Here is a pretty cool tool that someone made to help you narrow it down to a few.
Wow.
Kucinich 37
Patriot Act
Obama 34
(you have no disagreements with this candidate)
Clinton 33
Death Penalty, Iran - Military Action
Edwards 30
Death Penalty, Iran - Military Action
Gravel 26
Patriot Act, Border Fence
Dodd 26
Death Penalty, Iran - Military Action
Biden 25
Death Penalty
Richardson 25
Death Penalty, Assault Weapons Ban, Border Fence, Iran - Military Action
Giuliani 9
Death Penalty, Torture, Wiretapping, Iran - Military Action, Iraq War, Iraq Troop Surge, Iraq Withdrawal, Universal Healthcare
McCain 6
Abortion Rights, Death Penalty, Kyoto, Assault Weapons Ban, Iran - Military Action, Iraq War, Iraq Troop Surge, Iraq Withdrawal, Universal Healthcare
Paul 0
Thompson -6
Cox -16
Brownback -18
Huckabee -27
Romney -28
Hunter -29
Tancredo -31
you are a hard core lib. Did you expect something different?
Most of the questions elicited a meh response. I suppose strongly opposing the death penalty and torture, and strongly favoring universal health care puts me in the “hard core lib” category. Move over, Teddy Kennedy…
The top one I would have figured, some of the others are a big suprise:
Paul 48
Abortion Rights, Death Penalty, Embryonic Stem Cells, Iran Sanctions, Same-Sex Marriage
Gravel 34
Death Penalty, Kyoto, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Universal Healthcare
Kucinich 33
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, ANWR Drilling, Kyoto, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Iran Sanctions, Minimum Wage Increase, Universal Healthcare
Biden 21
No Child Left Behind, ANWR Drilling, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage
Dodd 16
No Child Left Behind, ANWR Drilling, Kyoto, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Iran - Military Action, Minimum Wage Increase
Obama 15
Death Penalty, ANWR Drilling, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage, Universal Healthcare
Edwards 15
No Child Left Behind, ANWR Drilling, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Iran - Military Action, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage, Universal Healthcare
Clinton 15
No Child Left Behind, ANWR Drilling, Kyoto, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Iran - Military Action, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage, Universal Healthcare
Richardson 14
Kyoto, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Border Fence, Iran - Military Action, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage, Universal Healthcare
Brownback 0
Thompson -3
McCain -8
Cox -13
Tancredo -22
Huckabee -26
Hunter -34
Giuliani -38
Romney -40
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Funny, I will have to take a closer look at a couple of the canditates;
Kucinich 73
No Child Left Behind, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions
Gravel 57
Iran Sanctions
Obama 55
Patriot Act, Border Fence, Same-Sex Marriage
Clinton 51
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage
Edwards 50
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage
Dodd 46
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran - Military Action
Biden 44
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Same-Sex Marriage
Richardson 34
Death Penalty, Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage
Paul -8
Giuliani -11
Thompson -17
McCain -18
Cox -35
Brownback -42
Huckabee -58
Romney -59
Tancredo -62
Hunter -68
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I am reasonably up on things, but have no idea who “Gravel” is?? He was my number 2 behind Kucinich
I’m doing my best to avoid any media discussion of the 08 presidential election until January, 08 on general principal because that’s when the campaign is supposed to start, darn it, not in November of 2006. But they’re like mosquitos. They’re everywhere.
I’ve come to really like Kucinich in several ways, but I can’t vote for him because he’d be a horrible Commander in Chief. If a Dem wins, I’d welcome his a a secretary of HUD, or Health & Human Services, or something like that.
In all reality, the 08 Presidential election started a few minutes after GW was inaugurated in January of '05.
What the heck does “meh” mean?
meh- Mediocre, unspiring, neutral. I’m not sure of where its origin was, but it’s been used in that context at Television Without Pity for severalyears.
Paul 50
Death Penalty, Same-Sex Constitutional Ban
Cox 18
Death Penalty, Assault Weapons Ban, Iraq War, Iraq Withdrawal
Brownback 12
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Guantanamo, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Iraq War
Thompson 9
Embryonic Stem Cells, Guantanamo
Huckabee 9
No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Guantanamo, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Iraq War, Iraq Withdrawal
Tancredo 7
Patriot Act, Guantanamo, Torture, Wiretapping, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Iraq War, Iraq Withdrawal
Romney 2
No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Guantanamo, Torture, Wiretapping, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Iraq War, Iraq Withdrawal
Biden 0
McCain 0
Hunter -1
Kucinich -4
Gravel -6
Clinton -10
Obama -10
Dodd -11
Edwards -11
Richardson -14
Giuliani -34
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Kucinich 51
No Child Left Behind, Border Fence
Gravel 41
(you have no disagreements with this candidate)
Obama 35
Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Same-Sex Marriage
Biden 31
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Same-Sex Marriage
Edwards 30
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage
Clinton 29
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage
Dodd 27
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action
Richardson 19
Death Penalty, Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage
Paul 14
Abortion Rights, Embryonic Stem Cells, ANWR Drilling, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Border Fence, Net Neutrality, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage, Universal Healthcare
Cox -11
McCain -12
Thompson -15
Brownback -24
Giuliani -24
Tancredo -40
Huckabee -40
Romney -46
Hunter -55
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What the heck does “meh” mean?
i think it means the same thing as “enh.”
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So many meaningless, and often redundant issues.
This is lacking clarity and specifics…it wreaks of a typical spinsters poll.
Some weren’t even issues…Guantanamo?? It’s a place.
That’s like saying “Kentucky…Do you favor or oppose?”
And this was really lacking in real issues.
It’s meaningless. The media will tell you who you can vote for when the time comes.
Calm down angry guy. It isn’t supposed to be a clear-cut, definitive, this is who you MUST vote for. It is a tool. Use it to narrow your field of candidates, or don’t use it.
Guantanamo is probably do you agree or disagree with the detention of prisoners of war in a facility outside of the U.S. that keeps the occupants from enjoying due process because they are fucking terrorists who are getting way more than they really deserve. Just a guess on my part…
Do you oppose kentucky?
Which issues would you like to see on there?
I think yours is the most interesting outcome so far. Far and away your leader is Ron Paul, with Mitch Romney the last to be on the positive side, then all the libs…then Giuliani is the guy you most disagree with. Unless you manually manipulated the results…
I disagree. This was actually one of the better poll thingies I’ve seen.
You don’t think that Guantanamo is an issue as well as a geographic location? And what real issues do you think were lacking? (I don’t think it was all encompassing and totally comprehensive, of course, but I think the issues included were real enough, and representative as well.)
I would be very interested in seeing Slowman’s results. I am guessing they would mirror monty’s.