I got pretty much the same:
TBH, I think it’s surprising that so many of us are getting similar results, since there seems to be a reasonably wide range of opinion among commenters here on a number of issues.
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I know, right? I’m starting to suspect that thing is a deviously clever rigged marketing tool to raise awareness of the Bern.
Worked for me.
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Finally got around to answering all questions and rating importance. 99% Sanders, 88% Clinton. Top Republican is Rand Paul at 52% with Trump in second at 17%. Of course in reality (1) I don’t trust (for lack of a better word) Clinton and would probably prefer Biden to her even though I supposedly agree more with her; (2) I probably think Rand Paul is an absolute lunatic despite agreeing with him on a good many points; (3) I can’t vote in your election.
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I think it comes down to so many of the options (all but one, in my book) being completely fucking unconscionable.
I’ve gotta say, this thread is leaving me pretty damn chuffed; if Bernie is elected prez, I can confidently say that would be the best thing to happen on the whole damn planet in at least a decade, probably more like fifty years.
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That’s what we thought about Obama.
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The other fatal flaw of this kind of quiz is that you have to make some generous assumptions about candidates’ stated positions. Especially early on like this, candidates are still flopping around trying to see what gets traction with the base of primary voters, then they’ll flop around some more in the general election. You might have a record of what candidates have said and how they’ve voted in whatever offices they’ve held, but those are often tainted by their own circumstances of sausage making. To decide whether to support a candidate based on this kind of issue matching you have to factor in:
Which issues will they they flip flop if it means winning?
Which issues will they flip on if the party asks?
Which issues will they horse trade votes on in order to get something else? And what would that something else be?
Under what circumstances will they represent me or a majority, even if it’s against their stated beliefs? And under which circumstances will they buck the majority if they think it’s the right course of action?
So much of being a voter is trying to decipher what the candidates will actually do, since they so obviously lie their asses off trying to get elected, and so effortlessly abandon positions once in office.
For the record, quiz gave me a tie between Sanders and Paul.
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