{"id":10737,"date":"2007-07-08T13:33:12","date_gmt":"2007-07-08T20:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2007\/07\/08\/my-candidate-maybe.html"},"modified":"2007-07-08T13:33:12","modified_gmt":"2007-07-08T20:33:12","slug":"my_candidate_maybe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/07\/08\/my_candidate_maybe.html","title":{"rendered":"My candidate … maybe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Based on a fairly decent policy position quiz<\/a>, here are my optimal choices.  At a minimum, I lose about 25% of my “ideal.”<\/p>\n

Your Results:            
<\/b> <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n 1. <\/b><\/b><\/td>\n Theoretical Ideal Candidate   (100%)<\/font><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n 2. <\/b><\/b><\/td>\n Joseph Biden   (76%)<\/font><\/b>  Information link<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n 3. <\/b><\/b><\/td>\n Hillary Clinton   (75%)<\/font><\/b>  Information link<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n 4. <\/b><\/b><\/td>\n Bill Richardson   (70%)<\/font><\/b>  Information link<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n 5. <\/b><\/b><\/td>\n Michael Bloomberg   (70%)<\/font><\/b>  Information link<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n 6. <\/b><\/b><\/td>\n Dennis Kucinich   (68%)<\/font><\/b>  Information link<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n 7. <\/b><\/b><\/td>\n Al Gore   (65%)<\/font><\/b>  Information link<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n 8. <\/b><\/b><\/td>\n John Edwards   (65%)<\/font><\/b>  Information link<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n 9. <\/b><\/b><\/td>\n Wesley Clark   (64%)<\/font><\/b>  Information link<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n 10. <\/b><\/b><\/td>\n Barack Obama   (63%)<\/font><\/b>  Information link<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n 11. <\/b><\/b><\/td>\n Christopher Dodd   (57%)<\/font><\/b>  Information link<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n 12. <\/b><\/b><\/td>\n Alan Augustson   (56%)<\/font><\/b>  Information link<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n 13. <\/b><\/b><\/td>\n Mike Gravel   (51%)<\/font><\/b>  Information link<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n 14. <\/b><\/b><\/td>\n John McCain   (48%)<\/font><\/b>  Information link<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n 15. <\/b><\/b><\/td>\n Mike Huckabee   (44%)<\/font><\/b>  Information link<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n 16. <\/b><\/b><\/td>\n Ron Paul   (43%)<\/font><\/b>  Information link<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n 17. <\/b><\/b><\/td>\n Kent McManigal   (41%)<\/font><\/b>  Information link<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n 18. <\/b><\/b><\/td>\n Chuck Hagel   (39%)<\/font><\/b>  Information link<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n 19. <\/b><\/b><\/td>\n Rudolph Giuliani   (38%)<\/font><\/b>  Information link<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n 20. <\/b><\/b><\/td>\n Mitt Romney   (37%)<\/font><\/b>  Information link<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n 21. <\/b><\/b><\/td>\n Tommy Thompson   (35%)<\/font><\/b>  Information link<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n 22. <\/b><\/b><\/td>\n Newt Gingrich   (33%)<\/font><\/b>  Information link<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n 23. <\/b><\/b><\/td>\n Elaine Brown   (32%)<\/font><\/b>  Information link<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n 24. <\/b><\/b><\/td>\n Sam Brownback   (31%)<\/font><\/b>  Information link<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n 25. <\/b><\/b><\/td>\n Fred Thompson   (29%)<\/font><\/b>  Information link<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n 26. <\/b><\/b><\/td>\n Tom Tancredo   (28%)<\/font><\/b>  Information link<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n 27. <\/b><\/b><\/td>\n Duncan Hunter   (23%)<\/font><\/b>  Information link<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n 28. <\/b><\/b><\/td>\n Jim Gilmore   (19%)<\/font><\/b>  Information link<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Note:  If you take the quiz yourself, after you do your answers, there’s an intrusive ad page soliciting personal info.  Just click the link at the top to bypass all that crap.<\/p>\n

(via J-Walk<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Based on a fairly decent policy position quiz, here are my optimal choices.  At a minimum, I lose about 25% of my “ideal.” Your Results:             1.  Theoretical Ideal Candidate   (100%)…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elections-2008"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12077,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/11\/25\/my_candidate_probably.html","url_meta":{"origin":10737,"position":0},"title":"My candidate … probably","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 25-Nov-07 8:36am","format":false,"excerpt":"At Dave N.'s suggestion, I re-ran this \"Who's your ideal candidate?\" test, which looks at policy positions both of the candidates and of my own (positions and weighting). 1.\u00a0 Theoretical...","rel":"","context":"In "Elections 2008"","block_context":{"text":"Elections 2008","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law\/elections-2008"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/selectsmart.com\/plus\/fade.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":129883,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/21\/the-non-party-folk-in-the-two-party-system.html","url_meta":{"origin":10737,"position":1},"title":"The non-party folk in the two-party system","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 21-Feb-16 7:03am","format":false,"excerpt":"Exit polls have their own problems, but if this one's results are accurate, they are pretty interesting. 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