Two US presidential candidate issue quizzes

[firecat]

via the OH

http://www.vajoe.com/candidate_calculator.html
http://www.dehp.net/candidate/

My results

Candidate Calculator:

• Former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel (D) - 95.61% match


• Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich (D) - 87.72%


• Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards (D) - 63.16%


• Delaware Senator Joseph Biden (D) - 59.65%


• New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D) - 59.65%


• Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd (D) - 59.65%


• New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (D) - 59.65%


• Illinois Senator Barack Obama (D) - 56.14%


• Texas Representative Ron Paul (R) - 54.39%

Pick Your Candidate (includes issues the candidate and I have disagreements on):

• Kucinich 65 No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Net Neutrality


• Gravel 63 (you have no disagreements with this candidate)


• Paul 32 Abortion Rights, Embryonic Stem Cells, ANWR Drilling, Kyoto, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Border Fence, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage, Universal Healthcare


• Obama 31 Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Net Neutrality, Iran Sanctions, Same-Sex Marriage


• Dodd 29 Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Net Neutrality, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action


• Biden 28 Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Net Neutrality, Iran Sanctions, Same-Sex Marriage


• Richardson 28 Death Penalty, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Net Neutrality, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage


• Clinton 27 Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Net Neutrality, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage


• Edwards 27 Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Net Neutrality, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Fascinating. So tell me more about these Gravel and Kucinich dudes.

Comments

Re: Two US presidential candidate issue quizzes

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

when i took this survey, they basically had relatively little information on what gravel's stand on various issues is, which explained (though not in a satisfactory way) why he and i didn't have a lot of disagreements.

my top candidate is kucinich. which, from what i've read about his views, is about right. it's too bad he is way too far left for today's democrat party. i'd not want to be forced to vote for hillary clinton (since even she would be marginally better than any republican candidate, but i dislike her so much that it would hurt to vote that way strategically -- and i see no way how i'd not vote strategically in a US presidential election).

Re: Two US presidential candidate issue quizzes

[firecat]

Yeah, there were some issues Gravel was listed as not having an opinion on, but upon further investigation (mainly on http://vote-smart.org) I do agree with him on most of the important stuff.

I figure I could do worse than support Gravel's and/or Kucinich's campaigns now. They won't get nominated but if a lot of people support them and their alternative take on the issues, it might influence the ones who do get nominated.