The E Man Suspended 15268 Posts user info edit post |
i know we just had a similar thread but this one is different because its candidate based.
8/19/2012 7:34:08 PM |
disco_stu All American 7436 Posts user info edit post |
Jill Stein 91% Barack Obama 88% Gary Johnson 76% Ron Paul 30% Mitt Romney 15% 8/19/2012 7:54:46 PM |
Supplanter supple anteater 21831 Posts user info edit post |
Obama, Stein, and Johnson all near the top. Ron Paul a distant fourth, but ahead of the rest of the pack.
I was wondering how I could get a Libertarian and a Green with similar ratings, but I think maybe it's because I've accepted that neither of the biggest parties are true economic conservatives in practice, so my focus tends more towards which ones have the least social conservatism baggage. 8/19/2012 8:20:04 PM |
A Tanzarian drip drip boom 10995 Posts user info edit post |
Jill Stein 88% Barack Obama 83% Stewart Alexander 74% Gary Johnson 66% Ron Paul 55% Jimmy McMillian 39% Mitt Romney 19% Virgil Goode 10% 8/19/2012 8:39:09 PM |
Walter All American 7760 Posts user info edit post |
8/19/2012 8:40:20 PM |
oneshot 1183 Posts user info edit post |
Hmmm... it is interesting to note if you change the weight of how important it is to you that it greatly changes the %. Did it twice and changing the weights of how important issues got me more equal Dem and Libertarian and lower GOP.
I left all of them essentially "somewhat" at first.
The image appears wrong, this what the results said: 79% Libertarian
69% Democratic
63% Republican
60% Green
[Edited on August 19, 2012 at 9:15 PM. Reason : image is not correct]
8/19/2012 8:54:36 PM |
lewisje All American 9196 Posts user info edit post |
My actual results said 94% Dem., 89% Green, 65% Libt., and 5% GOP: http://www.isidewith.com/results/51939084
Quote : | "I've accepted that neither of the biggest parties are true economic conservatives in practice, so my focus tends more towards which ones have the least social conservatism baggage." | hear hear8/20/2012 3:30:16 AM |
y0willy0 All American 7863 Posts user info edit post |
8/20/2012 7:37:36 AM |
spöokyjon ℵ 18617 Posts user info edit post |
8/20/2012 7:45:09 AM |
wdprice3 BinaryBuffonary 45912 Posts user info edit post |
8/20/2012 8:32:42 AM |
EuroTitToss All American 4790 Posts user info edit post |
Well, damn.
8/20/2012 8:51:05 AM |
Kurtis636 All American 14984 Posts user info edit post |
[Edited on August 20, 2012 at 8:54 AM. Reason : 97% is a lot. More than I thought it would be honestly.]
8/20/2012 8:53:02 AM |
disco_stu All American 7436 Posts user info edit post |
Gary Johnson rules. If Mitt had taken him as VP I might have actually voted for him on the off chance that he croaks and we get a good President for a change. He'd be like the anti-Palin. 8/20/2012 8:56:11 AM |
EuroTitToss All American 4790 Posts user info edit post |
Here's a question. Isn't this quiz inherently biased against the mainstream candidates?
You know, since they are prone to waffle on various issues, which gives them a low "confidence" factor? 8/20/2012 10:06:19 AM |
disco_stu All American 7436 Posts user info edit post |
Maybe it's a bias that should exist.
It's just an online quiz. I doubt anyone will vote for Jill Stein. 8/20/2012 10:09:00 AM |
EuroTitToss All American 4790 Posts user info edit post |
^Certainly. I was just wondering why they kept coming out on bottom. 8/20/2012 10:13:01 AM |
daddywill88 All American 710 Posts user info edit post |
I know that the results might be biased and the testing procedure isn't exactly scientific, but I found this to be surprising.
[Edited on August 20, 2012 at 10:55 AM. Reason : .]
8/20/2012 10:48:06 AM |
mildew Drunk yet Orderly 14177 Posts user info edit post |
8/20/2012 11:02:24 AM |
disco_stu All American 7436 Posts user info edit post |
^^Republicans use computers?
[Edited on August 20, 2012 at 11:03 AM. Reason : .] 8/20/2012 11:03:40 AM |
outsider Veteran 184 Posts user info edit post |
8/20/2012 11:29:36 AM |
d357r0y3r Jimmies: Unrustled 8198 Posts user info edit post |
Despite having significant disagreements with Gary Johnson on foreign policy.
8/20/2012 12:05:33 PM |
disco_stu All American 7436 Posts user info edit post |
Yeah, I bet the weighting for agreeing more or less is screwy. 8/20/2012 1:38:38 PM |
ALkatraz All American 11299 Posts user info edit post |
8/20/2012 3:12:31 PM |
The E Man Suspended 15268 Posts user info edit post |
I wish we just gave this quiz on election day and let the computers decide the government. 8/20/2012 11:26:45 PM |
Wolfman Tim All American 9654 Posts user info edit post |
These things are garbage. It's easy to have idealistic views when you are never in a position that holds any responsibility to the electorate. 8/21/2012 12:01:47 AM |
theDuke866 All American 52839 Posts user info edit post |
Diverged primarily by being moderately interventionist and more tolerant of gov't support of scientific research than Gary Johnson.
I'm like somewhere between Gary Johnson and Barry Goldwater.
8/21/2012 12:27:19 AM |
GeniuSxBoY Suspended 16786 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "These things are garbage. It's easy to have idealistic views when you are never in a position that holds any responsibility to the electorate." |
Your opinion is worthless because you were never in a position that holds any responsibility to the electorate.8/21/2012 12:38:33 AM |
jcgolden Suspended 1394 Posts user info edit post |
hahahhaahhahahah we're all really for Jill Stein. I love her too but DO NOT VOTE FOR HER. vote for Obama instead.
We don't have a coalition style government, it's winner takes all. Therefore you can't just vote for the one you like most unless you want to divide your team and lose. 8/21/2012 6:10:39 AM |
The E Man Suspended 15268 Posts user info edit post |
Why do we have to be the ones who submit to the establishment? Why not just vote for jill stein until the obama supporters get tired of losing and vote with us? 8/21/2012 8:04:17 PM |
lewisje All American 9196 Posts user info edit post |
look up duverger's law plz 8/21/2012 8:09:03 PM |
oneshot 1183 Posts user info edit post |
I side with Jill Stein on science, domestic policy, social, and environmental issues. I side with her 65% and Obama 43%.
Really does not surprise me. Vote Jill Stein or Gary Johnson 2012. FUCK the ESTABLISHMENT.
[Edited on August 21, 2012 at 8:13 PM. Reason : GOP & DEMS... they like you because you are their sheeple] 8/21/2012 8:10:31 PM |
y0willy0 All American 7863 Posts user info edit post |
i totally think you should all vote for jill stein.
in fact, tell your friends too. 8/21/2012 9:33:47 PM |
HockeyRoman All American 11811 Posts user info edit post |
Oh lawd...Haha. I wonder if they pulled their responses from the party platforms or from the candidates themselves, because from everything I have read and heard, I am a Gary Johnson fan. Even hearing the man talk and reading his website makes me wish that he could get more attention.
8/21/2012 9:45:10 PM |
jaZon All American 27048 Posts user info edit post |
Jill Stein on foreign policy, science, healthcare, environmental, and immigration issues. 8/21/2012 9:54:15 PM |
skokiaan All American 26447 Posts user info edit post |
Mitt Romney aint winning shit 8/21/2012 10:11:34 PM |
Hoffmaster 01110110111101 1139 Posts user info edit post |
No surprises here.
8/21/2012 10:37:47 PM |
Lumex All American 3666 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I think maybe it's because I've accepted that neither of the biggest parties are true economic conservatives in practice, so my focus tends more towards which ones have the least social conservatism baggage." |
Quote : | "We don't have a coalition style government, it's winner takes all. Therefore you can't just vote for the one you like most unless you want to divide your team and lose." |
You've got it backwards. The reason we don't have a coalition style government is because we only ever elect two parties. Its because of this line of thinking that the two (one) party system persists and we elect people who we end up hating. Until the middle of the last century, independents and third parties were quite common and representatives were far more likely to vote according to their personal beliefs/campaign promises. Now we have two parties that are almost exactly the same, yet have the least cooperation and productivity compared to any past congress.
That said, this is a surprise to me:
8/23/2012 6:20:48 AM |
lewisje All American 9196 Posts user info edit post |
^the stupid...it burns
now I say again Quote : | "look up duverger's law plz" |
8/23/2012 6:53:33 AM |
Lumex All American 3666 Posts user info edit post |
How about you grow some balls and state your own reasoning instead of dropping a single name and expecting google to hand you intellectual victory. 8/23/2012 7:36:59 AM |
wdprice3 BinaryBuffonary 45912 Posts user info edit post |
wow. some of you really are about to fall off the left side. jill stein? really? 8/23/2012 7:52:02 AM |
The E Man Suspended 15268 Posts user info edit post |
Jill Stein isn't even extreme left. She is mid left. Obama is on the right slightly. 8/23/2012 11:10:12 AM |
disco_stu All American 7436 Posts user info edit post |
I hadn't even heard of Jill Stein before I took this stupid quiz and I still won't be voting for her. The sky isn't falling wdprice. 8/23/2012 11:13:14 AM |
wdprice3 BinaryBuffonary 45912 Posts user info edit post |
^^According to little quizzes like this, she is extreme left.
Never said the sky was falling.
[Edited on August 23, 2012 at 11:18 AM. Reason : .] 8/23/2012 11:17:19 AM |
The E Man Suspended 15268 Posts user info edit post |
Nobody has 100% match with her. She is the leader because everyone else is pretty far to the right. If you are the least bit left, your match is Jill Stein. 8/23/2012 11:26:14 AM |
y0willy0 All American 7863 Posts user info edit post |
^^^really? lol
You really are just the gift that keeps on giving, disco_stu. 8/23/2012 11:45:28 AM |
Bullet All American 28414 Posts user info edit post |
Dude, your personal attacks and insults are getting really old. 8/23/2012 12:07:05 PM |
y0willy0 All American 7863 Posts user info edit post |
Okay, I'm sorry bullet.
I'm very surprised that stu was completely unaware of that candidate.
The shock of my young life.
Better? 8/23/2012 12:11:57 PM |
bobster All American 2298 Posts user info edit post |
8/23/2012 1:43:00 PM |
oneshot 1183 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Obama is on the right slightly" |
So he is a Republican?8/23/2012 8:54:27 PM |
lewisje All American 9196 Posts user info edit post |
lol no, it's just that by the standard of the developed world, he is right of center, as are many of his fellow mainline Dems and all the Blue Dogs and Rethugnicans, while the Left (with a capital L) is not well represented thanks to a long and successful campaign by the right-wing think tanks propaganda machine to give "liberalism" a bad name
[Edited on August 24, 2012 at 12:35 AM. Reason : and to falsely equate "freedom" with theocratic jingoism 8/24/2012 12:34:40 AM |