Dodd. I know I match closest with Kucinich, but I also know the vast majority of Americans are no where near as liberal as I am. I really just want us to pick the person with the best chance of winning, because our worst candidate is heads and sholders better than their best!

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Anyone else have this problem?

:D

Dennis Kucinich
Al Sharpton
Hillary Clinton

His name is San Pedrito, and he REALLY deserves to be the next President.

I had a five-way tie: alphabetically, it's between Clinton, Edwards, Kucinich, Obama, and Sharpton. :shrug: