The Presidential Blind Taste Test, or Return of the Ohio Gnome
This online test asks its takers to answer whether they support or oppose various issues, how important the issues are to them, and then tells them which of the presidential candidates best suits them. I've blogged about a similar test before, but this one's particularly interesting because, while it gives you your results, it also aggregates those results to determine the candidate that best represents the most people.
The result? More than 50 percent of the more than 80,000 people who have taken the test are for Dennis Kucinich.
Here's my own results from the test. Basically, it adds points when you agree with a candidate, and removes points when you disagree:
Kucinich 65
Gravel 50
Obama 49
Clinton 47
Biden 44
Edwards 44
Dodd 41
Richardson 39
Paul 18
McCain -24
Cox -24
Brownback -26
Thompson -28
Huckabee -31
Giuliani -44
Tancredo -49
Romney -55
Hunter -62
If you're like me, your first question was, "Who the hell is this 'Cox' dude?" Here's his Web site. Basically, John Cox is a paleocon, declared his candidacy for 2008 several years ago, and has been shut out by the party apparatus for reasons I'm unable to comprehend. Other than strict fiscal conservatism and a preference for fair trade over free trade, I can't see much difference between him and most of the GOP contenders.
In any case, the point is, as I've said before, the American people want Dennis Kucinich. They just don't know it because they only know him as that freaky guy who CNN says is a fringe candidate. Read his issues page here, and tell me that's not a righteous dude. Vote accordingly.
Comments
I don't like this test because the only issues it counts are social and foreign(the war). I like my candidate because of his ideas on domestic economic issues, which aren't represented in the test.
Posted by: sarah scherer | August 9, 2007 2:21 PM
So you're an Edwards girl, I take it?
Posted by: Dan | August 9, 2007 3:52 PM
I only talk politics at bars. Unlike you, I'm allowed to donate vast quantities of money to the race I choose. It becomes a different ballgame at that point.
Posted by: Sarah Scherer | August 12, 2007 2:01 PM
I used to take guitar lessons from a Dan Sweeney. Wouldn't that be crazy if it was you?
Posted by: Kevin Palacky | September 12, 2007 7:33 PM
Kevin --
It would be crazy indeed. Alas, while I have played guitar for about 16 years, I've never given lessons.
Posted by: Dan | September 13, 2007 9:52 AM