Cool! Find your candidate - nonpartisan!

[yasmina27]

http://www.vajoe.com/candidate_calculator.html

[PM Martin]

1. Nice find!

:thumbsup:

[JackintheGreen]

2. Mike Gravel?!?

But he'll never win! Aaaarrrggghhh!

[Delphinus]

18. Me too!

I was surprised - saw him in the MoveOn green questions and didn't think he really had a good answer.

[jbm]

3. I was 89.6% with Kucinich..BUT..

I matched closer to Brownback than I did to Edwards. I cannot imagine that that could be accurate...

[Tyler Durden]

28. Kucinich with 89.16%

Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich (D)
89.16% match

Former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel (D) - 74.70%
New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D) - 65.06%
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (D) - 65.06%


REALLY doesn't surprise me much. Wish Gore was on the list somewhere, but I guess it only measures on declared candidates.

[jlake]

4. Gravel, Kucinich, Romney???

Rommey was my third ranking with Edwards (My first choice) LAST Behind all Republicans??!?!?

[Missy M]

5. I don't find this to be the least bit accurate.

[Lasher]

23. Then try this one and see if it comes out any better for you

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

Edit: And here's yet another: http://www.selectsmart.com/president/2008.html

[spindoctor]

29. Definitely different results

I'm tempted to go set-up my own selection site.

:banghead:

[AlCzervik]

6. Mike Gravel! said in Jim's charlie Rangel voice.

my other top 3

Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich (D) - 73.13%
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (D) - 68.66%
Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd (D) - 65.67%

[MANative]

7. 96% match with Mike Gravel

8% with Fred Thompson. Very interesting!

[AspenRose]

8. Mike Gravel, 100 percent

!

[question everything]

9. 91% Obama?

who would have thunk?

LOL, Thompson and Tancredo at the bottom of the barrel - 26%.

I wonder where I agree with them. Perhaps saying No to "path to citizenship to illegals"

[Buzz Clik]

10. Oh, shit.

[HughMoran]

11. Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich (D) - 93.1%

Former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel (D) - 88.79%
Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards (D) - 77.59%
New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D) - 74.14%

I'm cool with my choices - I think I'm a good Democrat :D

[peacebird]

12. Gravel, Kucinich, Obama in that order.....

then Edwards

[MisterHowdy]

13. 92% Kucinich - lowest was romney

Thats pretty accurate for me.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

14. LOL I'm 92.73% Kucinich. That's Just Too Weird To Me.

Based on your responses, this is your top candidate for 2008.
Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich (D)
Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich (D)
92.73% match

The disconnect I have is that he just seems so wacky to me and not totally grounded, as well as totally not capable of leading our country and handling the role of president. Yet my results in things like this always tend to put me closest to him. I guess the only real explanation is that it isn't necessarily his policies that I disagree with, but more his ability to be a leader and speak his policies rationally. I guess these poll type things are more black and white based when in real life the candidates are far more nuanced.

On edit:

Just realized there was more. My other top matches are:
Delaware Senator Joseph Biden (D) - 83.64%
Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards (D) - 80.00%
Illinois Senator Barack Obama (D) - 78.18%

I'm pleased with Biden. He's really begun to impress me through this.


Middle of the pack:
New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D) - 76.36%
Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd (D) - 76.36%
Former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel (D) - 74.55%
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (D) - 72.73%
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) - 40.00%
Texas Representative Ron Paul (R) - 34.55%
Businessman John Cox (R) - 30.91%
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R) - 29.09%
Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson (R) - 25.45%
Arizona Senator John McCain (R) - 21.82%


Bottom of the barrel:
Colorado Representative Tom Tancredo (R) - 15.45%
Kansas Senator Sam Brownback (R) - 9.09%
California Representative Duncan Hunter (R) - 3.64%
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R) - 3.64%

[Gold Metal Flake]

15. Kucinich, Gravel and Edwards.

[baldguy]

16. Dennis

Not anything I didn't know.

What I find more interesting is on the side bar:

Most Top-Matched Candidates

* Gravel - 26.01%
* Kucinich - 17.81%
* Romney - 7.11%
* Tommy Thompson - 6.94%
* Giuliani - 5.94%
* Biden - 4.59%
* Paul - 3.78%
* Obama - 3.73%
* Cox - 3.66%
* Hunter - 3.56%
* Tancredo - 3.12%
* Clinton - 3.10%
* Fred Thompson - 2.58%
* Dodd - 2.18%
* Richardson - 1.64%
* Huckabee - 1.53%
* Brownback - 1.23%
* Edwards - 0.91%
* Mccain - 0.58%

[MadHound]

20. Yeah, I found that real interesting also

I remember that there was another blind issues test awhile back(perhaps the DailyKos) where people were turning up Kucinich and Gravel while Hillary was in the dumpster with the 'Pugs. Just goes to show:shrug:

We marvel at how 'Pugs and conservatives can vote against their own interests, but it seems as though we've got some of that going on on our side also.

Oh, and I hit Kucinich with a 93.1% match. That doesn't suprise me, since I choose my candidate on the issues and not on the hype and BS.

[cali]

17. It's a riot. and

it's fixed. Go Gravel! Or not.

[Odin2005]

19. Hillary? WTF?

:wtf:

Got Obama for #2, Edwards for #3, and Kucinich for #4.

[DireStrike]

21. Kucinich 87.5

Gravel, a few points lower.

Clinton higher than Obama? Edwards higher than either? Hrm.

[yasmina27]

22. I forgot to add

My top 2 were Gravel and Obama. I forget who my third was, but Repukes were WAY down the list!

[Cobalt-60]

24. Kucinich 85.5%

I suspected it would be so.
The highest republican was Ron Paul at 51.2%.
Naturally the bottom of the barrel was all "R"

[mac56]

25. Dennis by 97%!

Kewl!!

[spindoctor]

26. Between Rudi and Hillary, I should be 100% happy.

I score 70% on Hillary and 30% on Rudi. What am I even worried about? I should be one happy camper post 2008.

I know I'm missing a few point on Kucinich because his support of NCLB (although not as-is), I do like Gravel (It's Bouquet, not Bucket) in interviews but haven't looked too closely at his program. I'm fine with Obama simply because it's about time and he's not too bad.

I am SHOCKED to see Hillary beat Edwards.

It's good to see confirmed that no Republican beats a Democrat in my list. Maybe I should lighten up a little about my ABH stance.

Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich (D)
89.09% match

Former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel (D) - 82.73%
Illinois Senator Barack Obama (D) - 74.55%
New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D) - 70.91%
Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd (D) - 64.55%
Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards (D) - 64.55%
Delaware Senator Joseph Biden (D) - 60.00%
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (D) - 58.18%
Texas Representative Ron Paul (R) - 38.18%
Businessman John Cox (R) - 30.91%
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) - 30.91%
Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson (R) - 19.09%
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R) - 16.36%
Arizona Senator John McCain (R) - 12.73%
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R) - 11.82%
Kansas Senator Sam Brownback (R) - 9.09%
Colorado Representative Tom Tancredo (R) - 6.36%
California Representative Duncan Hunter (R) - 5.45%

[Cobalt Violet]

27. DK of course.

I knew it would be.