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Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
Here's an interesting questionnaire to see where you side with the U.S. Presidential candidates: http://www.isidewith.com/elections/2016-presidential-quiz Make sure you click on the "Show more questions" option at the bottom of each section. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Мишель Send message Joined: 26 Nov 13 Posts: 3073 Credit: 87,868 RAC: 0 |
I got 98% Bernie Sanders. Pretty accurate in my case given that I would have voted for him if I were a US citizen. |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
My results: 75% Clinton 75% Sanders 64% Rubio 63% Cruz and on down the line... 58% Bush 55% Trump The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Es99 Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0 |
97% Bernie Sanders. 87% Hillary Clinton. 2% Ted Cruz (why so high?) and surprisingly 13% Donald Trump. How did that happen? Reality Internet Personality |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31015 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
I side with Hillary Clinton on 67% of issues in the 2016 Presidential election Yep, that's how important the office is. Just pick someone, anyone, different than the last guy. Too bad so many voters see it the same way. |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11416 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
We've had a black man in the White House, about time we had a woman. Chris you are a Brit who is we? |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31015 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
We've had a black man in the White House, about time we had a woman. The Brit's of course. The final arbiter of all matters. |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
Gee even when I said I would vote for The Donald, it said I was 97% for Bernie! |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
Bernie Sanders - 93% Hillary Clinton - 88% Martin O'Malley - 78% Rand Paul - 56% Jeb Bush - 37% Donald Trump - 36% Ben Carson - 28% Scott Walker - 25% Ted Cruz - 16% Hmm... couple of nosedives there in the percentage rankings. Concerned that Trump and Cruz scored as high as they did... *shrug* |
Es99 Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0 |
Parties you side with... Interesting contortions with statistics there, Clyde. What it actually shows is that you are right wing as we all knew, and not centrist as you claim. Reality Internet Personality |
KWSN - MajorKong Send message Joined: 5 Jan 00 Posts: 2892 Credit: 1,499,890 RAC: 0 |
That website is a hoot. Interesting results on the presidential candidates, but the list is skewed due to only 2 political parties being represented (the republicans and the democrats). On the list of political parties, I rate: Libertarians 90% Constitution Party 89% Republicans 83% Democrats 44% Green Party 39% Socialist 33% Back to the presidential candidates: Obviously, I scored highest on Rand Paul, since he is the most Libertarian of the Republican and Democrat candidates. Rand Paul 89% Ted Cruz 82% Marco Rubio 79% Scott Walker 79% Rick Santorum 79% Rick Perry 78% Mike Huckabee 77% Ben Carson 73% Jeb Bush 70% Carly Fiorina 66% Donald Trump 66% Bobby Jindal 64% John Kasich 61% Lindsey Graham 60% Hillary Clinton 54% Chris Christie 52% Bernie Sanders 46% Martin O'Malley 31% As I said, the list of presidential candidates is somewhat skewed. The only ones on it are the Republicans and the Democrats. The other parties are not represented. There are at LEAST 34 other declared candidates for president from '3rd' parties and independents... with at least 4 more likely to declare sometime soon, including 6 declared candidates, and 2 likely from the Libertarian party. Even the list of parties on that website is incomplete. I can think of at least 3 parties that almost always have a candidate on the Presidential ballot here in Texas that are NOT on that website's list. THIS is the main problem with US Politics. The 2 'major' parties have a stranglehold on the political process, and the other 'minor/3rd' parties have no realistic chance. The USA is in desperate need of reform of its electoral procedures, but due to the stranglehold that the D's&R's have on the process it will never happen shy of revolution. |
Мишель Send message Joined: 26 Nov 13 Posts: 3073 Credit: 87,868 RAC: 0 |
Parties you side with... Sorry but with those scores you can't call him 'right wing'. Center right would be more accurate. The differences between scores of left wing candidates and right wing candidates are to small to be significant. Besides, there are only 3 left wing candidates on that list, all the others are republicans, thus making it easy to have one look like they are a republican voter. |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
Besides, there are only 3 left wing candidates on that list, all the others are republicans, thus making it easy to have one look like they are a republican voter. Well, to be fair, more candidates have announced their running for the Presidency for the GOP than for the Democratic party, so the list is going to be lopsided by default. I agree that fun internet quizzes like this aren't very scientific and should be taken with a grain of salt, but I don't think they intend to be scientific in the first place. They're just fun with statistics and sample sizes. |
Мишель Send message Joined: 26 Nov 13 Posts: 3073 Credit: 87,868 RAC: 0 |
Is there a Category for a Left Winger, with Libertarian Tendency's? Anarchism would be the closest equivalent of left wing Libertarianism, at least in terms of dislike for a central government. In your case, given your stated preference for worker unions as a means to counter Capitalist overreach, Anarcho-Syndicalism is something that would fit nicely with your more left wing ideas. |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
I wasn't aware that there are so many political parties besides the Republicans and the Democrats. For instance the Grassroots Party that is a single-issue political party in the U.S. state of Minnesota. But now even in California where it's called California Grassroots Party (CGP). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grassroots_Party Sounds harmless enough until you see what people they are. Jim Carlson nominee for President of the United States in the 2012 election. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Carlson_(businessman) On September 16, 2012, in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Jim Carlson went to trial, facing 55 federal charges, including selling misbranded drugs and controlled substance analogues.[9] Russell Bentley nominee for US Senator in 1990. He was also a nominee for US Representative in 1992. Russell Bentley III, aka "Texas" is a convicted drugs smuggler & “long-time Minneapolis drug-dealer†say U.S. Feds The Herald. Brownsville Texas. Accused drug dealer sentenced to five years in prison. http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/local/article_975dbabe-e559-5b61-b5fb-f1cd79597c6e.html?mode=jqm Isn't this taken democracy too far? |
KWSN - MajorKong Send message Joined: 5 Jan 00 Posts: 2892 Credit: 1,499,890 RAC: 0 |
I wasn't aware that there are so many political parties besides the Republicans and the Democrats. Per this site: http://ballotpedia.org/List_of_political_parties_in_the_United_States As of April 2015, there were 39 distinct ballot-qualified political parties in the United States. There were 221 state-level parties. Some parties are recognized in multiple states. For example, both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party are recognized in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. These two parties account for 102 of the 221 total state-level parties. |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
Ok there are 39 distinct ballot-qualified political parties. Most of them seems to be from single states which means they only can get some senators in the Senate. I was merely wondering how a party can be ballot-qualified when it is clearly engaged in criminal activities. |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
Most of them seems to be from single states What do you mean? You need to have representants from almost all US States to win an election. And both the Republicans and the Democrats have representants in 51 states! There are 50 states + Washington DC in the US that counts as states. |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
The USA is effectively composed of 50 different countries with their own Heads of State they call Governors, with their own laws. Are you serious? I know the difference between Federal laws and State laws. The US are NOT composed of 50 different countries!! |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
I was making a subtle political comment. Is "Only 39 out of 50, so another 11 to go then." a subtle political comment? Bad math if you ask me! |
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