Glassbooth - Which 2008 Presidential Candidate represents your beliefs the best?

[Mr. SmartyPants]

http://glassbooth.org/

I found this on another forum. It's a nifty little website where you answer a few questions, and then it will show you which candidates go along with your beliefs.

Since this is a political thread, no debates please. Nothing below the belt.

Apparently I'm a closest match with John Edwards at 71%. (Surprisingly) Though my views on Social Security and abortion are different than his. I probably still won't vote for him though. XD

[ShiroiHikari]

Huh. I got Mike Huckabee at 70%.

[Kaligraphic]

My vote's going to Cthulhu.

[Mr. SmartyPants]

Huh. I got Mike Huckabee at 70%.

I also was tied with Mike Huckabee at around 60-something percent.

[EricTheFred]

Very surprised to find (given I'm a Libertarian) that I matched up most closely (72%) with Bill Richardson, a Democrat. Of course, I'm bigger on environmental legislation than the vast majority of Libertarians, and my divergence with Richardson seems to be about Health Care and Social Security, so the match seems to be mostly because of a mixture of environmentalism and opposition to Patriot Act and similar increase-of-government-control measures. In other words, I'm probably still not voting for the Dems.


And go figure this: I tied to Hillary with 61%, but to Huckabee with 59% (matching up on entirely different views, of course.)

[GhostontheNet]

According to Glassbooth, my three closest candidates are:

1. Christopher Dodd,
2. John Edwards,
3. Dennis Kucinich

[Puguni]

1. Mitt Romney (blaaah)
2. Hillary Clinton
3. Bill Richardson

[creed4]

1.Duncan Hunter
2.Fred Thompson
3.Mitt Romney (I really doubt the accuracy of that)
None of them I plan to vote for

[Cognitive Gear]

1. Barak Obama
2. John Edwards
3. Bill Richardson

[minakichan]

Not naming specifics, but I got... all Republicans. That REALLY surprised me.

[Mave]

Joe Biden (74%)
Bill Richardson (69%)
Barack Obama (68%)

And I only vaguely know who Barack Obama is.

Education, Environment & Energy, Healthcare and Gun Control were topics I considered most important....but that's just me.

[mechana2015]

I got all democrats... but I disagree with them all on birth control stuff.

[Jaltus-bot]

Christopher Dodd 82%
Bill Richardson probably 82%
Joe Biden 81%

It makes sense I would get two guy I don't know about two of the candidates.
Hey, they are all not only Democrats but Catholics. That is cool.

[EricTheFred]

I got all democrats... but I disagree with them all on birth control stuff.

It's all a question of what you find most important. Perhaps this indicates you should have put more 'weight' on the abortion and birth control column. That's what that step was intended to do.

Part of the problem with our strictly two-sided political system is that people don't actually line up in two neatly separated camps the way the parties do. Lots of voters supporting the Republican party actually disagree with them on virtually every issue except Abortion. (I know of several of my relatives like this.) But, they feel so strongly on this one issue, they keep supporting a party that doesn't reflect their values on any other issue.

But, if you don't find a candidate who agrees with you on everthing, then you have to choose what's most important. They do so, and keep basing their entire vote pretty much strictly on Pro-Life, holding their nose on the other stuff in order to keep working the issue they care most about.

[Mr. SmartyPants]

It's all a question of what you find most important. Perhaps this indicates you should have put more 'weight' on the abortion and birth control column. That's what that step was intended to do.

Part of the problem with our strictly two-sided political system is that people don't actually line up in two neatly separated camps the way the parties do. Lots of voters supporting the Republican party actually disagree with them on virtually every issue except Abortion. (I know of several of my relatives like this.) But, they feel so strongly on this one issue, they keep supporting a party that doesn't reflect their values on any other issue.

But, if you don't find a candidate who agrees with you on everthing, then you have to choose what's most important. They do so, and keep basing their entire vote pretty much strictly on Pro-Life, holding their nose on the other stuff in order to keep working the issue they care most about.

I'm glad you brought this up, because I share the exact same sentiments.

[ADXC]

It says I got Fred Thompson at 76%. But I think I might vote for Mike Huckabee.

I wonder why Stephen Colbert isn't on the ballot!

[Jaltus-bot]

This is a neat site. Thank you.
I was not aware of many Republicans disagreeing on much outside of abortion.

I wonder why Stephen Colbert isn't on the ballot!

I can find the links that explain that if you want. He had a representative from the Democratic party on his show when he didn't get on their ballot.

[Stephen]

Mike Huckabee-81%
Ron Paul-73%
Duncan Hunter-71%

I don't really care for the things format. I had a few issues I cared about most, but ended up putting it into two. >.<

[Sheenar]

1. John Edwards (78%)
2. Barack Obama (76%)
3. Dennis Kucinich (72%)

The most important topic to me is healthcare. I'm tired of not being able to get any help to cover medical expenses. I'm not "disabled enough" for SSI and the lady at the Medicaid office told me I had to be pregnant to get it.
Maybe people like me who don't qualify for the current systems in place can finally get some help so we can get the medicine we need and be able to see the doctor when we need to.

[termyt]

I got Mike Huckabee. Not too surprising since I have already researched all republicans and the top three democrats and new he was closest to me.

He's not a perfect choice, but the closest I'm likely to find in the present political situation.

My top categories are Civil Liberties, Gun Control (which is a civil liberty, by the way), Abortion, Foreign Policy, and Taxes. So, I guess I'm not a one-issue voter.

It's OK to be a one-issue voter, though. If the issue is important enough to you, then vote that way regardless of anything else. Like my wonderful, knuckle-headed grandfather. He's a life-long union member so he votes Democrat even though he is opposed to every single major Democratic platform item except healthcare (he loves the idea of free healthcare - regardless the cost).

[Sheenar]

I matched with these candidates on not only health care, but also civil liberties (I am a disabled individual with a service dog and have rights under the ADA), Social Security, and Education (we definitely need some reforms there).

[mitsuki lover]

Theodore Roosevelt and Thomas Jefferson!:lol:
What they weren't on it?:lol:

Seriously though I did take that quiz some time back and got Bill Richardson and Fred Thompson.

[Blitzkrieg1701]

1. Duncan Hunter 82%
2. Fred Thompson 74%
3. Mike Huckabee 72%

I agree the most with they guy I've never heard of. Figures.

I was not aware of many Republicans disagreeing on much outside of abortion.

You actually sound surprised that a group of people banded together for political purposes would disagree on something.

[Mangafanatic]

I don't really think any of you would necessarily do this, but I want to STRONGLY caution you all not to simply take the advice given you on this site when making your voting decisions. Many of these candidates have highly contested views on a lot of issues (e.g. They CLAIM they believe a certain thing, but previous comments on their part would lead one to believe they're not being consistent.) Voting is a massive responsibility, and I encourage your all to treat it with the seriousness befitting it.

Again, probably an unnecessary warning, but I didn't feel right about not putting it out there.

Ultimately: My views according to Glassbooth were most closely aligned with:
1) Mike Huckabee
2) Duncan Hunter
3) Mitt Romney
4) John McCain
5) Fred Thompson

I know for a fact that I would switch atleast one of my top three for one of my bottom three. I guess that makes sense, though, since they were are all only seperated by a point.

[Jaltus-bot]

:wow!: You actually sound surprised that a group of people banded together for political purposes would disagree on something.

I just thought they would agree on more.

[PleaseDrinkMilk]

#1 Duncan Hunter, 83% similarity
#2 Mike Huckabee, 78% similarity
#3 Mitt Romney, 73% similarity


VERY interesting, because I recently figured I was turning more and more into a Fred Thompson guy and have become aggressive against Huckabee for some of his attitudes towards economic topics. Looks like I need to do more research.


*EDIT: I should note though, I believe they are incorrect in their evaluation of a policy or two of Thompson's.

[mechana2015]

It's all a question of what you find most important. Perhaps this indicates you should have put more 'weight' on the abortion and birth control column. That's what that step was intended to do.

Well the funny thing is that I weighted towards the issues that I really cared about, particularly immigration and foreign policy and the things it threw up for agreement were MOSTLY the things I put like... 1 point on, so I'm not sure how it manages the weighting, and my feeling is that it doesn't handle it very well.

[Cognitive Gear]

Well the funny thing is that I weighted towards the issues that I really cared about, particularly immigration and foreign policy and the things it threw up for agreement were MOSTLY the things I put like... 1 point on, so I'm not sure how it manages the weighting, and my feeling is that it doesn't handle it very well.

I think that the importance of issues only effects what questions you are asked, and does not weigh your answers due to them.

[blkmage]

1. Dennis Kucinich
2. Mike Gravel
3. John Edwards

Not that I know who any of those fellows are >.>

[chimera189]

Mitt Romney 74%
Mike Huckabee 73%
Duncan Hunter 70%