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I'm Dodd, then Obama, then Clinton (I guess that shows my leanings. )
The reason for the ranking - the death penalty.
As I went down to Kucinich, Gravel, Edwards, Biden and Richardson before I went Republican - Giuliani at the top. I'm a leftie. Pity I can't vote. *grin*
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quote:Originally posted by vonk: Thanks for starting this thread Tante! It was just the kick in the pants I needed to finally register to vote in the primaries.
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I agree with Kucinich on most of the issues, but I don't think he would make a good president. I am delighted that he is part of the conversation, though and I think the fact that he is getting his ideas out there and that they are getting some traction is a good thing for the party and for the country. I voted for him in the primary in 2004 as Kerry had it pretty well sewed up by the time Illinois vote to weigh in.
Although Obama and Clinton are pretty well matched on the issues listed in the survey, I think that they are considerably different in how they view politics, government, and power. I think that Obama, without being naive, stands for a more idealistic concept of how government of, for, and by the people should work. I think that is fundamental, so he gets my enthusiastic support.
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quote:Originally posted by dkw: Twinky is apparently my voting buddy.
If I had to pick one of the candidates at this point, though, I'd take Richardson on the strength of his extensive foreign policy experience and apparent successes in that sphere -- I think you need a diplomat right now, and badly, even if I don't necessarily agree with the most experienced diplomat of the bunch on every issue.
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Edwards at 38 is the top for me with Kucinich, Clinton, and Obama all tied for 2nd. I don't even see a Republican (Giuliani) until 8th place, which is moderately surprising.
But I see this more of a result of the Christian right highjacking the Republican party and hence screwing up the platforms they end up taking.
Fred Thompson is in last place with a score of only 8, good I don't like him anyway.
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This Kucinich business is troubling me. I've been in favor of him since I heard about him, but if there's no way he'll make it, I don't want to waste an opportunity to support someone else who should beat Clinton in the primaries. I'm sporatically trying to find evidence of his eccentricity. Googling Kucinich and wacko didn't really help.
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Boy, I don't _feel_ that conservative, but apparently I am (at least on a national scale). My other observation is that the two quizes are more incompatible than I would expect, which means either I'm very bad at answering questions or one or both have bad methodologies.
My first list matches me as follows: John McCain : 30 Mike Huckabee: 27 Duncan Hunter: 27 Tom Tancredo: 27 Sam Brownback: 24 Fred Thompson: 22 Jim Gilmore: 19 Ron Paul: 18 Joe Biden: 17 Mitt Romney: 14 Hillary Clinton: 11 Bill Richardson: 11 Barack Obama: 11 Rudy Giuliani: 9 Mike Gravel: 8 John Edwards: 8 Chris Dodd: 8 Dennis Kucinich: 5
My second list matches like this: 40%: Sam Brownback 38%: Tom Tancredo 35%: Mitt Romney 35%: Duncan Hunter 33%: Jim Gilmore 33%: Ron Paul 30%: Joe Biden 25%: Barack Obama 25%: Rudy Giuliani 25%: Tommy Thompson 18%: Chris Dodd 18%: John McCain 18%: Bill Richardson 15%: Mike Gravel 15%: John Edwards 13%: Dennis Kucinich 13%: Hillary Clinton
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Kucinich at 31 followed by Ron Paul at 27 on the first one, and Gravel at 33% followed by Kucinich and Ron Paul both at 30% on the second one (which I thought much more poorly done than the first).
Unsurprisingly, my political opinions are hard to classify .
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quote:Originally posted by Lisa: I got Rudy (unsurprising), but only with a score of 32. McCain came in at 31. If they'd included questions about Israel, McCain wouldn't even have been on the list, I don't think. Ron Paul was 23, which is a little embarrassing, and Huckabee was way down at 15 (they don't mention the Fair Tax, which would have brought him up a bit).
It's kind of interesting that my highest score for any of them is a 32. Makes me think maybe I should run.
I just took the other one. Rudy came in second at 45%, and Brownback is first at 53%. I don't even know who Brownback is. McCain is third, again, at 43%. Whatever. I still think I'd vote for me before I'd vote for any of them. Except that I'm Jewish, so I wouldn't vote for me, either.
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Hmmm. I just did the other quiz and found myself a lot more closely matched. And on social issues, which I consider very important, it matched me more strongly with Giuliani than anyone else except Clinton, which I found surprising. Kucinich scored highest match on economic issues, followed by Biden and Edwards (ties.)
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For me it's Dodd, closely followed by Kucinich, closely followed by a tied Obama and Clinton. My polar opposite candidate is Duncan Hunter.
In the primaries I'm leaning toward Obama at this point, although that could change (and I certainly take twinky's point about Richardson). My reason for favoring Obama over Clinton is simply that I think that if Clinton were the Democratic candidate it would galvanize the Right. I'd rather not have that happen.
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Apparently I'm a hate-everyone type. My best match was Ron Paul for 48%. McCain, who happens to be my favorite, came in at the same score as Hilary Clinton (35%) - but I think I'm gonna go ahead with my own analysis, rather then accepting the quiz.
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Bill Richardson by far. The first five were all Democrats, but Hilary, Obama, Romney, and McCain were all way, way down the list. Giuliani was second to last. *pout* My candidates never have a chance.
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That's one reason I like the caucus system. I can support my long shot candidate and then when he's declared non-viable I can join the crowd at my "practical" choice candidate's table.
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quote:Originally posted by Qaz: They matched me up with McCain but I won't vote for him because of McCain-Feingold and his wish to expand it. Free speech wasn't even *mentioned*.
The closest thing we have to a centrist in this campaign is Romney, because he keeps changing his positions on things. At least it takes him months instead of seconds, but anyway, centrist is not always good.
My dad said he liked Romney a lot, to which my sister asked, which version? I actually think changing your mind on things is a good thing. I want someone who is capable of reassessing a situation constantly. My problem with Romney is that I don't feel like he looked at the situation and changed his mind. I feel like his beliefs line up with his perception of the polls.
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quote:Originally posted by The Pixiest: This is depressing...
38 was the highest score on the first quest and 53% was the highest on the second.
Once again I'm facing an election where I don't have someone to vote for.
At least it's confirmed what I've been thinking.. Rudy is my best bet...
Ditto. Hey, you wanna be my running mate? We could create a candidacy that we'd both score in the high 90s for, no?
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quote:Originally posted by vonk: This Kucinich business is troubling me. I've been in favor of him since I heard about him, but if there's no way he'll make it, I don't want to waste an opportunity to support someone else who should beat Clinton in the primaries. I'm sporatically trying to find evidence of his eccentricity. Googling Kucinich and wacko didn't really help.
Whenever I hear about Kucinich, I can't help but remember a research project I did on municipal fiscal crises.
Kuinich was the mayor of Cleveland in the late 70's when it became the first large city since the Depression to declare bankruptcy. Demographic & economic shifts had a lot to do with the problem (Rust Belt & all), but Kuinich certainly helped it. He was way more socialist at the time, and basically hated most of the businessmen of the city. A crisis occurred revolving around the municipal power company - which he refused to sell to state-wide electric company - and, coupled with the city's debt, pulled the city into the red. The banks and the businessmen turned on him, and refused to rollover the debt. And so the city went bankrupt.
After reading about his antics in Cleveland, I have strong doubts that he would ever be able to be an effective president - just alienates too many people. I do think he adds an interesting side to the debates, though.
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Wow, that's no good. I want someone that's gonna stick to their guns (metaphorically) but not someone that's gonna burn down the house before making a compromise. But, y'know, that was thirty years ago. One would hope he'd learn some temperance by now. But this definitely merits further research. Gah! And I was so happy that I'd found my candidate. Now y'all gotta go and make think about things. Posts: 2596 | Registered: Jan 2006
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