Please take the following quizzes online and tell us what you discover. It's a great chance if you come across an issue that you don't recognize to do a little research. Who is your next President? What issues are the most important to you in this next election?
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Although he probably won't win the primary, Dennis Kucinich is the candidate who shares the most opinions with me. The issues I think are the most important during this election are decisions regarding Iraq, healthcare, and education. It was also interesting to see many of the issues that make up a candidates policy and all of the fine points of each candidate.
Similarly with harry, my candidate probably wont win, but i agree most with mike huckabee as i am for the war for an extended period of time, however with most social issues im more liberal. some of the questions are vague tho, i only support the war if i believe the new president can execute it better than the current president, as i am for the principles of the war, but am dissapointed with bush's poor execution of it. if the new president cannot improve the situation anynmore than preident bush, i am not for the war by any means.
For both quizzes, my first choice candidate was Giuliani. Followed by Romney and Biden in the first quiz, and Dodd and Clinton in the other one. No candidate agreed with all of my political beliefs, however with my most important issues, both polls pretty much reflected my views. There are so many candidates with strong opinions that it will make for a very interesting election.
i also noticed that while no candidate may agree with every single one of my opinions, almost all of the democrats and many of the republicans support stem cell research, abortion rights, and universal health care, as i do, so while my favorate candidate may not win, the candidate that does will probably represent my views in some ways
For the quizzes, THOMPSON shares the most opinions with me. Personally the issues that I find most important during this election are regarding the Iraq war, the immigration issues and the second ammendmant. I not only like THOMPSON for his role on Law and Order, but I agree with many of his points- in particular his principles of individual liberty and a limited government.
Harry- do you really believe that whomever wins will represent your views in some ways- because although I would like to believe that any candidate in some way or another would have a similar point of view as me, I don't believe that any candidate will be able to represent everyone in the U.S. - although someone may come close, there will still be someone somewhere who will be unhappy with the decision.
Dennis Kucinich is apparently the man for me in this election, easily topping my list by a margin of 7 points for the first and 14 for the second. Coming in second and third place were Dodd and Edwards for the first and Gravel and Richardson for the second, respectively. The republican I most identified with seems to be Giuliani for the first and Hunter for the second. My ranking of importance is what decreased my value of gravel in the second, even though I agreed with him on every point. My most important issues were, among others, maintaining diplomacy in Iran, maintaining Constitutional liberties, and the Environment, most notably with respect to Kyoto. Despite all this, it hardly matters, since I won't be old enough to vote come election time.
Kucinich seems to be my match, as far as candidates are concerned. In both quizes, he was my best bet, followed by Edwards. In the first quiz, my runners up were Edwards and Dodd, while in the second, the runners up were Edwards and Gravel, whom I really don't know much about at all. I'll have to look into that. The closest I got to a republican was Giuliani, though we were only agreed on about 50% of the subjects. Most important to me are constitutional rights, ending the war, and becoming more concious of the environment.
-Phoebe Singer
Yes, Harry i noticed that too with my candidate, there is not one single candidate that agrees with everything i believe, so there will always be a couple policies, no matter who the president is, that i will be dissapointed with. I also noticed that the top 3 candidates i am likely to vote for have basically no chance of winning, 2 of which ive never heard of. I am kind of a moderate, so the fact that the poeple im most likely to vote for are not even well known shows the polarization and extremity of American politics today.
First of all, I found this very interesting; however it was surprising as well.
Going into this poll i expected to get Clinton b/c i am liberal but rather moderate for a liberal and it seems to me like clinton is a more moderate liberal. However, the first quiz picked Edwards and Giuliani. I found this odd because they tied for the same score. Now its not like they are both extremely moderate for their respective parties (Giuliani is pretty moderate), so havign a tied score b/c a Republican and Democrat was weird for me and i guess proved my moderate stance (for example i am for torture, death penalty, but also like the idea of increasing the public school system and pulling out of Iraq.)
The second quiz i found more accurate; however i still believe no quiz can really tell you your president. It is not a guarantee that the sides these candidates take will stay the same. For those of you who have seen Lions For Lambs, you totally understand what i mean.
The second quiz's results where Dodd 24, Clinton 21, Edwards 18
These results were more accurate because it didnt have republicans and Democrats tied, and this is most likely so because it had more questions (i answered more liberally to Environmentally type questions).
I feel like a 100 question quiz would be even more accurate. but you never know what these candidates say they'll do to get into office.
-Nick Berman
Molly-
Of course there is no way that any president in this time could represent everyone's views, but thats why it is(?) majority vote (or is it..as we have learned abut the electoral college). Of course with different parties there wont be a Perfect President but it is the President's job to rule for the well being of our country. For this reason, it is rare to see an ultra liberal or ultra conservative win an election; however you never know. This leads to my real point which is the flaws in our voting system. it should be majority vote (this means the majority of people who vote for a candidate results in that candidate's victory).
Another thing wrong is (and no offense), is the sort of attitude HARRY & CARY had...They both said, their candidate and how he probably wont win. This is a major problem in the US; people feel like although they may agree strongly with a candidate, that they are forced to vote for the top candidates in their party (or not vote at all). Im sure there are thousands of people out their who want Huckabee or Kucinich, but wont vote for them b/c they feel like their vote wouldn't matter, and it would be of better use voting for a candidate who has a chance. But the problem is, then the elected president may not actually represent the majority of citizens. Harry and Cary, i know you both cant vote, but my only point is that an attitude such as that is one downfall to the elections (along with many more: ex) Must be very rich to run for Pres.=BAD)
-NICK BERMAN
John Edwards topped both my lists, closely followed by Kucinich and then Obama and Clinton tied for third. They are all democrats....surprise, surprise hahha. My top scoring Republican was Guiliani. I really liked taking these surveys and I think they are good ways to find out who your presidential candidtate should be as they shield you from bandwagon and for simply votimg for your president because he/ she seems nice.
Nick brings up a very good point about people feeling as though they have to vote for the one most likely to win in their party, rather than the one they really want to elect. I feel as though this was the feeling when Nader was running, too, as far as many liberals were concerned. A lot of people agreed with him more, but knew (or were at least convinced) he really didn't have a good chance at winning, and would only draw votes away from the democrats (which, I guess, he did anyway). I wonder what caused this mindset? Isn't America supposed to allow for the people to elect whom they really want, not feel pressured into voting for someone whom they feel is a more likely candidate? Still, even though I can't vote, I feel the same way. I'm very much a supporter of Kucinich, but I don't feel as though he has a good chance at succeeding.
-Phoebe
These quizzes do help me decide which issues I value most, but it does not cover enough to really let you know what the candidate is truly thinking. The other problem I have with the quizzes is that the candidates opinions were expressed for a certain point in time and many of them are changing their viewpoints depending upon their standing in the polls.
kucinich and edwards and gravel?
i just realized how uninformed i am.
its so depressing that i dont know whats going on.
the only topics that i realized are actually important to me are immigration, health care, sme-sex union/marriage, abortion, and death penalty, and patriot act
according to the quizzes i agree mostly with John Edwards. My most important issues are the war in Iraq and the issues invloving immigration because A) i dont agree with the war and there doesnt seem to be any progress and B) involvin immigration many of my family members have dealt with that so I understand what many of these people are going through.
I also agree with Allison regarding the minimal amount of issues that are covered and i find that the "weight"/"importance" make it seem very black and white. Like what we talked about in class regarding torture it seems like it would be so black and white but for instance if a terrorist who had information about a future terrorist plot i think tortuture may be ok in that and few other circumstances
I had the same reaction to the quiz as Angela. I had to look up a lot of the issues...that probably means I should work harder to imform myself. Well, I'm happy these quizzes helped me learn.
As for the issue Nick brought up, I also agree that it's sad that sometimes people don't vote for the candidate they really want simply because he or she has slim chances to win. I actually think it would be fun (I know that's a wierd way to put it) to see a president from a party other than the ordinary Republican / Democrat candidate get elected. I know that's not going to happen in this election but hopefully one day it will.
I don't think this candidate will win, however my president match is Dennis Kucinich. Personally I don't think it matters if the president who wins supports all my ideas, I think it is important that I share some common goals and have some of the same ideas but I don't think it's entirely necessary to have all the same thoughts. However I think some of the main points I would have to agree on with a presidential candidate are about immigration issues, the Iraq War and healthcare. I believe Kucinich as well as many other candidates share my views and are supported very strongly in the election.
Claire
I agree a lot with Juan and Alison about this quiz. It seemed very black and white and although I enjoyed taking this quiz, I don't really think it can truely tell you who your perfect cantidate is. You are most likely going to disagree with something one of the candidates says but there are probably a lot more issues that are more important to you that you agree with. Some of the questions we had to answer were vague and very broad, there were details that the questions didn't discuss and I think some of the details are very necessary to talk about. I like getting the more broad picture of which candidates I should be looking at, but I don't think this quiz perfectly tells me who I should be voting for.
-Claire
I agree a lot with Juan and Alison about this quiz. It seemed very black and white and although I enjoyed taking this quiz, I don't really think it can truely tell you who your perfect cantidate is. You are most likely going to disagree with something one of the candidates says but there are probably a lot more issues that are more important to you that you agree with. Some of the questions we had to answer were vague and very broad, there were details that the questions didn't discuss and I think some of the details are very necessary to talk about. I like getting the more broad picture of which candidates I should be looking at, but I don't think this quiz perfectly tells me who I should be voting for.
-Claire
The candidate Rudy Guliani is the one that is the closest to my views. I find this interesting considering that he was already one of my favorite cadidates before taking the quiz. I really hope that he wins but, what really matters to me is that Hillary Clinton loses. I feel that any of the candidates would make a better president than her
I agree with cary when he said that all presidents will ahve at least one different opinion than i do. I believe that there are many good cadidates to run this country. I feel that this will be an interesting election and i hope that whoever wins will be good for the country
I had a 3-way tie with John Edwards, Chris Dodd, and Dennis Kucinich. To me, immigration and the war are the most important issues because I feel like we need to fix our own problems before we worry about the rest of the world. I found it interesting how many republicans favored the anit-gay marriage amendment. I wonder if those guys really do have a problem with gay marriage or if theyre just trying to appeal to a certain group of voters
Jonny
I noticed that most of the candidates that favored the anti-gay amendment also opposed abortion. The bible seems to have a big influence in these candidates political stances
Jonny
I shared many views with both Dodd, Edwards, and Kucinich. They share my opinions on the topics I think are most important in the upcoming election, pulling out of Iraq, increased stem cell research, and keeping abortion legal.
I Didnt realize we were suposed to blog about the important issues for this upcoming election..se here are my views:
As always, Abortion, Capital Punishment, Welfare, health care, Educational System, and Taxes are always important issues for the elections; however issues that have risen near the top of Presidential-Deciding Factors are: Environmental Preservation/Conservation (ex=Kyoto and Alaskan Drilling), Middle East relations (what position to take with Iran Iraq Afghanistan Israel Saudi Arabia and others), and Gay marriage has now become an important factor in Presidential Opinions.
-Nick Berman
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