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which presidential candidate mirrors your opinions the most?

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so which presidential candidate has the most intersections with your views on various matters of public interest?
take the test here
http://www.isidewith.com/

just a few questions and the results are quite interesting, I had never heard of Kent Mesplay before 5 minutes ago...

my results are
 
I wonder what would happen if every voter was forced to do this before voting. Or if people had to fill out this survey and the candidate closest to them would be their vote, instead of you know the usual traditional voting system.
 
Goya said:
I wonder what would happen if every voter was forced to do this before voting. Or if people could only "vote" by filling out this survey and then the candidate with the highest score (close to a person = more points, more people = more points) would win the election.
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probably bye bye two party state...
 
"Do you support the theory of Evolution?"

yeah I can tell this was developed by a real intellectual titan

Goya said:
I wonder what would happen if every voter was forced to do this before voting. Or if people had to fill out this survey and the candidate closest to them would be their vote, instead of you know the usual traditional voting system.
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Well, for one, you'd end up with manifestly unqualified and unfit candidates who just happened to think the same things you do. Voting for someone isn't just about making sure they agree with you on everything (delegate model of representation), but also entrusting them to synthesize and come up with new ideas, lead in an open and honest manner, effectively manage those below them, make politically unpopular decisions (including decisions you don't like) when they are necessary, etc.
 
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Gary Johnson 84%

There's also the matter of what a candidate claims vs. what they actually do once in office.
 
I got Gary Johnson, but I find it a bit misleading because we strongly disagree on economic issues, which are kind of a big deal in this particular election.
 
Kent Mesplay, though maybe someone who has never been to America (me!) should not be a judge on domestic issues.
Mesplay, Johnson, Obama, Ron Paul, Romney in that order. I know nothing about Mesplay or Johnson, Ron Paul seems a bit of a loony, Romney is just Romney.
 
I guess I'm still an Obama guy. Well, I've always agreed with him on a lot of things. My problems were mostly with how effective his administration has been, but there are a lot of factors invovled there.
 
I was curious about the Mesplay guy.

I'm trying to understand how he had a long period of unemployment after getting an engineering degree from Mudd then a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern. And now he's an Air Quality Inspector?

He has $101 cash on hand for the reaminder of his 2012 campaign.
 
90% match with Jill Stein, 78% match with Obama.
She seems really great tbh, pretty much all her views match up with mine and are very reasonable.
 
I'm not American, but I got:

84% Jill Stein
83% Kent Mesplay
75% Obama

I have no idea who the first two are.
 
Not american:
Kent Mesplay 90%
Jill Stein 83%
Obama 69%
Ron Paul 24%
Mitt Romney 8%

Science probably made a big difference.
 
Not an American and I had no real insight into some of the questions (such as the illegal immigrant situation).
That said, 81% Obama. Shocking stuff.
 
1. Gary Johnson 80%
I side with Gary Johnson on issues of Domestic policy, Foreign Policy, and Social.

2. Ron Paul 79%
I side with Ron Paul on issues of Domestic policy, Foreign Policy, the Economy, and Social. More info

3. Kent Mesplay 76%
I side with Kent Mesplay on issues of Foreign Policy, Domestic policy, Immigration, the Environment, and Healthcare.

4. Jimmy McMillan 74%
I side with Jimmy McMillan on issues of Domestic policy, the Economy, the Environment, and Healthcare.

Romney and Obama are the bottom two at 46% and 39%.
I'm not an American either btw.
 
Not that Political Compass is perfect--not at all, actually I think it has a lot of structural biases built in--but I really think the questions asked are significantly more useful than this.
 
FliXFantatier said:
both green candidates apparently.
Sadly they have even less chance in the US than in the UK...
damn first past the post...
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To America, we're all hippies :p

Stumpokapow said:
Not that Political Compass is perfect--not at all, actually I think it has a lot of structural biases built in--but I really think the questions asked are significantly more useful than this.
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I agree, but I like answering these kinds of quizzes. I'm sure a lot of people answer them for fun as well.
 
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I would imagine most people on here were have pretty similar results. If this was a creationist forum it would be a different kettle of fish for sure.
 
Kent Mesplay 85%

I side with Kent Mesplay on issues of Immigration, Social, Science, the Environment, the Economy, and Healthcare. More info

81%
Jill Stein
Jill Stein

I side with Jill Stein on issues of Social, Domestic policy, Science, the Environment, Foreign Policy, and the Economy. More info

78%
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson

I side with Gary Johnson on issues of Domestic policy, Social, and Foreign Policy. More info

76%
Barack Obama
Barack Obama

I side with Barack Obama on issues of Science, Social, and the Environment. More info

33%
Ron Paul
Ron Paul

I side with Ron Paul on issues of Domestic policy and Foreign Policy. More info

16%
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney

I do not side with Mitt Romney on any major issues. More info


You are a moderate Green. You are socially and fiscally Liberal. Despite your strong Green stances, you may tend to disagree with the party on economic, domestic policy, and science issues.
 
No real surprise for me. I side with Obama 82%

I too have never heard of Jill Stein before this little quiz but she was in second place.
 
I side with Ron Paul on most issues in the 2012 Presidential Election.
Candidates you side with...

93%
Ron Paul

I side with Ron Paul on issues of the Economy, Foreign Policy, Domestic policy, Healthcare, Immigration, and the Environment.

92%
Gary Johnson

I side with Gary Johnson on issues of the Economy, Foreign Policy, Domestic policy, Social, and Healthcare.

81%
Jimmy McMillan

I side with Jimmy McMillan on issues of Domestic policy, the Economy, Immigration, and Social.

73%
Mitt Romney

I side with Mitt Romney on issues of the Economy, Domestic policy, and Immigration.

36%
Barack Obama

I side with Barack Obama on issues of Social.
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What does this mean? (I'm not American)
 
I like this... If they do this before you go up to do your ballot, it'll be mean the end of the two party system...

Here are my results:

75%
Kent Mesplay

I side with Kent Mesplay on issues of the Economy, Domestic policy, Social, the Environment, and Healthcare. More info

71%
Jill Stein

I side with Jill Stein on issues of the Economy, Social, and the Environment. More info

65%
Gary Johnson

I side with Gary Johnson on issues of Foreign Policy, Domestic policy, and Immigration. More info

64%
Barack Obama

I side with Barack Obama on issues of Domestic policy, Science, Social, and the Environment. More info

61%
Ron Paul

I side with Ron Paul on issues of Foreign Policy and Immigration. More info

58%
Fred Karger

I side with Fred Karger on issues of Science and the Environment. More info

58%
Jimmy McMillan

I side with Jimmy McMillan on issues of Immigration and Healthcare. More info

43%
Buddy Roemer

I do not side with Buddy Roemer on any major issues. More info

37%
Mitt Romney
I side with Mitt Romney on issues of Immigration. More info
 
Candidate

Kent Mesplay 92%
President Obama 76%
Jill Stein 70%
Gary Johnson 68%
Ron Paul 34%
Mitt Romney 9%


Party

88% Green
76% Democratic
56% Libertarian
13% Republican
 
I'm surprised Obama was as low as 70%. This feels like it was created to say "you should support candidates like Kent Mesplay" instead of Bams or Mittens
 
Draxal said:
Hmm, Romney 87% and Obama 86%, don't know how I managed that.
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Romney came out on top for me as well, but Obama was still fairly high. If you're a moderate, like I am, I think it tends to get higher numbers for both candidates like that. The problem for me is, while I'm not very likely to vote for Romney, I'm also not all that happy with the job Obama has done either.
 
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