Has anyone seen this:

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

This survey is Time Warner/AOL sponsored and gives you questions about issues and then matches your response with presidential candidates. Then it shows which candidates get closest to how you think. It is also a good summary of where candidates come down on issues that you rarely see in one place


http://www.presidentmatch.com/Guide.jsp2

I took it and it ranked:
1. Kerry (100%)
2. Clark (89%)
3. OMG! BUSH (2%)

[KansDem]

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[ET Awful]

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[KansDem]

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[arcane1]

3. done

interesting results:

1. Kicinich 100% (no surprise there)
2. Kerry 91%
3. Dean 89%
4. Sharpton 89% (why wasn't he tied w/Dean?)
5. Clark 86%
6. Edwards 80%
7. Bush 8% (??????)

[snooper2]

11. That's real close to mine..

Kucinich was at 100%, Kery at 95% next,

Chimpy, 6%

[tom_paine]

17. Do you agree with his Orwellian Lies Policy or

perhaps it's the Shamelss Kickbacks in Broad daylight Because I'm Emperor and My Stooges Have to Earn Policy.

'Fess up! Which is it?

"Vee haff vays of making you talk."
--Reichsmarschall Heinrich Asscroft

[PROGRESSIVE1]

4. My Score:

Kerry: 100%

Clark: 98%

Kucinich: 95%

Sharpton 90%

Dean 87%

Sharpton: 85%

Bush: 10%

[democraticgator]

5. i must be pretty conservative for this forum......

Bush got 15% with me. Kerry at 100%

[A HERETIC I AM]

6. Somebody shoot me. Bush got 23% on mine.

1 Kucinich Score: 100%

Party Democrat
Has Held Elected Office Yes
Served in the Military No

2 Kerry Score: 100%

Party Democrat
Has Held Elected Office Yes
Served in the Military Yes

3 Sharpton Score: 95%

Party Democrat
Has Held Elected Office No
Served in the Military No

4 Dean Score: 94%

Party Democrat
Has Held Elected Office Yes
Served in the Military No

5 Clark Score: 91%

Party Democrat
Has Held Elected Office No
Served in the Military Yes

6 Edwards Score: 89%

Party Democrat
Has Held Elected Office Yes
Served in the Military No

7 Bush Score: 23%

Party Republican
Has Held Elected Office Yes
Served in the Military Yes


I am SO ashamed. Does this mean i will be drummed out of DU? Damn! that surprised the hell out of me. Probably my somwhat favorable answer re tax cuts for businesses.

I like Kucinich a lot, but of the remaining ones with a shot, i prefer Edwards. Kerry will do just fine for me, but i have problems with him being a bonesman. It isn't a crucial item, but it is a concern. I just cant believe the Shrub got 23%.

Think I'll go eat a pickle and peanut butter

[Rowdyboy]

7. Kucinich 100%

Kerry 97%
Sharpton 96%
Dean 91%
Clark 90%
Edwards 82%
Bush 9%

[Ilsa]

8. I voted opposite Bush on all of the issues,

but for some reason, it still matched me with Shrub. I'm not sure I trust the algorithms in this thing. But i took this several months ago. Maybe they discovered some discrepancies.

But i don't like the idea of someone else's algorithms telling me who is the best candidate for me. I think a voter should study the issues and make up their mind independently.

[cosmicaug]

25. What Bush?

Ilsa wrote:

I voted opposite Bush on all of the issues, but for some reason, it still matched me with Shrub. I'm not sure I trust the algorithms in this thing. But i took this several months ago. Maybe they discovered some discrepancies.

But the question is, what Bush are they comparing the test taker to? Is it the Bush who is trying to get elected and is trying to appear to be a moderate (while giving coded messages to the Christian right) or is it the Bush who is doing a hard right after the election because he "has a mandate" (of the minority of the voters, but who's counting?).

[leftofthedial]

9. no surprise

Kucinich 100%
Kerry 86%
Dean 82%
Edwards 76%

[kayell]

10. Kucinich, no surprise

1 Kucinich Score: 100%
2 Sharpton Score: 89%
3 Kerry Score: 89%
4 Dean Score: 83%
5 Clark Score: 82%
6 Edwards Score: 78%
7 Bush Score: 3%

[wellstone_democrat]

12. quite a surprise for me!

Interesting: "My Guy" finished 5th with me and Kucinich #1! The good news is that Bush* only got a 5% match with me. (NOTE: despite the usual "you are too out of the mainstream!" that will come up from someone, I'm no radical. My friends and family would hoot at the idea).

Hey, guess Dennis will have to get another look the little darlin'!

1 Kucinich Score: 100%

2 Sharpton Score: 89%

3 Kerry Score: 84%

[stopbush]

14. Here's mine

Kucinich - 100%
Kerry - 85%
Dean - 80%
Edwards - 73%

How do you get all 7 candidates to come up?

[ET Awful]

15. Interesting . . .

Kucinich 100
Sharpton 91
Kerry 85
Dean 80
Clark 78
Edwards 74


I would have expected Dean to be higher on the list, but overall the only real surprise is Sharpton :) :) :)

[wellstone_democrat]

19. we got just about the same scores

in the same order. I would have placed Dean and Clark much higher than Kery and Sharpton. And, Sharpton was quite the surprise!

16. Yep

This is true by my idealistic side I suppose. But when other factors get weighed in, I'm a bit different.


1 Kucinich Score: 100%

2 Sharpton Score: 95%
3 Kerry Score: 84%
4 Dean Score: 81%
5 Clark Score: 81%
6 Edwards Score: 72%
7 Bush Score: 6%

[radfringe]

18. Yikes!

1 Kucinich Score: 100%

2 Sharpton Score: 92%

3 Kerry Score: 86%

4 Dean Score: 81%

5 Clark Score: 80%

6 Edwards Score: 76%

unfortunately, I just can't see Kuchinich or Sharpton being effective as president

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

20. Flaming leftie here

Too bad I'm not an USA citizen B-)

DK 100%
AS 90%
JK 87%
HD 82%
WC 80%
JE 76%
GB 3%

[SanchoPanza]

21. No surprise

Kucinich: 100%
Kerry: 92%
Sharpton: 89%
Dean: 88%
Clark: 83%
Edwards: 81%
Bush: 12%

I think most left-leaning people would have Kucinich as their #1, whether they actually supported him as their candidate or not. Much of his negatives, as far as I'm concerned, are largely of the cosmetic horse-race variety.

[Heddi]

22. Kucinich 100% whee!

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1 Kucinich Score: 100%
2 Sharpton Score: 88%
3 Kerry Score: 84%
4 Dean Score: 81%
5 Clark Score: 78%
6 Edwards Score: 74%

[magnolia]

23. Me.....

Kucinich 100%
Kerry 84%
Dean 82%
Edwards 71%
Bush 11%


What's with all the 100% with Kucinich!

[enki23]

24. GB 1% here

kucinich 100%, sharpton 92%

but i didn't like how they mixed education in with justice on the last section, and environment with the economy. and "benefit programs?" i know what they mean, but the name they give it makes it sound bad. bias in there, for sure. but what the hell.

[FatSlob]

26. Edwards

I got this order:

Edwards
Dean
Kerry
Clark
Sharpton
Kucinich

[southpaw]

27. Kucinich 100%

Sharpton 90%
Kerry 88
Clark 81
Dean 80
Edwards 76
* 3

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