Presidential Candidate Selector, or who will you end up disagreeing with the least?

[Al'Kimiya]

I should't really take these kinds of tests.

1. Bush, George W. - US President (Very probable) (100%)
2. Browne, Harry Libertarian (past candidate, possible) (80%)
3. Bayh, Sentator Evan, IN - Democrat (announced he will not run) (62%)
4. McCain, Sentator John, AZ- Republican (mentioned as a Democratic candidate) (62%)
5. Daschle, Senate Minority Leader Tom, SD - Democrat (announced he will not run) (54%)
6. Biden, Senator Joe, DE - Democrat (considering) (51%)
7. Edwards, Senator John, NC - Democrat (announced he will run) (51%)
8. Lieberman Senator Joe CT - Democrat: (announced he will run) (50%)
...
28. Vilsack, Governor. Tom IA - Democrat (6%)
29. Kucinich, Cong. Dennis, OH - Democrat (announced he will run) (6%)
30. Hart, Former Sentator Gary, CO - Democrat (considering) (5%)
31. Moseley-Braun, Former Senator Carol IL - Democrat (announced she will run) (3%)
32. LaRouche, Lyndon H. Jr. - Democrat (past candidate, possible) (0%)
33. Clark, Retired Army General Wesley K "Wes" Arkansas - Democrat (considering) (0%)

[Wraith]

--"Not many Lyndon LaRouche fans here, I see."

Even most Apolytoners have more sense than that.

In any case, Browne topped my list. No surprise there. A Democrat as number four was a surprise, as were two and three (Bush and Buchanan, not likely). Even less likely are Sharpton, Nader and Hillary as 7-9.

Not a great selector, it only got two out of the top ten correct. It also seems to be heavily over-representing Nader. I know it's a fitting choice for some of you, but come on... Floyd and myself?

Wraith
"It is not true that life is one damn thing after another - it is one damn thing over and over."
-- Edna St. Vincent Millay

[David Floyd]

I think that if it asked more questions about environmentalism and corporations and the like, Nader would drop a lot on many of our lists.

[Az]

Austin has way too many libertarians to be a healthy society.

[Felch]

Also it's got virtually nothing but Democrats. You're bound to have a few in the top ten.

Nobody seems to agree with Gen. Clark. Must not be included in the calculations. You'd think though, that he might have a pretty good shot in real life, just on account of his stars.

[Vlad Antlerkov]

Nader in first, as a 100% match. All but two people in my top 20 are Dems (the two non-Dems being Nader and the Socialist candidate). Browne finished 22nd, at 34%. LaRouche dead last.

Bizzarely, McCain finished below Bush and Buchanan.

[Jaguar]

Somehow you end up with either Buchanon or LaRouche in your top 20, no matter how you answer.

Bush topped my list, followed by a Democrat I don't know who isn't running, and Browne.

[Lord Merciless]

1. Bush, George W. - US President (Very probable) (100%) Click here for info
2. Clinton, Senator Hillary Rodham, NY - Democrat (announced she will not run) (75%) Click here for info
3. Bayh, Sentator Evan, IN - Democrat (announced he will not run) (74%) Click here for info
4. Buchanan, Patrick J. – Reform/Republican (past candidate, possible) (65%) Click here for info
5. Gephardt, Cong. ****, MO - Democrat (announced he will run) (64%) Click here for info

Bush and Clinton at top?

[Sava]

Yeah, this selector is kind of screwy... while I agree with the Nader for my #1, Howard Dean is the candidate I most agree with. And he's like 11th... and he's below Jesse Jackson on this list; Jesse Jackson is despicable 4sshole, BTW.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Arrian


Actually, from my observations, NO party has "the tendency to balance the budget." The Dems tax & spend, the republicans cut taxes and still spend (resulting in huge debt) and the Greens, as has been pointed out, have never had the chance, but I doubt they would be different.

Bastards! All of them! Viva la resistance! Or something.

-Arrian

Of the Presidents in the White House over the past, oh, 24 years, only a Democrat balanced the budget and reduced the deficit and national debt.

[Sava]

More than 24 years Bo-Bo...

[Boris Godunov]

I know, but I didn't want to rub it in too much.

[Sava]

[Felch]

He did that with a killer economy though, one propelled by a stock market bubble. Any damn fool could balance a budget if he's got that kind of income.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Felch X
He did that with a killer economy though, one propelled by a stock market bubble. Any damn fool could balance a budget if he's got that kind of income.

Cart before the horse. Clinton's decision to pay down the debt was instrumental to the killer economy.

Other presidents before him *cough*Reagan*cough* also experienced great economies, but only ballooned the debt further.