Another 'Canidate Selector' tool

[Razmear]

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/ongoing/select_a_candidate/poll.php?race_id=13/?refid=6


It picked Ron Paul for me with a score of 12 followed by
Kucinich 8
Brownback 7
Gravel 7
McCain 6
The rest were 5 or lower, Romney got a 2, Edwards a 1

eb

[angelatc]

Paul 9
Tancredo 6
McCain 6
Gravel 5
Kucinich 5

Too Funny. I'm prochoice, but the poll indicates that is one of the 2 things I agreed with Romney on.

[UtahApocalypse]

Gave me Ron Paul and John McCain. I know I have picked correctly for me.

[ctb619]

Ron Paul
17.0

[bbachtung]

Ron Paul 19
John McCain 17

Willard 4

I'm a bit freaked out that John McCain is so close.

[ShaneC]

RP is #1 here w/ a 19, but what scares me is having McCain as a #2 and Rudy as #3.

[enter`name`here]

John McCain 14.0
Ron Paul 14.0
Rudy Giuliani 13.0

wow this makes no sense, i'm a radical libertarian, I'd sooner renounce my right to vote then give it to the likes of McCain or giuliani. Its Ron paul or nothing for me.

Edit: my strong pro-choice position is probally why ron paul is so low for me.

[happyphilter]

lol lets just say Paul wasent im my top 3. But I agree with him and the way things should be done, ive looked at everone else and no online selector will change my mind!

[ZandarKoad]

How horribly embarrassing. Ron Paul came in fourth place tie with 17.

19 Duncan Hunter 19
19 John McCain 19
18 Mike Huckabee 18
17 Ron Paul
17 Tom Tancredo

Guess I should stop handing out tens of thousands of Ron Paul flyers and take all those silly bumper stickers off my van and remove those signs...

OOOOOR NOT.

[Ron Paul Fan]

It doesn't seem to work right. Isn't Ron Paul in favor of privatizing social security? I am so I picked support and it gave me an x by that category for Ron Paul. Also gave me an x by his name for the toughest immigration response. So I ended up getting 13.0 Ron Paul, 13.0 John McCain.

[Nihilist23]

This tool is highly flawed as many questions are incorrectly phrased or don't sufficiently encompass differing views on an issue, but here are my results:

Ron Paul: 27.0 (9)
John McCain: 21.0 (7)
Sam Brownback: 18.0 (6)

[Nefertiti]

Paul came out on top for me with an 8, but then some of the issues I didn't have an opinion on. My number 2 and 3 were scary-McCain and Tancredo. Under no circumstances even torture would I vote for Tancredo. My 4th I could live with-Richardson.

[jpa]

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/ongoing/select_a_candidate/race_stats.php?race_id=13

Interesting look at what people who taken the poll are selecting.
Dennis Kucinich is the top candidate and these are the top issues:
Iraq
Health care
Immigration
Taxes

[blazin_it_alwyz]

John McCain 14.0
Ron Paul 14.0
Rudy Giuliani 13.0

wow this makes no sense, i'm a radical libertarian, I'd sooner renounce my right to vote then give it to the likes of McCain or giuliani. Its Ron paul or nothing for me.

Edit: my strong pro-choice position is probally why ron paul is so low for me.

A John McCain supporter in disguise! Burn him to the stake!

;)

[blazin_it_alwyz]

19 Hillary Clinton


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Na I got 18 Ron Paul.

[Dustancostine]

Ron Paul 11.0
Sam Brownback 7.0
John McCain 7.0
Mitt Romney 7.0
Tom Tancredo 7.0
......
Hillary Clinton 0.0
Barack Obama 0.0
John Edwards 0.0

--Dustan

[krott5333]

Paul 12
Mccain 8
tancredo 7

[Akus]

Well, damn, I am Mitt Romney supporter according to this....

ibhate

[specsaregood]

Ron Paul 15.0
McCain 11.0
Tancredo 11.0

Let me guess, some of you are FOR line-item veto, FOR death penalty?

I wonder why I didn't get a checkmark on Immigration for RP, but did for Tancredo? I think that is an error...

I wonder why I didn't get a checkmark for supporting privatizing Social Security. Is this because Ron Paul wants an opt-out instead?

On most of this stuff, you would need a "States Rights" option for RP.

Shouldn't this be a CHECKMARK/AGREE for RP?
"I favor stiff fines for employers who hire illegal immigrants, a security fence along the border, and a denial of citizenship to children born here of parents who are in the U.S. illegally. I oppose any form of amnesty."

[noxagol]

HAHA, said my candidate is John McCain.

Obviously broken.

[Starks]

For me it was a 4-way 3.0 tie between Paul, Kucinich, Gravel, and Richardson...

I got a 0.0 for all the other candidates...

One thing confuses me though. Why does RP want to keep the tax cuts for the rich?

[specsaregood]

One thing confuses me though. Why does RP want to keep the tax cuts for the rich?

He wants to keep tax cuts for everybody.

[Starks]

So, what does a 4-way even split between Kucinich, Gravel, Paul, and Richardson mean?


Am I some kind of wacky Libertarian-Democrat hybrid?

[Original_Intent]

I could make a lot simpler one:

Q: Are you a dumbass?

A "No" answer matches you to Ron Paul.

[Starks]

I could make a lot simpler one:

Q: Are you a dumbass?

A "No" answer matches you to Ron Paul.

Ha. Only neocons will answer yes.

[max]

this thing is rigged...Mcaian came out on top for me???...No friggin way

[TruePatriot44]

My results:

Ron Paul - 12
Sam Brownback - 7
John McCain - 7

[RestoreTheRepublic]

My choice came up as Giuliani!!!

I hate this candidate selector thingy, I'm depressed now I think i'm gonna go drink to relieve my sorrows :mad: haha

[Starks]

I'm still a bit confused as to why I got a 4-way tie...

[specsaregood]

I'm still a bit confused as to why I got a 4-way tie...

What were your answers and "importance" setting for each?

3/4 are strongly anti-war for sure.

[xcalybur]

It picked Ron Paul for me as well.

16 Ron Paul
9 Sam Brownback
9 John McCain
8 Duncan Hunter
8 Mitt Romney

It is very very clear to me that Ron Paul is the only man that I will vote for in this election.

[Starks]

What were your answers and "importance" setting for each?

3/4 are strongly anti-war for sure.

I just retook the test and adjusted my importance ratings slightly...

Guess what it spits out... ANOTHER TIE. A 6.0 tie between Ron Paul and Kucinich...

[axiomata]

the other (http://www.dehp.net/candidate/index.php)one was better

[sickmint79]

i had rudy 10, then ron and kucinich tied at 8.

but i don't think i'm going to join rudy's forums now...

[silverhandorder]

Paul 17
Ghouliany :( 14
McCain 14
Hunter 13

[Starks]

These tests are misleading and fail to take into that people may not care for a candidate's every position but rally behind that candidate because of a few key and overarching stances.

[Omnis]

It doesn't seem to work right. Isn't Ron Paul in favor of privatizing social security? I am so I picked support and it gave me an x by that category for Ron Paul. Also gave me an x by his name for the toughest immigration response. So I ended up getting 13.0 Ron Paul, 13.0 John McCain.

I was confused with that as well. RP is for eliminating it, not privatizing it. The question doesn't fit his stance either way.

[axiomata]

I was confused with that as well. RP is for eliminating it, not privatizing it. The question doesn't fit his stance either way.
Either way you vote on it, you get a little 'x' by Paul's name.

[TheEvilDetector]

Ron Paul 8.0
Rudy Giuliani 6.0
John McCain 6.0
Sam Brownback 5.0
Jim Gilmore 5.0
Dennis Kucinich 5.0
Tom Tancredo 5.0
Chris Dodd 4.0
Mike Gravel 4.0
Duncan Hunter 4.0
Joe Biden 3.0
Hillary Clinton 3.0
Mike Huckabee 3.0
Barack Obama 3.0
Bill Richardson 3.0
Mitt Romney 3.0
John Edwards 2.0

[cowbot]

I just retook the test and adjusted my importance ratings slightly...

Guess what it spits out... ANOTHER TIE. A 6.0 tie between Ron Paul and Kucinich...

It may be caching your results by IP to prevent spam voting.

You must understand that it's approaching the questions from a republicRat big government mindset: "In washingon we have a tendency to either subsidize something or ban it." - RP

This is shown in the questions. For/against "abortion rights?" - where's the answer that it's a states' issue? For/against "stem cell research"? Where's the answer that it should be legal, but there's no constitutional mandate for federal funding of stem cell research?

This is the conceptual framework we as constitutionalists and Ron Paul supporters need to break through. Just because we don't like something doesn't mean we support a federal law against it. Just because we like something doesn't mean we support a federal program to support it!

FWIW my scores were:

Ron Paul: 57
M. Gravel: 33
Kucinich: 25
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Huckabee: -26
Hunter: -31
Romney: -40
Giuliani: -41

As a last note, Ron Paul is leading republicans in the results. The high results for Gravel and Kuchinich can be explained due to the fact that the engaged and politically active democrats on-line have a more 'extreme' position, represented by Kucinich and Gravel. The same bias shows in on-line polls for Republicans. The on-line crowd is very informed and aware of Ron Paul's consistent support of limited government and the constitution, and votes accordingly.

(edit: i was responding to this poll: http://www.dehp.net/candidate/index.php not the mpr one - the mpr one sucks - RP 17, McCain 11, Brownback 10 etc...)