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General Category => 3DHS => Topic started by: Mr_Perceptive on October 03, 2007, 09:39:57 PM

Title: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: Mr_Perceptive on October 03, 2007, 09:39:57 PM: http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/candidate-match-game.htm
Title: Re: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: Mr_Perceptive on October 03, 2007, 09:45:43 PM: Surprisingly, mine came out:

1. Huckabee
2. McCain
3. Hunter
Title: Re: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: The_Professor on October 03, 2007, 09:52:49 PM: Romney, Brownback, Thompson, in that order.
Title: Re: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: Amianthus on October 03, 2007, 10:13:11 PM: 1) Mike Gravel
2) Ron Paul
3) Rudy Giuliani
Title: Re: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: Xavier_Onassis on October 03, 2007, 10:27:31 PM: 1.Gravell
2.Kucinich
3. McCain
4 Edwards
Title: Re: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: chickencounter on October 04, 2007, 01:27:14 AM: 1) Obama
2) Biden
3) Clinton
Title: Re: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: BT on October 04, 2007, 02:13:55 AM: Giuliani
Huckabee
Romney
Title: Re: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: Christians4LessGvt on October 04, 2007, 08:07:38 AM: Here are my test results:

1. Romney
2. Tancredo
3. Huckabee
Title: Re: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: fatman on October 04, 2007, 02:57:00 PM: Richardson
Gravel
Huckabee

Is it normal to get two different parties?
Title: Re: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: Amianthus on October 04, 2007, 03:17:32 PM: Quote from: fatman on October 04, 2007, 02:57:00 PM
Is it normal to get two different parties?

Depends on how far fringe you are... The people near the center should get two parties.
Title: Re: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: _JS on October 04, 2007, 03:32:51 PM: 1. Kucinich
2. Gravel
3. Biden

I didn't much care for a couple of the questions and answer sets. Surprising results, I honestly doubt I'll vote for any of the three.
Title: Re: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: Amianthus on October 04, 2007, 03:34:11 PM: Quote from: _JS on October 04, 2007, 03:32:51 PM
I didn't much care for a couple of the questions and answer sets. Surprising results, I honestly doubt I'll vote for any of the three.

That's the reason for the sliders on the right, to minimize (or maximize) certain sets of questions & answers.
Title: Re: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: _JS on October 04, 2007, 03:37:53 PM: Ah, thanks Ami.

I did so and Biden switched places with Gravel. Interesting.
Title: Re: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: kimba1 on October 04, 2007, 04:40:12 PM: romney
mccain
guilani

huh?
Title: Re: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: yellow_crane on October 04, 2007, 05:37:49 PM: Kucinich
Paul
Hunter
Title: Re: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: Brassmask on October 04, 2007, 05:43:07 PM: 1. Kucinich
2. Gravel
3. Romney (wtf?)
Title: Re: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: sirs on October 05, 2007, 04:20:49 AM: Rudy, Mitch, & Mike, in that order
Title: Re: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: Brassmask on October 05, 2007, 11:01:17 AM: Quote from: Amianthus on October 04, 2007, 03:17:32 PM
Quote from: fatman on October 04, 2007, 02:57:00 PM
Is it normal to get two different parties?

Depends on how far fringe you are... The people near the center should get two parties.

So, then, I'm in the center?
Title: Re: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: Plane on October 07, 2007, 02:14:24 AM: Quote from: Brassmask on October 05, 2007, 11:01:17 AM
Quote from: Amianthus on October 04, 2007, 03:17:32 PM
Quote from: fatman on October 04, 2007, 02:57:00 PM
Is it normal to get two different parties?

Depends on how far fringe you are... The people near the center should get two parties.

So, then, I'm in the center?

That discourages me a bit.
Title: Re: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: Plane on October 07, 2007, 02:29:37 AM: Rhomney Huckabee Tancredo

Interesting, no questions on integrety?
Title: Re: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: Henny on October 07, 2007, 08:25:11 AM: Gravel
Biden
Tancredo
Title: Re: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: Lanya on October 07, 2007, 10:36:07 PM: Kucinich
Gravel
Dodd
Title: Re: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: Mr_Perceptive on October 08, 2007, 09:20:52 PM: Interesting....hardly anyone reports Obama, Hillary or Edwards, the frontrunners...
Title: Re: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: sirs on October 08, 2007, 11:27:21 PM: Interesting observation, Mr
Title: Re: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: Mr_Perceptive on October 09, 2007, 12:36:50 PM: Well, I AM Perceptive.... ;D
Title: Re: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: Plane on October 09, 2007, 12:42:06 PM: Tried this with my wife , the applet chose for her Dodd Clinton Romney.

That was pretty funny.
Title: Re: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: Mr_Perceptive on October 09, 2007, 12:50:55 PM: Strange combo -- any reasons why?
Title: Re: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: gipper on October 09, 2007, 01:45:51 PM: Kucinich (?)
Clinton
Obama

Straight thinking, sans test, reveals:

Clinton
Obama
Biden
Title: Re: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: Mr_Perceptive on October 09, 2007, 01:47:29 PM: So then, is the test flawed or ???

Just for curiosity, what do you DO for a living?
Title: Re: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: Amianthus on October 09, 2007, 01:51:32 PM: Quote from: Mr_Perceptive on October 09, 2007, 01:47:29 PM
Just for curiosity, what do you DO for a living?

Gipper is a lawyer.

If you're asking in general, then I work on financial (as in global markets) software.
Title: Re: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: gipper on October 09, 2007, 01:52:40 PM: I'm a criminal lawyer.
Title: Re: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: Mr_Perceptive on October 09, 2007, 01:54:32 PM: Hmmm...isn't it difficult to keep current in that field?

I went to a seminar a few years ago about some software that would let you be a day trader from home. Cannot remember the name of the software, though.

Looked too easy for me. They wanted a couple thousand I believe for the software, but something just didn't ring true.

Gipper sounds like a lawyer.
Title: Re: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: Mr_Perceptive on October 09, 2007, 01:57:35 PM: Quote from: gipper on October 09, 2007, 01:52:40 PM
I'm a criminal lawyer.

Matlock-type, huh? You must get a laugh out of shows like that as they are probably way off base.

U.S. or Canada?

Never "met" a liberal criminal lawyer. The few I've met like Percy Foreman were staunch conservatives.
Title: Re: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: gipper on October 09, 2007, 02:01:11 PM: Trust me. I'm moderate-to-liberal. The test was seriously flawed for not allowing "nuance."
Title: Re: Which candidate matches you?
Post by: Mr_Perceptive on October 09, 2007, 04:12:28 PM: Did you adjust thebars to the right? Those would, I believe, have introducerd the factor you reference.