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Title: Which political candidate do you side with?
Post by: CaseAgainstFaith on June 28, 2012, 04:49:35 pm
http://www.isidewith.com/presidential-election-quiz (http://www.isidewith.com/presidential-election-quiz)

My results -

82% Green

75% Democratic

69% Libertarian

10% Republican


In a nutshell...

You are a moderate Green party member. You are socially and fiscally Liberal.


Candidates you side with...

82% Jill Stein, 81% Kent Mesplay,  75% Barack Obama, 32% Ron Paul, 30% Mitt Romney

What are your results?
Title: Re: Which political candidate do you side with?
Post by: Auri-El on June 28, 2012, 05:33:21 pm
Candidates: Jill Stein 87%, Barack Obama 86%, Kent Mesplay 84%, Ron Paul 56%, Mitt Romney 7%.

Parties: Green 87%, Democrat 86%, Libertarian 60%, Republican 7%

In a nutshell: You are an independent. You are socially and fiscally Liberal.
Title: Re: Which political candidate do you side with?
Post by: KZN02 on June 28, 2012, 06:07:25 pm
Barack Obama - 83%
Jill Stein - 75%
Kent Mesplay - 74%
Ron Paul - 54%

83% Democratic
74% Green
61% Libertarian
21% Republican

You are a moderate Democrat. You are socially and fiscally Liberal.
Title: Re: Which political candidate do you side with?
Post by: Saturn500 on June 28, 2012, 06:26:08 pm
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70%

Gary Johnson

on domestic policy, economic, immigration, and healthcare issues. more info


64%

Barack Obama

on immigration, social, and science issues. more info


62%

Ron Paul

on domestic policy, economic, and healthcare issues. more info

46%

Mitt Romney

on healthcare issues. more info

You are a moderate Libertarian. You are socially Liberal but fiscally Conservative.

Well, that was unexpected.
Title: Re: Which political candidate do you side with?
Post by: Vypernight on June 28, 2012, 06:42:12 pm

87% Jill Stein

on foreign policy, economic, social, healthcare, science, and environmental issues.


83% Barack Obama

on social, healthcare, science, and immigration issues.


80% Kent Mesplay

on foreign policy, social, economic, healthcare, environmental, and science issues.

71% Ron Paul

on foreign policy and domestic policy issues.

15% Mitt Romney

on domestic policy issues.
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86% Green

83% Democratic

74% Libertarian

15% Republican

You are an independent. You are socially and fiscally Liberal.
Title: Re: Which political candidate do you side with?
Post by: Fpqxz on June 28, 2012, 06:42:32 pm
Here are my stats:

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Candidates:
Barack Obama 80%
Kent Mesplay 79%
Jill Stein 66%
Ron Paul 30%
Mitt Romney 30%

Parties:
81% Democratic, 80% Green, 64% Libertarian, 30% Republican

You are an independent. You are socially and fiscally Liberal.

Am I the only one who used "Choose another stance" for a lot of the questions?
Title: Re: Which political candidate do you side with?
Post by: largeham on June 28, 2012, 08:46:39 pm
Am I the only one who used "Choose another stance" for a lot of the questions?

No you didn't. And unfortunately none of the questions had a IDGAF option.
Title: Re: Which political candidate do you side with?
Post by: Her3tiK on June 28, 2012, 08:51:37 pm
Barack Obama - 86%
Jill Stein - 84%
Kent Mesplay - 81%
Gary Johnson - 76%

86% Democratic
83% Green
72% Libertarian
23% Republican

For as much as it says I agree with the president, his actions & policies certainly seem to suggest otherwise.
Title: Re: Which political candidate do you side with?
Post by: Cataclysm on June 28, 2012, 08:57:44 pm
I think it takes into consideration what Obama says, not does.
Title: Re: Which political candidate do you side with?
Post by: nickiknack on June 29, 2012, 12:21:29 am
Here's mine:

Gary Johnson-86%
Jill Stein- 84%
Barack Obama-84%
Kent Mesplay-83%
Ron Paul-79%
Mitt Romney-21%

84% Green
84%Democratic
84% Libertarian
21% Republican

You are an independent. You are socially and fiscally Liberal

Title: Re: Which political candidate do you side with?
Post by: Smurfette Principle on June 29, 2012, 12:25:55 am
Barack Obama 92%
Jill Stein 87%
Kent Mesplay 85%
Fred Karger 72%
Gary Johnson 59%
Ron Paul 41%
Jimmy McMillan 31%
Mitt Romey 7%
Virgil Goode 5%

Democratic 92%
Green 86%
Libertarian 53%
Republican 7%

You are a hardcore Democrat. You are socially and fiscally Liberal.

No duh.
Title: Re: Which political candidate do you side with?
Post by: Osama bin Bambi on June 29, 2012, 01:23:35 am
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I side with Gary Johnson on most issues in the 2012 Presidential Election.

Candidates you side with...

Gary Johnson (96%) on immigration, healthcare, domestic policy, foreign policy, economic, and social issues
Ron Paul (89%) on domestic policy, healthcare, foreign policy, economic, and social issues
Jill Stein (74%) on science, foreign policy, and immigration issues
Mitt Romney (55%) on economic, domestic policy, and healthcare issues
Barack Obama (51%) on science issues

Who you side with by party...

95% Libertarian
70% Green
55% Republican
51% Democratic

In a nutshell...

You are a hardcore Libertarian. You are socially and fiscally Libertarian.

Who you side with by issue...

The Environment: I side the most with Fred Karger on 90% of environmental issues.
Domestic Policy: I side the most with Ron Paul and Gary Johnson on 100% of domestic policy issues.
Healthcare: I side the most with Gary Johnson and Ron Paul on 100% of healthcare issues.
Science: I side the most with Barack Obama and Jill Stein on 100% of science issues.
Social: I side the most with Ron Paul and Gary Johnson on 100% of social issues.
Foreign Policy: I side the most with Gary Johnson on 100% of foreign policy issues.
The Economy: I side the most with Ron Paul and Gary Johnson on 89% of economic issues.
Immigration: I side the most with Gary Johnson on 100% of immigration issues.
Title: Re: Which political candidate do you side with?
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 29, 2012, 01:31:55 am
I side with Jill Stein on most issues in the 2012 Presidential Election.
Candidates you side with...

88%
Jill Stein

on foreign policy, domestic policy, economic, social, healthcare, and science issues. more info

84%
Barack Obama

on foreign policy, economic, social, healthcare, science, and environmental issues. more info

80%
Ron Paul

on foreign policy, domestic policy, immigration, and environmental issues. more info

54%
Mitt Romney

on immigration and environmental issues. more info

Who you side with by party...

84% Democratic

86% Green

79% Libertarian

54% Republican

In a nutshell...

You are an independent. You are socially and fiscally Liberal.
Who you side with by issue...

the Environment
I side the most with Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, and Ron Paul on 96% of environmental issues.
Domestic policy
I side the most with Jill Stein on 90% of domestic policy issues.
Healthcare
I side the most with Jill Stein, Kent Mesplay, and Jimmy McMillan on 97% of healthcare issues.
Social
I side the most with Barack Obama on 100% of social issues.
Science
I side the most with Barack Obama, Fred Karger, Jill Stein, and Gary Johnson on 100% of science issues.
Foreign Policy
I side the most with Ron Paul and Gary Johnson on 90% of foreign policy issues.
the Economy
I side the most with Barack Obama and Jill Stein on 89% of economic issues.
Immigration
I side the most with Mitt Romney and Ron Paul on 100% of immigration issues.
Title: Re: Which political candidate do you side with?
Post by: Sylvana on June 29, 2012, 04:02:20 am
I think the question we should be asking is How can we get Jill Stein elected?
She seems to be the most common ground amongst us all.
Title: Re: Which political candidate do you side with?
Post by: Vypernight on June 29, 2012, 04:37:21 am
If I had known about Stein from the beginning, I'd be backing her through the entire election.  What can we do to get our first independent elected?
Title: Re: Which political candidate do you side with?
Post by: nickiknack on June 29, 2012, 11:31:08 am
If I had known about Stein from the beginning, I'd be backing her through the entire election.  What can we do to get our first independent elected?

Reform the bs, known as our electoral system
Title: Re: Which political candidate do you side with?
Post by: StallChaser on June 29, 2012, 01:23:21 pm
If I had known about Stein from the beginning, I'd be backing her through the entire election.  What can we do to get our first independent elected?

Reform the bs, known as our electoral system

...and good luck getting the D's and R's to abolish the one thing that keeps them entrenched in power.
Title: Re: Which political candidate do you side with?
Post by: Normandy on July 01, 2012, 04:22:11 pm
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Candidates you side with...

89% Barack Obama
84% Kent Mesplay
83% Jill Stein
27% Ron Paul
18% Mitt Romney

Quote
Who you side with by party...

89% Democratic
84% Green
33% Libertarian
18% Republican

Quote
You are a strong Democrat but your stances on issues also side you with Greens. You are socially and fiscally Liberal.
Title: Re: Which political candidate do you side with?
Post by: m52nickerson on July 01, 2012, 04:47:47 pm
If I had known about Stein from the beginning, I'd be backing her through the entire election.  What can we do to get our first independent elected?

Reform the bs, known as our electoral system

That might be true if we could get an independent candidate to get even 10% of the vote first.
Title: Re: Which political candidate do you side with?
Post by: Her3tiK on July 01, 2012, 09:07:39 pm
If I had known about Stein from the beginning, I'd be backing her through the entire election.  What can we do to get our first independent elected?

Reform the bs, known as our electoral system

That might be true if we could get an independent candidate to get even 10% of the vote first.
I'm tellin' ya, if everyone who's unimpressed by both major candidates would vote for someone else, there'd be a huge upset. Instead of this constant "Well you gotta vote for X or Y doesn't win" that I've heard every single election year for as long as I've been alive, why don't you fucking vote for someone you actually want in office? Don't give me that "Well I want my vote to count" bullshit; if everyone who said that voted for who they actually wanted, we'd see a viable 3rd party come along and deny both the Dems or Repubs the 50%+ majority they're used to.
Title: Re: Which political candidate do you side with?
Post by: nickiknack on July 01, 2012, 09:18:37 pm
If I had known about Stein from the beginning, I'd be backing her through the entire election.  What can we do to get our first independent elected?

Reform the bs, known as our electoral system

That might be true if we could get an independent candidate to get even 10% of the vote first.
I'm tellin' ya, if everyone who's unimpressed by both major candidates would vote for someone else, there'd be a huge upset. Instead of this constant "Well you gotta vote for X or Y doesn't win" that I've heard every single election year for as long as I've been alive, why don't you fucking vote for someone you actually want in office? Don't give me that "Well I want my vote to count" bullshit; if everyone who said that voted for who they actually wanted, we'd see a viable 3rd party come along and deny both the Dems or Repubs the 50%+ majority they're used to.

BINGO
Too many people decide to hold their noses, and decide to vote for the"lesser of the two evils" rather to vote for who they really would like to have in office.
Title: Re: Which political candidate do you side with?
Post by: Sylvana on July 02, 2012, 06:19:09 am
If I had known about Stein from the beginning, I'd be backing her through the entire election.  What can we do to get our first independent elected?

Reform the bs, known as our electoral system

That might be true if we could get an independent candidate to get even 10% of the vote first.
I'm tellin' ya, if everyone who's unimpressed by both major candidates would vote for someone else, there'd be a huge upset. Instead of this constant "Well you gotta vote for X or Y doesn't win" that I've heard every single election year for as long as I've been alive, why don't you fucking vote for someone you actually want in office? Don't give me that "Well I want my vote to count" bullshit; if everyone who said that voted for who they actually wanted, we'd see a viable 3rd party come along and deny both the Dems or Repubs the 50%+ majority they're used to.

BINGO
Too many people decide to hold their noses, and decide to vote for the"lesser of the two evils" rather to vote for who they really would like to have in office.

The reason is because people vote strategically instead of actually doing what a democracy was designed for and voting based on your personal values. Voting independent causes a spoiler effect and hence people avoid doing so, because as much as they like the independent, they really fear / hate the large party that would win as a result of the spoiler effect, and hence the vote for the best opposition to that party as a safety measure.

Personally I despise the general voting rhetoric about "if you don't vote you cant complain", or "it doesn't matter who you vote for you must just vote against something" and other such phrases. They are as much to blame for the current problems as anything else. Your vote is supposed to be a pledge of support for that party / person. Why vote if you cannot honestly support that person? Why choose them if they truly do not hold the same values as you do, because you will never get what you desire and stand behind if you choose to give your support so flippantly.
Title: Re: Which political candidate do you side with?
Post by: DrFishcake on July 02, 2012, 09:20:11 am
Since I'm in the 51st State and therefore disenfranchised, it's a bit redundant. But still:

81% Gary Johnson
73% tied Barack Obama & Ron Paul
72% Jill Stein
...
43% Mitt Romney

"You are a moderate Libertarian. You are socially Liberal but fiscally Conservative."

Hmm, that does surprise me a bit, I definitely don't see myself as a Libertarian at all.