Candidate "CALCULATOR" -- Gotta try this !

Candidate Calculator ^ | Today | David Osborne

[davidosborne]

http://www.vajoe.com/candidate_calculator.html

I played around with this and answered all the questions the OPPOSITE and I was told my candidate was Dennis Kucinich... Then I went back and answered all the question CORRECTLY and got Duncan Hunter...

So I guess Duncan Hunter is the OPOSITE of Dennis Kucinich according to my political thinking..

TRY IT...

http://www.vajoe.com/candidate_calculator.html

[davidosborne]

Interesting “calculator” have fun with it !

[bpjam]

Well, apparently I’m only 96% in tune with Fred. But I’m 97% in tune with Mitt. Surprise, surprise.

But I am 30.19% in agreement with Hillary. So that should give her at least some way to spin her ‘support’ amongst Red America.

[SoldierMedic]

Interesting. I only tweaked the yes/no buttons, ignoring the how important function. I’m:

Tommy Thompson with 82%
Joe Biden with 73%
Rudy Guliani with 73%
Chris Dodd with 68%

[sageb1]

I got Tancredo. Not my pick, but I’m also not surprised.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[azhenfud]

Texas Representative Ron Paul (R)
82.76% match

Your Other Top Matches
You will want to pay close attention to these candidates through election day.

View/Hide Other Top Matches
Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson (R) - 79.31%
Kansas Senator Sam Brownback (R) - 68.97%
California Representative Duncan Hunter (R) - 68.97%

[azhenfud]

Hey, you folks oughta give this a try - it’s neat!

[sierrascrapper]

Your Results
This page shows how well you match on the issues with each candidate. The candidate calculator uses your responses to determine a percentage of how much you agree with the candidates on issues.

Your Top Match
You planned to vote for Hunter. Based on your responses, your top candidate for 2008 is below.

California Representative Duncan Hunter (R)
91.67% match

:: :: :: ::
Your Other Top Matches

Colorado Representative Tom Tancredo (R) - 89.74%
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R) - 80.77%
Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson (R) - 80.77%

[davidosborne]

Duncan Hunter.........90.91%
Fred Thompson.........87.88%
Tom Tancredo..........84.85%
Mike Huckabee.........78.79%

Barack Obama..........30.30%
Christopher Dodd......27.27%
John Edwards..........27.27%
Dennis Kucinich.......9.09%

[llmc1]

Romney 100% — Ouch

Hunter 85%
Thompson 85%
Tancredo 84%

[davidosborne]

The first time I took it I scored Higher for Duncan Hunter, but I never looked at how I scored with the other candidates.. I don’t remember exactly what I put the first time High/Medium/Low, after I took it again I scored what I posted in #10

[davidosborne]

LOL - Don’t be discouraged my FRiend

There are other factors to consider when choosing who to vote for to be Commander in Chief, agreeing on non-defense related issues is great but secondary IMHO. All things considered, Duncan Hunter is BY FAR the best candidate in the race IMHO..

[boxerblues]

bump for later

[Hoodlum91]

Romney
Fred
Hunter - tied
Tommy Thompson - Tied (?)

Seems weird that Tommy Thompson and Duncan Hunter are the exact same percentage.

[ssaftler]

I tried it and the candidate I plan to vote for was the one with whom I agree the most, a 91% fit.

[llmc1]

“All things considered, Duncan Hunter is BY FAR the best candidate in the race”

I agree completely.

[Liz]

Thanks. That was neat-—got my candidate-—my fave brother (snicker)

[lucyblue]

I must be doing something wrong...
It’s not telling me who I match with, only lets me expand the ‘composite candidate’ and the scoring legend.
(Hunter isn’t in the composite list at all, does that mean he is my match?)
Can anybody tell me what I’m doing wrong?

[codercpc]

Mitt 95%

Fred 95%

Rudy 90%

Brownback 90%

Looks like I will be happy with any of the primary winners!!!!

[TMSuchman]

Even though my WIFE has made me a “Fred-Head” the poll results show that I am in 100% agreement with Duncan Hunter too....

I may have to change my mind on this line of thought.

[Tatze]

Mine is right on!!

Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson (R) - 90.44%
California Representative Duncan Hunter (R) - 85.29%
Colorado Representative Tom Tancredo (R) - 85.29%
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R) - 82.35%

Kansas Senator Sam Brownback (R) - 81.62%
Arizona Senator John McCain (R) - 75.00%
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) - 66.18%
Businessman John Cox (R) - 61.03%
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R) - 61.03%
Texas Representative Ron Paul (R) - 60.29%
Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson (R) - 58.09%
Delaware Senator Joseph Biden (D) - 29.41%
New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D) - 29.41%
Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd (D) - 29.41%

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (D) - 29.41%
Illinois Senator Barack Obama (D) - 27.21%
Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards (D) - 23.53%
Former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel (D) - 8.82%

[Tatze]

Freak of nature, with how much you agree with them. They are worlds apart on my list 58% vs 85%.

[Tatze]

The composite candidate is the most popular answer to each question. So the site has been visited mostly by a bunch of lefties...

Delaware Senator Joseph Biden (D) - 43.48%
Illinois Senator Barack Obama (D) - 41.30%

[Tatze]

Give it a try!

[RockinRight]

Colorado Representative Tom Tancredo ® 93.94%
Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson ® - 90.91%
California Representative Duncan Hunter ® - 87.88%
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney ® - 87.88%

Tanc was my #1. Whoda thunkit?

[RockinRight]

I’m beginning to think Mitt wrote the quiz!

[RockinRight]

Interesting test here.

[bmwcyle]

bttt for after work.

[M203M4]

Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson (R)
77.21% match

Colorado Representative Tom Tancredo (R) - 76.47%
Texas Representative Ron Paul (R) - 74.26%
California Representative Duncan Hunter (R) - 73.53%

Kansas Senator Sam Brownback (R) - 72.06%
Arizona Senator John McCain (R) - 66.18%
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R) - 64.71%
Businessman John Cox (R) - 54.41%
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R) - 54.41%
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) - 52.94%
Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson (R) - 52.21%
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (D) - 24.26%
Delaware Senator Joseph Biden (D) - 22.79%
Former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel (D) - 20.59%

New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D) - 16.18%
Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd (D) - 15.44%
Illinois Senator Barack Obama (D) - 13.97%
Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich (D) - 11.76%

[CT-Freeper]

Top Match:

Businessman John Cox (R)
79.59% match

Your Other Top Matches:
Colorado Representative Tom Tancredo (R) - 74.49%
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R) - 73.47%
Kansas Senator Sam Brownback (R) - 71.43%

Middle of the Pack:
Texas Representative Ron Paul (R) - 71.43%
Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson (R) - 69.39%
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R) - 65.31%
California Representative Duncan Hunter (R) - 61.22%
Arizona Senator John McCain (R) - 61.22%
Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson (R) - 53.06%
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) - 48.98%
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (D) - 40.82%
Former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel (D) - 38.78%
Illinois Senator Barack Obama (D) - 34.69%

Bottom of the Barrel:
Delaware Senator Joseph Biden (D) - 32.65%
Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich (D) - 26.53%
New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D) - 24.49%
Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards (D) - 24.49%

[RockinRight]

Who the hell is John Cox?

[stand watie]

i think FRED will get the nomination & the "calculator" said that he SHOULD be my pick. INTERESTING.

free dixie,sw

[Froufrou]

Thanks for the ping, but my outcome is kinda distressing!

I came out with Tommy Thompson! I don’t know why or even who he is!

[CT-Freeper]

A businessman, apparently... ;-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_H._Cox
http://www.cox2008.com/cox/

[Smokin' Joe]

I left the window ‘undecided’, just to see what happened.

First place goes to :

California Representative Duncan Hunter (R)
87.30% match

Runners up:

Colorado Representative Tom Tancredo (R) - 87.30%
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R) - 83.33%
Businessman John Cox (R) - 82.54%

and the bottom of the barrel:

New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D) - 28.57%
Former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel (D) - 26.19%
Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd (D) - 22.22%
Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards (D) - 22.22%

[HungarianGypsy]

Duncan Hunter tied with Tommy Thompson
95% Fred Thompson
90% Mitt Romney

[RockinRight]

I don’t get how T. Thompson ties with Hunter - the two are quite different.

[HungarianGypsy]

Yeah! I don’t know much about him, except hearing his name in passing.

[NeoCaveman]

My top one was Fred with 93.55 then

Duncan Hunter 90.32, Mitt with 90.32 and then Brownback 87.10

Bottom of the barrell were Hill, Dodd, Edwards, and then Gravel.

[Rome2000]

Weird, I got a 95.65% match TIE with the Fred and the Tanc.

[RockinRight]

Fred was second place for me. Oddly Tancredo was #1.

[girlscout]

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R) 95.83% match
Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson (R) - 87.50%
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R) - 83.33%
Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson (R) - 83.33%

At least my guy came in second. I was worried there for a minute. hahaha

[The_Victor]

Duncan Hunter - 94.92%
Fred Thompson (R) - 90.68%
Sam Brownback (R) - 89.83%
Mitt Romney (R) - 88.98%

[Tatze]

Its not how they agree with each other, its how they agree with you. The could both agree with you about the same percentage of the time, but on completely different issues.

[jammer]

Kind of interesting. My [undisclosed] candidate turned out to be exactly who they told me I should support. Of course, all that means is that I evaluated the positions of the crop of creeps correctly.

Oh, heck, I guess it doesn't matter to tell you my candidate: Go Coolidge!!!!

[ozarkgirl]

Well this was a bit of a surprise but I suppose it’s ok.

Your Top Match
You planned to vote for Hunter. But based on your responses, your top candidate for 2008 is below.

Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson (R)
86.73% match

[davidosborne]

Each Time I take this the numbers change slightly.. so obviously I didn't answer the questions the same way each time.. this time I wrote down my answers..

Duncan Hunter... 87.34%
Mitt Romney..... 84.18%
Tom Tancredo.... 82.28%
Fred Thompson... 72.15%

I find all these numbers very interesting.. I think to add more "validity" we should all post how we answered each question, this would really open ourselves up for some REAL discussions on the "ISSUES"

I will start....

Abortion Rights.......... No....High.... *LIFE of Mother ONLY*
Death Penalty......... Yes.... High... *Don't do the CRIME*
No Child Left Behind..... No..... Medium...... *we prefer to HomeSchool, but Homeschooling is not for everybody*
Embryonic Stem Cell Research..... No..... High... *Equal to abortion in my view*
ANWR Drilling......... Yes..... High......*Reduce reliance on Foreign sources*
Kyoto Protocol....... No..... High...... *Sorry not buying "Global Warming"
Assault Weapons Ban...... No....High...... *Any questions see 2nd Ammendment*
Gun Background Checks....No..... Low..... *Only to determine if prior conviction of felony, takes 2 seconds..* Support "SHALL ISSUE" concept for CCW
Patriot Act...... Yes..... High......*it's the REAL WORLD out there folks*
Guantanamo........ Yes.....High....* I assumed this is generic for holding suspected terrorist*
Water Boarding of Captives......Yes...... High.....*WHATEVER it takes to get the information vital to our NATIONAL SECURITY*
Citizen Path for Illegals.... No..... High.... *KEYWORD - ILLEGAL.. Citizen path for LEGAL IMMIGRANTS - ABSOLUTELY !
Border Fence....... Yes.....High... *BUILD IT NOW !! It's the LAW**
Internet Neutrality.......YES...Medium.... **keep the internet UNRESTRICTED..... No good argument to favor "regulation" of the internet at this time.. if your use does not affect my use than leave it alone**
Iran Sanctions...... Yes......High....a good start
Iran Military Action...... Yes.....High...... now that's more like it..
Support Iraq War..... Yes... High....central to War on Terror !! -- Baghdad is the key - make no mistake about it.
Increase Minimum Wage.... No... Medium.... State issue IMHO....
Same Sex Marriage....No......High.... issue is out of control.. U.S. Constitutional ammendment needed to stop the madness
Universal Health Care.......No..... High.... See Canada, doesn't work..
Free Trade...... No...... Medium.....I support FAIR TRADE to be exact.. see China for example of UNFAIR trade.
School Vouchers....... Yes.......Medium......Step in the right direction to reduce government CONTROL of our kids education..
Privatizing Social Security.... Yes......High......DO IT NOW

[davidosborne]

Remember there is more to supporting a candidate that just how High/med/low a particular issue is on your list.. that’s why I suggested posting your responses to the questions in order to get the heart of the issue debate..