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An online presidential 2012 test - who is your candidate? (Original Post) cowcommander Dec 2011 OP
I got Obama Autumn Dec 2011 #1
yes, that poll was b.s. in many ways RainDog Dec 2011 #106
Yep. I got BHO, with Huntsman and Romney trailing, but the survey is bogus.... Scuba Dec 2011 #124
Same answer - what a stupid survey. I cringed at most of the replies. nt TBF Dec 2011 #130
I agree kenfrequed Dec 2011 #137
The survey may be more useful for Republican voters. subterranean Dec 2011 #148
I thought the same thing. FedUp_Queer Dec 2011 #149
I got Barack. Not much other choice there, was there? nt Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #2
Here's mine... golddigger Dec 2011 #3
Same. Obama quakerboy Dec 2011 #37
Same, but my third was Bachmann. I wonder what that means. nt napoleon_in_rags Dec 2011 #98
Those questions made me want to puke. Muskypundit Dec 2011 #4
I'm somewhat inclined to agree. Shandris Dec 2011 #12
Just say he is invented Muskypundit Dec 2011 #19
I know how you feel - I got Obama, Huntsman, then Gingrich karynnj Dec 2011 #23
That's what I got too. AtomicKitten Dec 2011 #31
I wonder how Gingrich would feel knowing this quiz leads to him having karynnj Dec 2011 #50
My #3 was PERRY!!!! DCKit Dec 2011 #125
A stopped clock is right twice a day Confusious Dec 2011 #120
He started in the middle. joshcryer Dec 2011 #54
yeah the health care q didn't even mention single payer! alp227 Dec 2011 #68
I agree. rbnyc Dec 2011 #135
What was obvious zipplewrath Dec 2011 #5
Bachman IrishEyes Dec 2011 #6
That would be very challenging to do quakerboy Dec 2011 #40
Good question? Hutzpa Dec 2011 #155
Obama Delphinus Dec 2011 #126
I got Barack Obama. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2011 #7
I got Obama, but it showed Ron Paul's picture over Obama's name. subterranean Dec 2011 #8
I got the same. (Ron Paul's picture over Obama's name) n/t RKP5637 Dec 2011 #9
Yes I got that too The Genealogist Dec 2011 #14
I had Newt's picture over Obama's name LynneSin Dec 2011 #136
Obama - and I was honest in my responses, didn't try to Vote Obama. The gateley Dec 2011 #10
Here's mine... one_voice Dec 2011 #11
Obama, Huntsmam, Romney tblue Dec 2011 #109
Same for me - both the results and the critique. flor-de-jasmim Dec 2011 #118
I feel better now with Obama, - Ron Paul and Jon Huntsman were runner-ups. snooper2 Dec 2011 #152
Same here. redqueen Dec 2011 #156
Obama, Paul, Huntsman in that order. nt justiceischeap Dec 2011 #13
I got 1) Obama; 2) Huntsman 3) Paul The Genealogist Dec 2011 #15
Obama, Paul, Huntsman. I really didn't find answers I liked for Luciferous Dec 2011 #16
I got Obama. styersc Dec 2011 #17
I couldn't finish izquierdista Dec 2011 #18
Same here. Same question. graywarrior Dec 2011 #38
And stop predatory corporations/businesses Cherchez la Femme Dec 2011 #48
Stupid question: Should Gay Marriage be legal across the U.S.? OswegoAtheist Dec 2011 #20
You're right but the answers were based on the candidates' stances. tblue Dec 2011 #110
There are two GOP candidates that support Marriage Equality and zero Dems FreeState Dec 2011 #113
Obama sakabatou Dec 2011 #21
Obama. silverweb Dec 2011 #22
Obama, Huntsman and Romney..... a kennedy Dec 2011 #24
Those were mine as well. TDale313 Dec 2011 #25
And mine. 11 Bravo Dec 2011 #42
And mine NavyDem Dec 2011 #64
My results RFKHumphreyObama Dec 2011 #26
Barack KamaAina Dec 2011 #27
What the hell did you answer to get Perry? ROFL snooper2 Dec 2011 #153
Actually, I think it was 2+2=5 KamaAina Dec 2011 #154
I had to quit. The answers don't match my beliefs ScreamingMeemie Dec 2011 #28
Yes...that was very aggravating n/t deutsey Dec 2011 #65
Sadly, me too. N/T progressoid Dec 2011 #77
I put in Charlemagne Dec 2011 #29
Yes. Lots of them in the South and Midwest stevenleser Dec 2011 #102
Obama Ferret Annica Dec 2011 #30
Obama, Huntsman & Paul WI_DEM Dec 2011 #32
I got Huntsman, Ron Paul, and Romney aletier_v Dec 2011 #33
Wow. I'll admit I'm surprised. Robb Dec 2011 #34
Obama (of course) but how the hell did I get Bachman as second runner up? McCamy Taylor Dec 2011 #35
I did it just out of curiosity, though obviously I don't vote in the USA LeftishBrit Dec 2011 #36
I got (1) Obama, (2) Huntsman, and (3) Paul. racaulk Dec 2011 #39
I chose civil union aletier_v Dec 2011 #41
Yeah, that one was stupid, but they apparently were using the candidates'... joshcryer Dec 2011 #53
I got Kucinich Jim Lane Dec 2011 #43
You beat the Kobayashi Maru Generic Brad Dec 2011 #62
OK, I admit I had to look that one up. Jim Lane Dec 2011 #81
+1 :D think Dec 2011 #63
My top candidate is Obana, #2 is John Huntsman and #3 is (god forbid) Newt Gingrich. n/t RebelOne Dec 2011 #44
What the fuck...? I got Kim Jong-Un. Man, I hate online tests. Bucky Dec 2011 #45
I tried this 3 times ... and it crashed at the end each time. JoePhilly Dec 2011 #46
Do it again ... but this time pick the total opposite of what you really believe!!!! JoePhilly Dec 2011 #47
Okay, I buy Bachman and Santorum as most evil but Perry? aletier_v Dec 2011 #75
My quess is the entire thing is biased depending on which quotes ... JoePhilly Dec 2011 #139
Too many dumb as fuck responses TheKentuckian Dec 2011 #49
Ron Paul Pigheaded Dec 2011 #51
A lot of quitters. joshcryer Dec 2011 #52
Obama. But the questions didn't speak to moderates... Honeycombe8 Dec 2011 #55
Also, we couldn't weight the questions...some meant little to me... Honeycombe8 Dec 2011 #56
None of the responses were left of center TheKentuckian Dec 2011 #117
Bullshit. I am a moderate. Rightwingers think I'm a flamin' liberal. Progressives think I'm an... Honeycombe8 Dec 2011 #166
If you even think most of the questions had a leftist response available then you're pretty far TheKentuckian Dec 2011 #168
of course i got Obama barbtries Dec 2011 #57
WTF -- It gave me Rick Santorum. Denninmi Dec 2011 #58
Me too... Motown_Johnny Dec 2011 #167
Obama. nt bluestate10 Dec 2011 #59
It's basically batshit crazy lunacy vs. Obama. killbotfactory Dec 2011 #60
Michele Bachmann zappaman Dec 2011 #61
When I answered by selecting the choices closest to... GReedDiamond Dec 2011 #66
When I picked the most insane, I got ... JoePhilly Dec 2011 #140
Obama, Huntsman, Paul in that order. center rising Dec 2011 #67
Ditto. n/t zappaman Dec 2011 #71
Obama, Paul, Romney. alp227 Dec 2011 #69
Obama, Huntsman.........and Perry. Stupid questions. MrSlayer Dec 2011 #70
I got Obama, but I REALLY hated the same-sex marriage question jmowreader Dec 2011 #72
I got Obama, but was surprised how close it was. Rochester Dec 2011 #73
Everyboody agrees with Romney at least twice :) aletier_v Dec 2011 #76
I got Obama, Perry , Huntsman Tanelorn Dec 2011 #74
I retook it with the craziest answers and got Palin aletier_v Dec 2011 #78
Mike Gravel progressoid Dec 2011 #79
LOL! Politicalboi Dec 2011 #88
It always gets stuck on Rick Santorum while saying "Calculating..." at the top boxman15 Dec 2011 #80
I got the same problem. what a waste of time. n/t garybeck Dec 2011 #103
Number #1 = Obama :) Tx4obama Dec 2011 #82
I got Politicalboi Dec 2011 #83
Only made it as far as the question on the Mexican border Bjorn Against Dec 2011 #84
Same question on which there was absolutely no acceptable answer for me Ms. Toad Dec 2011 #95
The Mexican border question was clearly missing an option... cascadiance Dec 2011 #169
It didn't work for me mrs_p Dec 2011 #85
Obama then Huntsman (nt) Jon Ace Dec 2011 #86
obama, huntsman, paul elana i am Dec 2011 #87
I matched 8 with Obama, 2 with Ron Paul, and 1 with Romney slay Dec 2011 #89
I thought there were only 10 questions............... Angry Dragon Dec 2011 #105
No - 11 slay Dec 2011 #108
this time i got 8 for Obama, 2 for Ron Paul, and one for... Rick Perry? slay Dec 2011 #111
I agree Angry Dragon Dec 2011 #114
Obama, then Paul, then Romney mvd Dec 2011 #90
I got Obama, but.. veganlush Dec 2011 #91
Maybe the picture was right but the text was wrong? :) aletier_v Dec 2011 #93
Mine were... blue_onyx Dec 2011 #92
Obama, Romney, Bachman Ms. Toad Dec 2011 #94
There were no intelligent policies on gay marriage, immigration, education, or healthcare. DirkGently Dec 2011 #96
Your top candidate match is Barack Obama! Huntsman and Paul were runner ups. nt Modern_Matthew Dec 2011 #97
Ron Paul. ellisonz Dec 2011 #99
obama by a landslide southmost Dec 2011 #100
More than half of those questions had no good answer. ChadwickHenryWard Dec 2011 #101
#1 Obama, #2 Huntsman, #3 Romney Angry Dragon Dec 2011 #104
Every single choice I made tomg Dec 2011 #107
Many of the questions and answers seem driven by Headlines and Sound bites. Ford_Prefect Dec 2011 #112
+1 slay Dec 2011 #115
Obama for me... urbuddha Dec 2011 #116
Got Obama by a hair ObaMania Dec 2011 #119
Obama by a wide margin nxylas Dec 2011 #121
Your top candidate match is Barack Obama! Rhiannon12866 Dec 2011 #122
Obama-Huntsman-Perry JCMach1 Dec 2011 #123
Obama, Ron Paul, april Dec 2011 #127
For some of those I wanted a none of the above as a choice. mmonk Dec 2011 #128
Yup zipplewrath Dec 2011 #129
Obama. Laelth Dec 2011 #131
Yup! Totally agree dmr Dec 2011 #165
Obama, then Huntsman...then...gag! Perry! NRaleighLiberal Dec 2011 #132
What no one got Cain..........sheesh......... Historic NY Dec 2011 #133
Rock Bama! JustAnotherGen Dec 2011 #134
Loaded questionnaire ... Myrina Dec 2011 #138
I got Warren lobodons Dec 2011 #141
+1 for the correct answer. nt ooglymoogly Dec 2011 #161
I got Obama too, but i had to choose their "solutions" not mine. n/t dotymed Dec 2011 #142
Post removed Post removed Dec 2011 #143
I got Obama geardaddy Dec 2011 #144
1. Obama sarchasm Dec 2011 #145
Obama... duh mimitabby Dec 2011 #146
I got Obama as #1 Choice, Ron Paul as #2, and John Huntsman as #3... 1monster Dec 2011 #147
Elizabeth Warren, Obama, Kathleen Sebilius Maineman Dec 2011 #150
Got Obama here's the rest marlakay Dec 2011 #151
Obama, Paul, Huntsman PADemD Dec 2011 #157
Obama: 8, Paul: 2 on foreign policy, Romney on modifying No Child Left Behind qb Dec 2011 #158
Obama, followed by Huntsman and Paul n/t mlevans Dec 2011 #159
After looking over the first few pages....I clicked off the "survey" ooglymoogly Dec 2011 #160
Huntsman (came in third), Mitt second, Obama first. nt JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2011 #162
Obama - No surprise there GoneOffShore Dec 2011 #163
Obama SharonRB Dec 2011 #164

Autumn

(48,950 posts)
1. I got Obama
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 03:22 PM
Dec 2011

The boxes I selected were all too conservative for my tastes but it was the closest to my beliefs. Basically BS choices.

RainDog

(28,784 posts)
106. yes, that poll was b.s. in many ways
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 03:28 AM
Dec 2011

and shows how limited the choices are that are presented to the American people as feasible - but it's the candidates who are the ones who are limiting our choices.

I, of course, got Obama.

 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
124. Yep. I got BHO, with Huntsman and Romney trailing, but the survey is bogus....
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 07:36 AM
Dec 2011

for example, I'd like to repeal the Health Care Reform Act and replace it with Medicare for All. I'd also like to invest more in education, but none of it should go to charter schools.

Perhaps this is useful for some barely-engaged soul, otherwise it's BS.

kenfrequed

(7,865 posts)
137. I agree
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 11:04 AM
Dec 2011

Of course I got Obama first and Huntsman as second as well.

And I agree with you about the healthcare law. We should have a national program or medicare for all.

subterranean

(3,760 posts)
148. The survey may be more useful for Republican voters.
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 12:52 PM
Dec 2011

And I bet that some of them may be surprised that Obama comes out on top based on their answers.
As for us DUers, the survey just reemphasized that despite Obama's shortcomings, he's still a better choice than any of the Republican candidates. But we already knew that (well, most of us, anyway).

 

FedUp_Queer

(975 posts)
149. I thought the same thing.
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 01:07 PM
Dec 2011

It doesn't actually ask what you think. It asks which you chose of the candidates. I, too, cringed at many of the choices. I know my candidate would really be none of the above...which I think a lot of people would fall into.

quakerboy

(14,856 posts)
37. Same. Obama
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 06:34 PM
Dec 2011

Apparently I agree with Paul when it comes to national security, Romney on education, and Obama on everything else.

However, the options on about half of the questions were almost offensively limited. Instead of finding an answer that I agreed with, I had to look for the least offensively wrong answer. That's how I ended up with Romney on one question. There was no good answer, but Romney's was the most vague. I am sure he did not mean it the way that I would mean the same phrase. There were a handfull of other answers where the choices came out "I agree with this 0%, this 0%, and this 10%, so I guess thats the one i pick, even though I dont really agree with it...". That a sad state of affairs. You would think that with as big a country as we have, there would be different candidates with different stances on various issues, but there is not. On several important issues, only slight shadings of 1 viewpoint are shared by every candidate available.

As to Paul, what can I say? When he agrees with me, he is right, no matter how wrong he is on virtually everything else. Of the current "major" candidates he is the closest to correct on foreign policy. Get our nose and our troops out of other peoples business and do it now, no more mucking about. That's just about the only thing he is correct on, but in that one arena, his proposed policy is better than Obama's.

Muskypundit

(717 posts)
4. Those questions made me want to puke.
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 03:29 PM
Dec 2011

Just another testament as to how far to the middle Obama went.

 

Shandris

(3,447 posts)
12. I'm somewhat inclined to agree.
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 03:55 PM
Dec 2011

I mean, when the outcomes can ONLY include Obama and then 7 crazy rightwingers, you're going to have a lot of interesting responses. But still...I got Obama (with his own picture), then NEWT GINGRICH?! How is that even possible?

karynnj

(60,949 posts)
23. I know how you feel - I got Obama, Huntsman, then Gingrich
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 04:39 PM
Dec 2011

So, I guess on some answers they took the version of Newt that was semi sane.

karynnj

(60,949 posts)
50. I wonder how Gingrich would feel knowing this quiz leads to him having
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 07:58 PM
Dec 2011

more in common with Obama and Huntsman than Romney does! (I bet he likes that as little as we like getting him.)



Most questions had only one or at most two answers a Democrat was likely to chose.

 

DCKit

(18,541 posts)
125. My #3 was PERRY!!!!
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 07:42 AM
Dec 2011

Jeebus, I could see Huntsman, he made it past the 6th grade.

Confusious

(8,317 posts)
120. A stopped clock is right twice a day
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 06:35 AM
Dec 2011

He says so many crazy things, one has to loop around from the right, back to the left, and sound good to you, somewhat.

Even crazy people have moments of lucidity.

rbnyc

(17,045 posts)
135. I agree.
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 10:19 AM
Dec 2011

That was painful. For many of the questions, none of the answers were good. SUCKS!!!!

zipplewrath

(16,698 posts)
5. What was obvious
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 03:30 PM
Dec 2011

Was that there wasn't really a "candidate" for me. Most of the responses were to "timid" or soft and didn't go nearly far enough in one sense or another.

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
6. Bachman
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 03:33 PM
Dec 2011

I answered opposite to what I believed. I got

1. Bachman
2. Santorum
3. Perry

I also feel sick that one of these people could be the nominee.

quakerboy

(14,856 posts)
40. That would be very challenging to do
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 06:41 PM
Dec 2011

With so many wrong answers, how do you pick the most wrong?

subterranean

(3,760 posts)
8. I got Obama, but it showed Ron Paul's picture over Obama's name.
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 03:34 PM
Dec 2011

Did that happen to anyone else?

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
136. I had Newt's picture over Obama's name
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 10:48 AM
Dec 2011


I mean I have to be Obama since I am pro-choice, pro-education, pro-environment, pro-tax the billionaires, pro-gay marriage.

gateley

(62,683 posts)
10. Obama - and I was honest in my responses, didn't try to Vote Obama. The
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 03:44 PM
Dec 2011

other options -- all of them -- were just too horrific to even consider.

Not GREAT options for us, either, but that's the reality of what we're dealing with at this time.

one_voice

(20,043 posts)
11. Here's mine...
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 03:53 PM
Dec 2011

1. Obama

2. Huntsman

3. Perry---WTF?!?! Must have been the immigration question---I didn't really see a choice I liked.--I'm going to go scrub myself with bleach--just the thought of agreeing with Perry on anything makes me feel icky...

tblue

(16,350 posts)
109. Obama, Huntsmam, Romney
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 03:47 AM
Dec 2011

Some of the questions had no answers that really suited me though.

redqueen

(115,186 posts)
156. Same here.
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 01:54 PM
Dec 2011

The answers showed just how fringe loony rightwing this country has become.

The Genealogist

(4,739 posts)
15. I got 1) Obama; 2) Huntsman 3) Paul
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 04:02 PM
Dec 2011

There were several questions in there that I saw no answer which i thought was good. I had to choose the least bad answer to make the quiz work.

Luciferous

(6,586 posts)
16. Obama, Paul, Huntsman. I really didn't find answers I liked for
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 04:06 PM
Dec 2011

most of the questions though.

 

izquierdista

(11,689 posts)
18. I couldn't finish
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 04:09 PM
Dec 2011

When it got to "What can we do to strengthen security along the US-Mexico border?" there were only silly answers. Decriminalize drugs and take away the narcotrafficers source of income wasn't on the list.

Cherchez la Femme

(2,488 posts)
48. And stop predatory corporations/businesses
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 07:50 PM
Dec 2011

from hiring them below minimum wage.
Upgrade those jobs to a living wage -- for US citizens

OswegoAtheist

(609 posts)
20. Stupid question: Should Gay Marriage be legal across the U.S.?
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 04:23 PM
Dec 2011

1. We must pass a Constitutional Amendment outlawing gay marriage
2. This should be up to the individual states
3. Traditional marriage is between a man and a woman, but I support civil unions
4. My views on gay marriage are evolving. But no law should ban gay marriage outright.

Where the fuck is the "Yes, it's a civil right for all Americans" option?

Oswego "Didn't bother finishing the test" Atheist

tblue

(16,350 posts)
110. You're right but the answers were based on the candidates' stances.
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 03:50 AM
Dec 2011

And I guess no one would answer with a resounding yes. And that's a doggone shame.

FreeState

(10,702 posts)
113. There are two GOP candidates that support Marriage Equality and zero Dems
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 04:01 AM
Dec 2011

Fred Kroger and Gary Johnson.

TDale313

(7,822 posts)
25. Those were mine as well.
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 04:57 PM
Dec 2011

Oh, and the picture I had for Obama was Gingrich. SMH. Plus, I have to agree that the questions point out just how slanted to the right our options are.

NavyDem

(570 posts)
64. And mine
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 11:32 PM
Dec 2011

I did not find an acceptable answer for border security. My thought is, take away the incentive by SEVERELY penalizing businesses that make exploitation of immigrant labor attractive.

I also did not like the education choices. My thougth being that we need to keep student to teacher ratio's lower, and invest heavily in PUBLIC schools.

 

snooper2

(30,151 posts)
153. What the hell did you answer to get Perry? ROFL
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 01:26 PM
Dec 2011


You want to build a super duper double fence?
 

Charlemagne

(576 posts)
29. I put in
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 05:16 PM
Dec 2011

The craziest, most draconian answers I could think of and I got Michelle Bachmann. There are people who really think like that???

 

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)
102. Yes. Lots of them in the South and Midwest
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 02:47 AM
Dec 2011

I think some folks don't factor that into their political strategy.

McCamy Taylor

(19,240 posts)
35. Obama (of course) but how the hell did I get Bachman as second runner up?
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 06:21 PM
Dec 2011

How come there was no "Gay marriage is a right" response?

LeftishBrit

(41,451 posts)
36. I did it just out of curiosity, though obviously I don't vote in the USA
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 06:23 PM
Dec 2011

I got President Obama unsurprisingly, followed by someone called Jon Huntsman. WHO is Jon Huntsman?

racaulk

(11,550 posts)
39. I got (1) Obama, (2) Huntsman, and (3) Paul.
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 06:40 PM
Dec 2011

Although the question about gay marriage was total bullshit as none of the answers matched my beliefs. I had to choose the "evolving" response as it was the choice that was least offensive of those presented. Unfortunately, that has to be my choice in real life as well.

aletier_v

(1,773 posts)
41. I chose civil union
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 06:46 PM
Dec 2011

I thought it was more positive than "evolving and against an outright ban".

joshcryer

(62,536 posts)
53. Yeah, that one was stupid, but they apparently were using the candidates'...
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 08:09 PM
Dec 2011

...positions, at least, as far as I can tell. I chose "states rights" but even then I find that bullshit.

 

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)
43. I got Kucinich
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 06:52 PM
Dec 2011

But that's because I hacked the test to include sensible answers where all the ones offered were right-wing talking points.

Generic Brad

(14,374 posts)
62. You beat the Kobayashi Maru
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 11:23 PM
Dec 2011

Live long and prosper with full Social Security and Medicare benefits.

 

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)
81. OK, I admit I had to look that one up.
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 12:55 AM
Dec 2011

I saw the 2009 movie but I'm not enough of a Trekker to have retained that detail.

Now, having read the Wikipedia article on it, I see that you have given me high praise, and I thank you!

Bucky

(55,334 posts)
45. What the fuck...? I got Kim Jong-Un. Man, I hate online tests.
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 06:55 PM
Dec 2011

Is he even old enough to be president?

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)
46. I tried this 3 times ... and it crashed at the end each time.
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 07:06 PM
Dec 2011

I even switched browsers.

But based on the questions I saw each time ... I'm voting for Obama and not one of the GOP whack jobs.

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)
47. Do it again ... but this time pick the total opposite of what you really believe!!!!
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 07:12 PM
Dec 2011

I did it 3 times trying to be honest, and it crashed at the end each time.

And so, I tried one more time ... but this time, I picked the most evil right wing option I saw.

And of course THEN it worked!!!!

When I picked what I thought were the most evil right win positions ... the result was ....

1) Bachmann
2) Perry
3) Santorum

aletier_v

(1,773 posts)
75. Okay, I buy Bachman and Santorum as most evil but Perry?
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 12:40 AM
Dec 2011

He doesn't have enough presence to be evil.

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)
139. My quess is the entire thing is biased depending on which quotes ...
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 11:09 AM
Dec 2011

they picked from the various candidates.

Perry has said all kinds of insane things.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
55. Obama. But the questions didn't speak to moderates...
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 08:11 PM
Dec 2011

I'm a moderate...left of center. My answers would've been between a couple of the choice answers given, but I had to select either a definite left or a definite right answer.

It wouldn't have changed the result. I just noticed that that poll would work only for those who are definitely left or right, but it's the middle ones that decide elections, isn't it? And the ones who are left or right don't really need to take a quiz, I think.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
56. Also, we couldn't weight the questions...some meant little to me...
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 08:14 PM
Dec 2011

so I would vote for someone who didn't hold my view on that issue, since it's not as important to me as others. And I would hold one or two issues so important, that I wouldn't vote for someone who didn't hold my view on those issues, even if he held my views in all other respects.

 

TheKentuckian

(26,314 posts)
117. None of the responses were left of center
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 05:14 AM
Dec 2011

If you occupy a mid-way spot between these positions then you are an arch conservative in the mold of Anthony Kennedy, stradling the line between right and reactionary, radical regressive.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
166. Bullshit. I am a moderate. Rightwingers think I'm a flamin' liberal. Progressives think I'm an...
Fri Dec 23, 2011, 12:26 PM
Dec 2011

"arch conservative."

The truth is....I am a moderate. Definitely far left on some issues, right of center on one or two issues, and left of center on most issues. I am pretty much mainstream. More often than not, I end up voting for the one who wins. That's because I am mainstream America. There have been exceptions...Bush, for one, of course. But early on, for example, I decided to vote for Obama and poo pooed those notions that he couldn't win because of his race and experience. I knew that he could. Mainstream America was thinking like that.

I do not have a party affiliation.

 

TheKentuckian

(26,314 posts)
168. If you even think most of the questions had a leftist response available then you're pretty far
Sat Dec 24, 2011, 10:04 AM
Dec 2011

right. If you occupy the middle ground between the options presented then you would be extremely conservative but be given an aura of moderation by contrasting one's self against reactionaries and radical regressives.

In most western democracies both parties would be to the right of of the prevailing conservative coalitions. Mid-way between them makes you fairly rabidly conservative from the jump.

barbtries

(31,298 posts)
57. of course i got Obama
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 09:40 PM
Dec 2011

though some of the choices really sucked. for instance why can't i just say i support equal marriage rights for everyone.

Denninmi

(6,581 posts)
58. WTF -- It gave me Rick Santorum.
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 09:56 PM
Dec 2011

I know how Charlie Brown felt when he kept getting lumps of coal.

No way I would vote for any of those R asses - but if I was forced to under penalty of death, it would be Huntsman.

Many of the questions were totally rigged -- no true choice -- for example, in the Gay Marriage question, full equality wasn't even offered as a choice.

Rig the questions, and you rig the results.

killbotfactory

(13,566 posts)
60. It's basically batshit crazy lunacy vs. Obama.
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 11:16 PM
Dec 2011

Although on a couple issues, on which I really didn't agree with any choice, I chose an answer a republican gave.

zappaman

(20,627 posts)
61. Michele Bachmann
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 11:21 PM
Dec 2011

Kidding!
Some guy named Barack Obama who lots of people in this forum seem to dislike.

GReedDiamond

(5,542 posts)
66. When I answered by selecting the choices closest to...
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 11:43 PM
Dec 2011

...what I really believe, I got 1) Obama 2) Paul 3) Huntsman.

When I went back and answered with what I considered to be the most radical, far-right, lunatic-sociopath choices, I scored 1) Bachmann 2) Santorum 3) Perry.

What fun!

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)
140. When I picked the most insane, I got ...
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 11:12 AM
Dec 2011

1) Bachmann, 2) Perry, 3) Santorium

And I'm pretty sure that she is in fact the craziest of the bunch.

 

MrSlayer

(22,143 posts)
70. Obama, Huntsman.........and Perry. Stupid questions.
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 12:01 AM
Dec 2011

There was no answer for me on immigration or marriage equality but I'm guessing that no one running shares the same views I have on those particular issues. Even the Obama answers were sucky in several questions.

jmowreader

(53,162 posts)
72. I got Obama, but I REALLY hated the same-sex marriage question
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 12:19 AM
Dec 2011

The least-offensive answer was "My views on gay marriage are evolving..." but I really wish they would have had a "Same-sex marriage should be legal. Period." answer.

That answer is to the left of everyone running for president including the incumbent, which may explain why it's not on there.

Rochester

(838 posts)
73. I got Obama, but was surprised how close it was.
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 12:24 AM
Dec 2011

I agreed with Obama 4 times, with Huntsman 3 times, with Romney twice. The other two it didn't show me who I agreed with, it must have been someone else.

Obama's my guy naturally, but I guess Hunstman is perhaps the least objectionable of the R's.

aletier_v

(1,773 posts)
78. I retook it with the craziest answers and got Palin
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 12:47 AM
Dec 2011

Oops, no, I guess it's Bachmann.

Hard to tell the difference sometimes.

boxman15

(1,033 posts)
80. It always gets stuck on Rick Santorum while saying "Calculating..." at the top
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 12:53 AM
Dec 2011

Last edited Tue Dec 20, 2011, 02:00 AM - Edit history (1)

I'd imagine it would be something like

1. Obama
2. Huntsman
3. Paul

EDIT: Finally got it to work, not that anybody cares haha.

1. Obama
2. Paul
3. Romney

Bjorn Against

(12,041 posts)
84. Only made it as far as the question on the Mexican border
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 01:03 AM
Dec 2011

I was unable to find an answer that I agreed with and it would not let me continue unless I picked something. Because I won't say I agree with something that I don't agree with I had to stop, I guess that means no candidate is a good match for me which is exactly how I feel. No matter who wins the next election I don't anticipate having anything to celebrate.

Ms. Toad

(38,575 posts)
95. Same question on which there was absolutely no acceptable answer for me
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 01:52 AM
Dec 2011

And I have the same sense of discouragement.

 

cascadiance

(19,537 posts)
169. The Mexican border question was clearly missing an option...
Sat Dec 24, 2011, 10:24 AM
Dec 2011

"The problem is the supply of jobs. We must prosecute those that hire illegals which would destroy demand for hiring of illegals and reduce the problem by making it less attractive for them to come over the border. We must also stop subsidizing big ag firms so that they don't "dump" farm products with corn, etc. below cost in to other countries that forces farmers there out of business and forces them to look for jobs up here instead."

If we had an answer like that and one for having a single payer option for health care amongst others, then we'd have a more interesting poll that would point to how a big chunk of Americans are UNREPRESENTED by what we have in Washington now and why Occupiers are out on the street everywhere.

mrs_p

(3,236 posts)
85. It didn't work for me
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 01:04 AM
Dec 2011

And there were many questions that had all answers way too conservative.

 

slay

(7,670 posts)
89. I matched 8 with Obama, 2 with Ron Paul, and 1 with Romney
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 01:21 AM
Dec 2011

although to be fair - there is nobody to the left of Obama - and there desperately needs to be!

 

slay

(7,670 posts)
111. this time i got 8 for Obama, 2 for Ron Paul, and one for... Rick Perry?
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 03:52 AM
Dec 2011

must have answered the romney one different.. some of those are terrible questions and show just how badly we need a truly progressive candidate.

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)
114. I agree
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 04:04 AM
Dec 2011

It just goes to show the people should frame the answers and not the politicians

mvd

(65,908 posts)
90. Obama, then Paul, then Romney
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 01:24 AM
Dec 2011

I got Paul for #3 because I want everyone out of Afghanistan and the defense budget cut significantly.

I got Romney on #9 for putting modify No Child Left Behind, but I'm not sure why.

Not enough liberal answers, though, and there was no outright pro-gay marriage rights answer.

veganlush

(2,049 posts)
91. I got Obama, but..
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 01:26 AM
Dec 2011

...the picture showed Newt the fruit in the number one spot! The text said #1 Obama, #2 Romney, #3 Paul
but as mentioned, the picture in the number one spot, bigger than the other two, was Gingrich. WTF?

Ms. Toad

(38,575 posts)
94. Obama, Romney, Bachman
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 01:51 AM
Dec 2011

Several questions had no answer I found even close to acceptable. Very discouraging.

DirkGently

(12,151 posts)
96. There were no intelligent policies on gay marriage, immigration, education, or healthcare.
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 01:52 AM
Dec 2011

Which apparently leads to Obama.











Sounds familiar, somehow.

ChadwickHenryWard

(862 posts)
101. More than half of those questions had no good answer.
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 02:37 AM
Dec 2011

I am even more discouraged about the slate of available candidates than before taking the quiz.

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)
104. #1 Obama, #2 Huntsman, #3 Romney
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 03:20 AM
Dec 2011

With only 1 for each of the last two


I thought the answers did not give enough leeway, did not go far enough
so I agree with Autumn post #1

tomg

(2,574 posts)
107. Every single choice I made
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 03:41 AM
Dec 2011

was my "least right leaning choice from all those folks." Nothing, save for withdrawal from Afghanistan and engagement with Pakistan, reflected the kinds of policies I would hope to be implemented. Typical was my choice on education: "NCLB has to be modified." I have no idea what that means, except that it is so vague I see a glimmer for it to be eliminated.

Ford_Prefect

(8,599 posts)
112. Many of the questions and answers seem driven by Headlines and Sound bites.
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 03:55 AM
Dec 2011

It seems to be one more example of the MSM pretending to offer choice. A real choice would involve using the issues to drive the candidates towards the results we need and want. Obama seems to do as little as he can (or worse) and the others want to do more to make things even worse than they are now.

I got Obama with a side of Paul and Romney (go figure that, eh?) The answers offered seemed like campaign quotes and often ignored central problems in the issues they addressed (Health Care, Education, Mexican border to name 3).

I feel like the patient who is told his chances of recovery are Slim and None. I'll vote for Slim. He's not really the guy to get the job done so we'll have to lean on congress harder. That and get Fox off the Air.

What we really need is a congress that is answerable to US. How we get that this time around as opposed to just trying to keep the loonies and shills out is hard to say, but I suspect it can be done.

ObaMania

(2,054 posts)
119. Got Obama by a hair
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 06:32 AM
Dec 2011

Romney close runner up followed by Huntsman.

Sounds about right although I've always leaned more towards Huntsman.

nxylas

(6,440 posts)
121. Obama by a wide margin
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 06:40 AM
Dec 2011

Followed by Paul and Gingrich. Seriously, Gingrich? I think that was a reflection of the lack of a good answer in many of the questions, rather than an indication that I have anything in common with The Mekon.

Rhiannon12866

(255,011 posts)
122. Your top candidate match is Barack Obama!
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 06:48 AM
Dec 2011


Michele Bachmann and Mitt Romney were runner-ups.

But for only one question apiece.

zipplewrath

(16,698 posts)
129. Yup
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 08:47 AM
Dec 2011

It was kind of indicative of how far right the politics have moved. Many questions only had right leaning answers to them.

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
131. Obama.
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 09:18 AM
Dec 2011

Terrible questions. Very few answers I really liked. Shows how a liberal's policy preferences are not really available in the candidate choices we have. No real liberal option.

-Laelth

JustAnotherGen

(38,031 posts)
134. Rock Bama!
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 10:13 AM
Dec 2011


Followed by Huntsman and Romney.

I don't think the included Buddy Roemer as a candidate - because he's a Conservadem in Pub Clothing.

Myrina

(12,296 posts)
138. Loaded questionnaire ...
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 11:09 AM
Dec 2011

All of the 'stances' had little caveats, none of which aligned with my beliefs.

Call me a 'fringe lefty', I guess.


Response to cowcommander (Original post)

1monster

(11,045 posts)
147. I got Obama as #1 Choice, Ron Paul as #2, and John Huntsman as #3...
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 12:32 PM
Dec 2011

The problem is that on most of those questions, none of the given answers fit my feelings, convictions, or positions at all. And the closest second choice was a very far distant second.

Which is the way I feel about our choices for President. I wouldn't vote for Ron Paul or any of the Republicans at all, and Obama's positions and actions are too far away from mine for me to be comfortable, but his come closest (and that isn't very close at all).

ooglymoogly

(9,502 posts)
160. After looking over the first few pages....I clicked off the "survey"
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 03:12 PM
Dec 2011

It is a hokey, gerrymandered survey with O being the only "lesser of two evils" outcome possible for a democrat.

GoneOffShore

(18,018 posts)
163. Obama - No surprise there
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 03:54 PM
Dec 2011

Huntsman - meh a Republic but not a totally crazy Repub

Paul - WTF!!

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