Author Topic: Presidiential candidates quiz (Read 6115 times)

jsem · « **Reply #35 on:** November 16, 2011, 12:57:45 PM »

Btw, this is Gary Johnson, and I love him when he gets angry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvOPaKpGNzc (dead link now)

Super Dude · « **Reply #36 on:** November 16, 2011, 06:12:17 PM »

Quote from: Scheavo on November 16, 2011, 12:42:01 PM

Quote from: Super Dude on November 16, 2011, 05:08:50 AM
He believes in limited government though, I'm not sure how much you'd agree with him on that.

My sarcasm software isn't working, serious, or no?

From his wikipedia page: "Johnson holds fiscally conservative, socially liberal libertarian views,[64] and a philosophy of limited government.[65]"

Scheavo · « **Reply #37 on:** November 16, 2011, 06:32:06 PM »

Quote from: Super Dude on November 16, 2011, 06:12:17 PM

Quote from: Scheavo on November 16, 2011, 12:42:01 PM
Quote from: Super Dude on November 16, 2011, 05:08:50 AM
He believes in limited government though, I'm not sure how much you'd agree with him on that.

My sarcasm software isn't working, serious, or no?

From his wikipedia page: "Johnson holds fiscally conservative, socially liberal libertarian views,[64] and a philosophy of limited government.[65]"

I just mean I don't get why you think I don't agree with libertarians? I'm extremely libertarian when it comes down to my overall view of government. It just so happens I don't think the market is infallible, which separates me from many libertarians; and I don't think taxation is akin to your neighbor pointing a gun to your head and demanding money. So no, we're not in perfect agreement, but I don't find it surprising at all that Johnson and Paul were basically 2/3 for me.

theliloutkast · « **Reply #38 on:** November 16, 2011, 07:00:04 PM »

87 Paul

Super Dude · « **Reply #39 on:** November 16, 2011, 08:24:05 PM »

Quote from: Scheavo on November 16, 2011, 06:32:06 PM

Quote from: Super Dude on November 16, 2011, 06:12:17 PM
Quote from: Scheavo on November 16, 2011, 12:42:01 PM
Quote from: Super Dude on November 16, 2011, 05:08:50 AM
He believes in limited government though, I'm not sure how much you'd agree with him on that.

My sarcasm software isn't working, serious, or no?

From his wikipedia page: "Johnson holds fiscally conservative, socially liberal libertarian views,[64] and a philosophy of limited government.[65]"

I just mean I don't get why you think I don't agree with libertarians? I'm extremely libertarian when it comes down to my overall view of government. It just so happens I don't think the market is infallible, which separates me from many libertarians; and I don't think taxation is akin to your neighbor pointing a gun to your head and demanding money. So no, we're not in perfect agreement, but I don't find it surprising at all that Johnson and Paul were basically 2/3 for me.

Huh, I always thought you were a semi-socialist.

Pols Voice · « **Reply #40 on:** November 16, 2011, 08:38:29 PM »

Paul 93%
Johnson 76%
Perry 65%
Santorum 64%
Huntsman 60%
Romney 59%
Gingrich 57%
Obama 50%
Cain 50%
Bachmann 40%

No surprise to me. Ron Paul and his son are by far the politicians I respect the most.

Scheavo · « **Reply #41 on:** November 16, 2011, 08:44:12 PM »

Quote from: Super Dude on November 16, 2011, 08:24:05 PM

Quote from: Scheavo on November 16, 2011, 06:32:06 PM
Quote from: Super Dude on November 16, 2011, 06:12:17 PM
Quote from: Scheavo on November 16, 2011, 12:42:01 PM
Quote from: Super Dude on November 16, 2011, 05:08:50 AM
He believes in limited government though, I'm not sure how much you'd agree with him on that.

My sarcasm software isn't working, serious, or no?

From his wikipedia page: "Johnson holds fiscally conservative, socially liberal libertarian views,[64] and a philosophy of limited government.[65]"

I just mean I don't get why you think I don't agree with libertarians? I'm extremely libertarian when it comes down to my overall view of government. It just so happens I don't think the market is infallible, which separates me from many libertarians; and I don't think taxation is akin to your neighbor pointing a gun to your head and demanding money. So no, we're not in perfect agreement, but I don't find it surprising at all that Johnson and Paul were basically 2/3 for me.

Huh, I always thought you were a semi-socialist.

Oh I am, but not in every aspect of one's life, and in there's a lot of ground of agreement with libertarians (drug war, foriegn empire, marriage, to think of a few). I guess I should be clear that this is libertarianism with a small l, like I'm a democrat, but not a Democrat, meaning I'm not very authoritarian.

TempusVox · « **Reply #42 on:** November 16, 2011, 09:42:52 PM »

Interesting how many people scored with Johnson ranked so near the top. Johnson was my number 1, and yet he gets left out of all the reindeer games. Typical. A cursory look at his website and his political views and I want to learn more and think I'll send him a check.

TL · « **Reply #43 on:** November 16, 2011, 10:04:22 PM »

Questions like 'Should the US Constitution and Bill of Rights be amended or updated in any way?' are far too vague, since it doesn't specify how they think it should be changed if they do.
Also, with many of the candidates, they had no answer for the questions chosen, which can really skew the results.

I don't know why I'm making excuses, since my results were actually fairly accurate.

Obama 84%
Johnson 65%
Huntsman 50%

rumborak · « **Reply #44 on:** November 17, 2011, 01:38:11 AM »

Quote from: TL on November 16, 2011, 10:04:22 PM

Questions like 'Should the US Constitution and Bill of Rights be amended or updated in any way?' are far too vague, since it doesn't specify how they think it should be changed if they do.

Well, but that would be a different question.
I'm assuming this question was geared at differentiating between die-heard Conservatives who view the Constitution as a kind of Bible, i.e. perfect in it current form, and not subject to change, and the people who say it can be changed if the need arises.

rumborak

Nekov · « **Reply #45 on:** November 17, 2011, 08:53:46 AM »

Obama
83% agreed

Johnson
69% agreed

Huntsman
63% agreed

Paul
62% agreed

Santorum
50% agreed

Romney
36% agreed

Cain
31% agreed

Gingrich
31% agreed

Perry
27% agreed

Bachmann
20% agreed

I guess if I was a US citizen I would vote for Obama....

skydivingninja · « **Reply #46 on:** November 17, 2011, 09:54:41 AM »

Johnson (had no idea this guy was running!) 100%
Paul 91%
Obama 63%
Huntsman 60%
Perry 50%
Gingrich 45%
Santorum 40%
Cain 27%
Bachmann 25%
Romney 25%

Super Dude · « **Reply #47 on:** November 17, 2011, 10:01:05 AM »

That's an interesting one right there.

Another thing I find particularly interesting is that a lot of the DTF liberals have Paul in their top 3, myself included I think.

antigoon · « **Reply #48 on:** November 17, 2011, 10:20:28 AM »

I think this poll is a little silly and simplistic, but left leaning, anti-authoritarian types have a lot to agree about with Paul.

Super Dude · « **Reply #49 on:** November 17, 2011, 11:27:33 AM »

I guess, but I'm on the more authoritarian side of things and I still got Rahn Powl as #3.

Scheavo · « **Reply #50 on:** November 17, 2011, 04:01:30 PM »

Quote from: antigoon on November 17, 2011, 10:20:28 AM

I think this poll is a little silly and simplistic, but left leaning, anti-authoritarian types have a lot to agree about with Paul.

Our political system is silly and simplistic.

antigoon · « **Reply #51 on:** November 17, 2011, 09:48:23 PM »

They're perfect for each other.

Super Dude · « **Reply #52 on:** November 17, 2011, 10:33:15 PM »

Awwww...

berrege · « **Reply #53 on:** November 18, 2011, 06:55:12 AM »

Obama 90%
Johnson 61%
Paul 53%
...
Bachmann 18%
Perry 18%

PraXis · « **Reply #54 on:** November 18, 2011, 09:25:56 AM »

Ron Paul 100%
Johnson 88%
Perry/Santorum 73%
Huntsman 70%
Bachmann 67%

Can't scroll to see the rest.

Genowyn · « **Reply #55 on:** November 18, 2011, 09:47:11 AM »

Obama
71% agreed

Johnson
61% agreed

Paul
53% agreed

Huntsman
27% agreed

Perry
22% agreed

Gingrich
20% agreed

Romney
18% agreed

Santorum
14% agreed

Cain
7% agreed

Bachmann
0% agreed

Rathma · « **Reply #56 on:** November 18, 2011, 12:52:30 PM »

Obama 93%
Johnson (who?) 58%
Paul 55%

Lol, I would totally vote for Paul over Obama though.

rumborak · « **Reply #57 on:** November 18, 2011, 01:22:40 PM »

I guess it's a function of the lack of other Democratic candidates that Obama is on top for a lot of people here.

rumborak

emindead · « **Reply #58 on:** November 18, 2011, 02:55:58 PM »

Paul
100% agreed

Johnson
89% agreed

Santorum
71% agreed

Gingrich
67% agreed

Perry
67% agreed

Bachmann
64% agreed

Huntsman
64% agreed

Cain
53% agreed

Obama
48% agreed

Romney
47% agreed

I would first vote for Obama rather than Romney? Oh, wow.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #59 on:** November 18, 2011, 04:24:06 PM »

Gingrich 3rd?! Surprised me.

Johnson
82% agreed

Obama
74% agreed

Gingrich
71% agreed

Paul
71% agreed

Huntsman
70% agreed

Perry
65% agreed

Romney
63% agreed

Santorum
58% agreed

Bachmann
50% agreed

Cain
47% agreed

Scheavo · « **Reply #60 on:** November 18, 2011, 06:36:19 PM »

I think you just broke the quiz. How the fuck can Obama, Gingrich and Paul agree on that much?

PowerSlave · « **Reply #61 on:** November 18, 2011, 08:32:26 PM »

Paul
77% agreed

Johnson
73% agreed

Obama
71% agreed

Perry
43% agreed

Gingrich
33% agreed

Romney
33% agreed

Huntsman
29% agreed

Bachmann
25% agreed

Santorum
20% agreed

Cain
18% agreed

The quiz is pretty bad but, it's sort of close other than having Huntsman so far down my list.

snapple · « **Reply #62 on:** November 18, 2011, 09:07:40 PM »

Those questions were hella loaded.

ClairvoyantCat · « **Reply #63 on:** November 19, 2011, 10:21:04 AM »

Johnson
83% agreed
Paul
73% agreed
Huntsman
64% agreed
Obama
60% agreed
Santorum
54% agreed
Gingrich
50% agreed
Perry
41% agreed
Bachmann
30% agreed
Romney
29% agreed
Cain
21% agreed

Seems accurate enough with who I support, though I'm surprised to see Romney ending up so low. He's generally a guy that I wouldn't mind being president nearly as much as Perry, Bachmann, and Santorum, who are all higher on my list.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #64 on:** November 19, 2011, 04:07:22 PM »

Quote from: Scheavo on November 18, 2011, 06:36:19 PM

I think you just broke the quiz. How the fuck can Obama, Gingrich and Paul agree on that much?

I broke the mold or it's a failed programed quiz!

wasteland · « **Reply #65 on:** November 20, 2011, 04:58:14 AM »

I'm not surprised that most republicans scored so low. And now I definitely want to know who Johnson is...

Obama
89% agreed

Johnson
69% agreed

Paul
57% agreed

Huntsman
29% agreed

Gingrich
23% agreed

Santorum
18% agreed

Cain
17% agreed

Perry
14% agreed

Bachmann
11% agreed

Romney
8% agreed

jsem · « **Reply #66 on:** November 20, 2011, 05:35:41 AM »

It completely sucks that Gary Johnson keeps getting excluded from the debates. They can't handle two libertarians speaking the truth.

rumborak · « **Reply #67 on:** November 20, 2011, 03:52:42 PM »

I was surprised to hear the other day that the presidential debates are organized by a bi-partisan committee. That is, both the Dems and the GOP completely design this event. Probably shouldn't surprise anybody that it is so meaningless and shallow.

rumborak

Scheavo · « **Reply #68 on:** November 20, 2011, 04:08:55 PM »

Quote from: rumborak on November 20, 2011, 03:52:42 PM

I was surprised to hear the other day that the presidential debates are organized by a bi-partisan committee. That is, both the Dems and the GOP completely design this event. Probably shouldn't surprise anybody that it is so meaningless and shallow.

rumborak

Seriously? Caused that's really fucked up if true; our two party system is fucked up enough without it wanting to be a single party system.

Super Dude · « **Reply #69 on:** November 20, 2011, 04:20:02 PM »

Excuse my ignorance, but how is that like a single party system? Isn't the point of that that both sides of the political spectrum are represented?

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