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democratreformed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-04 05:03 PM
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Have any of you seen this quiz?
It is interesting and different than most of the others I have seen. You have to choose how you would respond to a particular issue. At the end, it tells you how many of the issues you chose each candidate for. (The answers you choose from are actual quotes from the candidates).

Here's how mine turned out:
For each candidate, I chose them for this many issues:
Dean: 4
Sharpton: 2
Kerry: 4
Kucinich: 1
Edwards: 3

Here's the link: http://www.votebyissue.org/primary/
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WhoCountsTheVotes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-04 05:12 PM
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1. Me: Kucinich 8, Edwards 2, Sharpton 2, Dean 1, Kerry 1
about what I expected.
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RFK MLK PW Donating Member (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-04 05:21 PM
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2. That was fun.
Here's how mine turned out:

4 Kucinich
3 Dean
2 Sharpton
2 Edwards
1 Kerry


(totals 12 because there were 2 issues on which I did not agree with any of them)
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SerpentX Donating Member (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-04 05:26 PM
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3. My score
Kerry: 5
Kucinich: 4
Sharpton: 3
Dean: 2

No suprises.
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-04 05:31 PM
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4. mine:

Al Sharpton
Employment
Education
Health Care
Economy
Trade Policy


Howard Dean
Iraq -- Rebuilding
Gun Control


Dennis Kucinich
Family and Marriage
Security & Civil Liberties
Energy and Environment
Terrorism
Role of U.S. Military



John Kerry
Poverty and Homelessness
Social Security



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curse10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-04 05:35 PM
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5. Kerry: 6
Edited on Wed Feb-25-04 05:36 PM by curse10
Dean: 4
Edwards: 3
Sharpton: 1
DK: 0

on edit: if I didn't pick Kerry as my first choice he was always my second choice after reading the quotes. Very interesting!
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Adelante Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-04 05:35 PM
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6. Mine
Kerry: 6
Kucinich: 4
Edwards: 2
Dean: 1
Sharpton: 1

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Spirochete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-04 06:39 PM
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7. I ended up with...
Kerry, Edwards and Kucinich - 3 each
Sharpton - 1
Dean - 4
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eissa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-04 06:48 PM
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8. Mine was strange
4 - Dean, Kerry and Kucinich
2 - Edwards

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scarletwoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-04 07:09 PM
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9. Thanks for the link!
Me:

Kucinich - 8
Dean - 3
Edwards, Kerry, Sharpton - 1 each

GO Dennis!!!!

sw
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lams712 Donating Member (645 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-04 08:46 PM
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10. DEAN 6; KUCINICH 6; SHARPTON 1; KERRY 1........n/t
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library_max Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-04 08:53 PM
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11. What struck me most forcibly in this quiz.
Was how similar all the responses were, excepting differences in emphasis. There were a few issues on which real differences emerged, but in most cases I found myself agreeing with four or five of the responses pretty nearly equally.

I think this may be part of the reason why primary voters are voting for electability. Not because they don't care about the issues, but because all of the candidates are approximately equally acceptable on the issues, at least in their campaign rhetoric.
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democratreformed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-04 09:00 PM
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13. I noticed that as well
It was, in fact, very difficult to choose in many cases. On several, there was some subtle nuance that, when I went back and looked at who said what, I was thinking, "Yep, I could agree with that one too".
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LSdemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-04 08:59 PM
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12. Dean 5, Edwards 3, Kerry 3, Sharpton 2, Kucinich 1
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AbbeyRoad Donating Member (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-04 09:52 PM
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14. Okay...
Kucinich- 5
Kerry- 4
Sharpton- 3
Dean- 2
Edwards- 0
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asthmaticeog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-04 11:04 PM
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15. Not far from what I expected:
Dennis Kucinich: 7
* Family and Marriage
* Security & Civil Liberties
* Health Care
* Trade Policy
* Energy and Environment
* Iraq -- Rebuilding
* Role of U.S. Military

Al Sharpton: 2
* Poverty and Homelessness
* Gun Control

John Kerry: 1
* Terrorism

Howard Dean: 4
* Social Security
* Employment
* Education
* Economy

ZERO Edwards comes as a bit of a surprise, but otherwise, that all seems about right to me.

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AbbeyRoad Donating Member (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-26-04 12:33 AM
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18. Fur Suits and Bush
That scene from The Shining always creeped me out, and now you've added another layer of creepy in that pic. :)
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Rooktoven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-04 11:41 PM
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16. No surprise
Except the low Dean score (some were toss-ups)

Edwards 7
Kerry 5
Dean 1
Kucinich 1
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kdmorris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-04 11:49 PM
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17. Kucinich 7, Dean 4, Sharpton 2, Kerry 1
Pretty much what I expected, but many of the issues, the answers were very similar, as someone else mentioned.
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