Vote-Match Quiz & Maps: Objective Comparison of Candidates

[IndyOp]

I thought I knew who I liked, and apparently, I did!

Keeping in mind that no quiz is perfect and I have no special knowledge of the validity of this quiz...

Using the 20-question VoteMatch Quiz about individual rights, domestic issues, economic issues, and defensive international issues I matched with, in order: Nader (83%), Sharpton (75%), Kucinich (73%), Cobb (65%), Kerry (63%), Edwards (58%), Dean (55%), and Clark (53%). (Note: I wouldn't vote for Ralph Nader under any circumstances and Al Gore wasn't in the comparison list.)

While I was there I checked out the "Political Maps" for the 2008 hopefuls and find that the maps pretty much match what I thought about the candidates. I've put the candidate maps in order below from my least-liked at the top to best-liked at the bottom...

John McCain


Hillary Clinton


Barack Obama


John Kerry


Howard Dean


Wesley Clark


John Edwards


IndyOp


What about you? :-)

===============================================

On edit: The longer I stare at the Gore ratings, the less sure I am about him. :shrug:



This graphic display of Gore's positions isn't so attractive to me...

[tblue]

1. Clark & Edwards always were my favorites. This confirms it. And I think the McCain rating is wrong

Especially lately, McCain has turned a hard right, though he was always a rightwing nutjob. He just used to seem to be an INDEPENDENT rightwing nutjob.

[IndyOp]

4. I think you are right about McCain and

I think Edwards is further left now, too. They've been adding new quotes to the page, but I don't know if the candidate "scores" have been updated - although Obama is there now so I thought maybe they had been updating some.

:hi:

[TahitiNut]

2. "Hard Core Liberal"

[IndyOp]

3. TahitiNut - Where is that quiz? I was just looking for it - I know I took it once

and now I can't find it.

:(

[TahitiNut]

5. Your link works fine.

http://www.speakout.com/VoteMatch/quiz.asp?quiz=Pres2008

After taking it, click on embedded link in "(Click here for analysis and explanation)."

[IndyOp]

7. Thank you - I found my map and put it in the OP. :-) (n/t)

[BlooInBloo]

6. Me too.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

8. Hard core liberal

I found it interesting that I matched up 80% with Rev. Al on the Dem candidates, and 85% with Nadar on Presidential candidates.

[IndyOp]

9. Yep. I wasn't surprised about Sharpton, but I was surprised about Nader.

I still wouldn't vote for Nader because I think he is running on 100% ego...

:hi:

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

10. I made that mistake once,

and won't make it again. A vote for Nadar is a vote for the GOP.

[IndyOp]

11. I hear you. I am all for instant run-off voting! :-) (n/t)

[Odin2005]

12. My results: