Take the Candidate Blind Taste Test

[marcos]

http://www.dehp.net/candidate/index.php


Here's my results:

(note: even though I have no disagreements with Gravel, Kucinich scored more points because of how important I ranked each issue.)


Candidate / points
  disagreements


Kucinich 67
  No Child Left Behind

Gravel 57
  (you have no disagreements with this candidate)

Obama 34
  Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Same-Sex Marriage

Clinton 31
  Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Edwards 28
  Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Dodd 26
  Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action

Richardson 25
  Death Penalty, Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Biden 24
  Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Same-Sex Marriage

Paul 3
  Abortion Rights, Embryonic Stem Cells, ANWR Drilling, Kyoto, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Border Fence, Net Neutrality, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage, Universal Healthcare

McCain -23
Cox -28
Giuliani -29
Thompson -29
Brownback -34
Huckabee -35
Romney -59
Tancredo -59
Hunter -60

[Jihad]

Kucinich 52
  Abortion Rights, Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Embryonic Stem Cells, Assault Weapons Ban, Same-Sex Marriage, Same-Sex Civil Union, Same-Sex Constitutional Ban

Gravel 48
  Abortion Rights, Death Penalty, Embryonic Stem Cells, Same-Sex Marriage, Same-Sex Civil Union, Same-Sex Constitutional Ban

Paul 30
  Death Penalty, ANWR Drilling, Guns - Background Checks, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Border Fence, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Constitutional Ban, Universal Healthcare

Richardson 28
  Abortion Rights, Embryonic Stem Cells, Patriot Act, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Civil Union, Same-Sex Constitutional Ban

Edwards 23
  Abortion Rights, No Child Left Behind, Embryonic Stem Cells, Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Civil Union, Same-Sex Constitutional Ban

Biden 20
  Abortion Rights, No Child Left Behind, Embryonic Stem Cells, Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Same-Sex Constitutional Ban

Clinton 18
  Abortion Rights, No Child Left Behind, Embryonic Stem Cells, Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Civil Union, Same-Sex Constitutional Ban

Obama 18
  Abortion Rights, Death Penalty, Embryonic Stem Cells, Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Same-Sex Civil Union, Same-Sex Constitutional Ban

Dodd 13
  Abortion Rights, No Child Left Behind, Embryonic Stem Cells, Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Constitutional Ban

Brownback -3
Cox -14
McCain -18
Huckabee -22
Thompson -26
Tancredo -43
Hunter -53
Giuliani -55
Romney -56

[Knight]

I took this although I don't live in the US and also didn't know about some questions really:

Kucinich 73
  Guns - Background Checks

Gravel 62
  No Child Left Behind

Obama 23
  Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Same-Sex Marriage

Paul 21
  Abortion Rights, No Child Left Behind, Embryonic Stem Cells, ANWR Drilling, Kyoto, Assault Weapons Ban, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Border Fence, Net Neutrality, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage, Universal Healthcare

Dodd 20
  Death Penalty, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action

Clinton 19
  Death Penalty, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Richardson 17
  Death Penalty, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Edwards 16
  Death Penalty, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Biden 15
  Death Penalty, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Same-Sex Marriage

McCain -21
Brownback -24
Thompson -26
Cox -28
Huckabee -36
Giuliani -40
Tancredo -63
Hunter -66
Romney -67

How is Paul so up high when I have so many disagreements with him... he sucks.

[marcos]

I'm surprised that Tancredo didn't come in last place for me. I haven't read about Hunter, but he must be some openly racist redneck to outdo Tancredo.

[Godfather of Soul]

Kucinich 84
  No Child Left Behind

Gravel 73
  (you have no disagreements with this candidate)

Obama 46
  Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Same-Sex Marriage

Clinton 42
  Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Richardson 40
  Death Penalty, Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Edwards 39
  Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Dodd 37
  Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action

Biden 35
  Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Same-Sex Marriage

Paul 14
  Abortion Rights, Embryonic Stem Cells, ANWR Drilling, Kyoto, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Border Fence, Net Neutrality, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage, Universal Healthcare

Cox -30
McCain -36
Thompson -39
Giuliani -42
Huckabee -45
Brownback -49
Tancredo -67
Romney -78
Hunter -85

[Knight]

What's the deal with No Child Left Behind? I missed the debate pretty much.

And I change my vote on Guns - Background Checks, I misunderstood it at first.

[Godfather of Soul]

Fuck those Repubs!  -85 with "We should target Mecca and Medina" Hunter!
Posted on: August 08, 2007, 01:34:42 pmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_child_left_behind

It's awful.  It's a back door to privatization of the last largely public state enterprise: education.

Look at the critiques, they are pretty good.  One thing it leaves out is that it is an attempt to bust unions as well.

[betoAYAK]

i predict kucinich will be big amongst those who take this.

kucinich represents very much what regular people want, too bad regular people dont run the media.

about no child left behind, its a nisnomer like the clear skies act.  it does the opposite of what its named for. after working at a high school i saw that it makes the staff just focus on the kids passing the standardized test instead of customizing and making learning fun and interesting.

Kucinich 84
  No Child Left Behind

Gravel 66
  (you have no disagreements with this candidate)

Edwards 40
  Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Clinton 40
  Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Obama 39
  Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Same-Sex Marriage

Richardson 37
  Death Penalty, Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Dodd 35
  Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action

Biden 34
  Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Same-Sex Marriage

Paul 5
  Abortion Rights, Embryonic Stem Cells, Kyoto, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Border Fence, Net Neutrality, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage, Universal Healthcare

McCain -23
Cox -24
Giuliani -33
Thompson -33
Huckabee -39
Brownback -45
Romney -66
Tancredo -79
Hunter -80

[piercehawkeye45]

I've seen Kucinich be the favorite in a Libertarian forum too as weird as that sounds.

[Jihad]

Fuck those Repubs!  -85 with "We should target Mecca and Medina" Hunter!

No, I do believe that was our very own hometown hero, Tom Tancredo.

[Godfather of Soul]

Oh...well here is some stuff on DH:

http://mediamatters.org/issues_topics/duncan_hunter

[Westside]

Gravel 34
  Abortion Rights, Death Penalty, Iran Sanctions

Kucinich 30
  Abortion Rights, Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Iran Sanctions, Minimum Wage Increase

Edwards 19
  Abortion Rights, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Iran - Military Action, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage

Clinton 18
  Abortion Rights, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran - Military Action, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage

Paul 17
  Death Penalty, Embryonic Stem Cells, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Same-Sex Marriage, Universal Healthcare

Obama 17
  Abortion Rights, Death Penalty, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage

Richardson 14
  Abortion Rights, Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Iran - Military Action, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage

Biden 13
  Abortion Rights, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage

Dodd 13
  Abortion Rights, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran - Military Action, Minimum Wage Increase

Thompson -5
Brownback -7
McCain -13
Cox -14
Giuliani -17
Tancredo -21
Hunter -29
Romney -34
Huckabee -36

[marcos]

Did yall see this?

http://www.dehp.net/candidate/stats.php



The people above are ranked based on how often they are computed to be one of the top three choices for users who submit their political choices. A log entry is made each time a user submits their choices. This log entry contains, among other things, the top three choices for that user. What you see above is a tally of all the choices, weighted by their position for each user. We'll call that the number of Hot Pockets they have earned. The first-place candidate gets 3 Hot Pockets, the second-place candidate gets 2, and the third-place candidate gets 1 Hot Pocket (which everyone knows is just not enough). This method gives you a more fair representation of the interests of the users.




Without any weighting, the above graph plots only the number of times a candidate was ranked first. 

[Jray]

Kucinich 68
  No Child Left Behind

Gravel 54
  (you have no disagreements with this candidate)

Obama 44
  Patriot Act, Border Fence, Same-Sex Marriage

Edwards 38
  Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Clinton 38
  Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Richardson 34
  Death Penalty, Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Dodd 33
  Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran - Military Action

Biden 32
  Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Same-Sex Marriage

Paul 11
  Abortion Rights, Embryonic Stem Cells, Kyoto, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Border Fence, Net Neutrality, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage, Universal Healthcare

Brownback -13
Cox -23
McCain -29
Huckabee -32
Thompson -33
Giuliani -39
Tancredo -51
Romney -57
Hunter -62

[tlg4freedom]

Like I said before, If Ron Paul doesn't get nominated and Dennis\Gravel does...he get's my vote. 

Paul 65
  Embryonic Stem Cells, Guns - Background Checks, Net Neutrality

Gravel 33
  Abortion Rights, Kyoto, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Border Fence, Same-Sex Marriage, Universal Healthcare

Kucinich 24
  Abortion Rights, No Child Left Behind, ANWR Drilling, Kyoto, Assault Weapons Ban, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Border Fence, Same-Sex Marriage, Universal Healthcare

Richardson 17
  Abortion Rights, Death Penalty, Kyoto, Patriot Act, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Universal Healthcare

Biden 14
  Abortion Rights, Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, ANWR Drilling, Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Iran Sanctions

Obama 12
  Abortion Rights, ANWR Drilling, Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Iran Sanctions, Universal Healthcare

Dodd 7
  Abortion Rights, Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, ANWR Drilling, Kyoto, Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action

Clinton 4
  Abortion Rights, Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, ANWR Drilling, Kyoto, Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Universal Healthcare

Edwards 4
  Abortion Rights, Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, ANWR Drilling, Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Universal Healthcare

Thompson 3
  Death Penalty, Guantanamo, Net Neutrality, Iraq Troop Surge

Cox 3
  Embryonic Stem Cells, Assault Weapons Ban, Iraq War, Iraq Withdrawal, Same-Sex Civil Union, Same-Sex Constitutional Ban

McCain 1
  Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, ANWR Drilling, Patriot Act, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Net Neutrality, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Iraq War, Iraq Troop Surge, Iraq Withdrawal

Brownback -1
Tancredo -12
Huckabee -27
Giuliani -34
Hunter -37
Romney -41

[brwr85]

Kucinich 56
  No Child Left Behind

Gravel 48
  (you have no disagreements with this candidate)

Obama 26
  Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Same-Sex Marriage

Edwards 22
  Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Clinton 22
  Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Paul 20
  Abortion Rights, ANWR Drilling, Kyoto, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Border Fence, Net Neutrality, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage, Universal Healthcare

Richardson 19
  Death Penalty, Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Biden 18
  Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Same-Sex Marriage

Dodd 16
  Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action

Cox -19
Thompson -20
Brownback -21
McCain -22
Huckabee -30
Giuliani -38
Tancredo -49
Romney -54
Hunter -56

[Westside]

I hate the minimum wage increase its just insane fucken inflation that will be easier to throw to the side.

[piercehawkeye45]

The problem is that it is near impossible to live off one minimum wage job. When you get $150-175 a week, you can not get very far.

[Knight]

I hate the minimum wage increase its just insane fucken inflation that will be easier to throw to the side.

Explain please.

[The Wiseman]

I hate the minimum wage increase its just insane fucken inflation that will be easier to throw to the side.

Inflation occurs from the general rise in prices. Rising wages don't cause inflation but the its capitalist tendency to remain a steady level of surplus. The fact is a capitalist cannot stand to give his workers an increase in living standards while cutting from his already excess profits so the prices are raised in order to maintain it. A more valuable reform would be creating a maximum profit level or enforcing a price cap to stop inflation. Inflation itself though is far more hurtful to capitalist profits than worker's wages due to the increase in interest rates since most profits are accumulated rather than invested on capital or spent back into the economy. But people like you tend to blame worker's wages for almost every economic problem of capitalism due to the bias in neoclassical economics towards capital against labor.