iSidewith.com is a site that takes your answers to some political questions, and tells you which candidates for US president you agree with the most. It also compiles data from users in the US, and creates state-by-state data, which tells us who would win the election if everybody voted based on principle instead of party (btw, it's Gary Johnson, with Obama in second, Ron Paul in third and Romney in fourth. Ron Paul has 28 second places, and if Johnson were removed, he'd shoot up to #1).
anyways, my results came out like this:
Candidate: % of issues polled I agree with
Gary Johnson: 100% Ron Paul: 99% Mitt Romney: 62% Barack Obama: 2% (no, that's not a typo...)
Edit: there are 4 less known candidates on there. Virgil Goode and I agree 76% of the time, the other 3 came in under 40% each, but nobody beat Obama's low score of 2....
Re: iSideWith.com
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 1:18 pm
by bedub1
Go Gary Johnson! Who is he?
Re: iSideWith.com
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 1:23 pm
by Mr_Adams
bedub1 wrote:Go Gary Johnson! Who is he?
Libertarian Party candidate. I might also point out that of all my friends who have done this, I have found Johnson's, Paul's and Stein's. Nobody for anything else...
What were your other numbers?
Re: iSideWith.com
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 1:29 pm
by QoH
94% Stein, 89% Obama.
However (this is kinda interesting...)
95% Democrat, 88% Green.
Weird, since I side most with Stein, who's the Green party candidate.
Re: iSideWith.com
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 1:31 pm
by GreecePwns
This is a very good quiz. Plenty of choices on each question so you shouldn't really have to pick simple "Yes" or "No" (and "create your own stance", I didn't try this and I wonder how it works) and quite a few candidates are considered in the comparison:
Stewart Alexander 90% Jill Stein 85% Ron Paul 77% Gary Johnson 62% Barack Obama 62% Virgil Goode 62% (never heard of him) Jimmy McMillan 33% Mitt Romney 1%
95% Green 69% Democratic 68% Libertarian 23% Republican
Overall, although its a strict American-context quiz, I'd say its even better than Political Compass
Re: iSideWith.com
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 3:10 pm
by rdsrds2120
Jill Stein 97% on environmental, domestic policy, foreign policy, immigration, economic, and science issues
Barack Obama 78% on environmental, foreign policy, immigration, and science issues
Stewart Alexander 74% on immigration, environmental, economic, and science issues
Ron Paul 30% on domestic policy and healthcare issues
Mitt Romney 2% no major issues
Me and Jill be homies.
Re: iSideWith.com
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 3:13 pm
by Army of GOD
forgot the percentages, but the order of mine is Stein, Johnson, Paul, Obama, Romney (probably forgot a few but shut up)
Re: iSideWith.com
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 3:15 pm
by Dibbun
88% - Gary Johnson on domestic policy, economic, immigration, environmental, healthcare, and foreign policy issues
82% Ron Paul on domestic policy, environmental, social, healthcare, and foreign policy issues
72% Mitt Romney on economic, social, and science issues
62% Barack Obama on immigration, science, and foreign policy issues
Re: iSideWith.com
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 4:03 pm
by tkr4lf
Interesting site.
By Candidate: Ron Paul - 86% - economic, domestic policy, foreign policy, immigration, healthcare Gary Johnson - 85% - economic, domestic policy, foreign policy, healthcare, social Barack Obama - 62% - science, environmental, social Jill Stein - 61% - science, social Virgil Goode - 55% - immigration Stewart Alexander - 52% - science, environmental, social Mitt Romney - 44% - immigration Jimmy McMillan - 39% - social
By Party: Libertarian - 74% Democrat - 67% Green - 65% Republican - 31%
Re: iSideWith.com
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 4:32 pm
by Woodruff
Woodruff's Results:
Jill Stein: 80% Foreign Policy, Domestic Policy, Healthcare, Science, Immigration, and Social Issues Gary Johnson: 73% Foreign Policy, Domestic Policy, Environmental and Social Issues Barack Obama: 69% Foreign Policy and Social Issues Ron Paul: 69% Domestic Policy and Environmental Issues Stewart Alexander: 55% Immigration and Social Issues Jimmy McMillan: 52% Healthcare and Social Issues Mitt Romney: 46% Science Virgil Goode: 30% I think he's a dumbass, apparently. Nebraska Voters (my state): 57% Foreign Policy, Economic, Domestic Policy, Healthcare, Social and Environmental Issues American Voters: 59% Foreign Policy, Economic, Domestic Policy, Healthcare, Environmental and Social Issues
Who I side with the most on each issue: Domestic Policy: Jill Stein Healthcare: Jimmy McMillan Foreign Policy: Jill Stein The Economy: Mitt Romney (very interesting...and not very accurate) The Environment: Gary Johnson and Ron Paul tied Immigration: Stewart Alexander Science: Mitt Romney Social: Barack Obama
Interesting Results. I'm most surprised that I side strongly with Romney on the economy.
So...how have I never heard of Jill Stein before (I recognize all of the others, at least, except for Virgil Goode)?
EDIT: Uh...did anyone click on a candidate to see the comparisons with them? I noticed several times that it considered certain "Yes" answers to be "very similar" to definitive "No" answers. I think they may have programming issues.
Re: iSideWith.com
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 4:56 pm
by isaiah40
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Re: iSideWith.com
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 5:00 pm
by BigBallinStalin
GreecePwns wrote:This is a very good quiz. Plenty of choices on each question so you shouldn't really have to pick simple "Yes" or "No" (and "create your own stance", I didn't try this and I wonder how it works) and quite a few candidates are considered in the comparison: Stewart Alexander 90% Jill Stein 85% Ron Paul 77% Gary Johnson 62% Barack Obama 62% Virgil Goode 62% (never heard of him) Jimmy McMillan 33% Mitt Romney 1%
95% Green 69% Democratic 68% Libertarian 23% Republican
Overall, although its a strict American-context quiz, I'd say its even better than Political Compass
I knew it....
SOCIALIST!!!
Re: iSideWith.com
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 5:03 pm
by thegreekdog
This is an outstanding website (I almost always chose another stance by the way).
99% - Gary Johnson on economic, foreign policy, domestic policy, science, healthcare, environmental, social, and immigration issues 98% - Ron Paul on economic, foreign policy, domestic policy, science, healthcare, environmental, and social issues 63% - Mittens Romney on economic and environmental issues 57% - Virgil Goode on environmental and healthcare issues 31% - Jimmy McMillan on no major issues 15% - Barack Obama on immigration issues 15% - Stewart Alexander on immigration issues 8% - Jill Stein on immigration issues
New York voters - 46% on foreign policy, domestic policy, social, and immigration issues American (hell yeah!) votesrs - 49% on foreign policy, domesticl policy, healthcare, social, and immigration issues
92% - Libertarian 56% - Republican 18% - Green
My influence - 7% (booo!)
Re: iSideWith.com
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 5:11 pm
by GreecePwns
Which candidate takes the position of "abolish all national borders?"
Re: iSideWith.com
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 5:28 pm
by Woodruff
GreecePwns wrote:Which candidate takes the position of "abolish all national borders?"
That one strikes me as a "difficult sell". <smile>
Re: iSideWith.com
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 5:30 pm
by MegaProphet
Jill Stein 87% Barack Obama 82% Stewart Alexander 71% Ron Paul 58% Mitt Romney 9% Colorado Voters 66% American Voters 65% 93% Democratic, 88% Green, 70% Libertarian, 4% Republican First I've heard of Jill Stein
Re: iSideWith.com
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 5:32 pm
by Phatscotty
THE DEBATE IS OVER!
Candidates you side with...
96% Ron Paul 86% Gary Johnson 65% Virgil Goode 60% Mitt Romney 39% Jimmy Mcmillan 12% Jill Stein 9% Stewart Alexander 9% Barack Obama
57%Minnesota Voters 59%American Voters
80% Libertarian Social Conservative my ass! Suck it TGD! (j/k) 58% Republican 31% Democratic 21% Green
Re: iSideWith.com
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 7:15 pm
by /
Quite shocking results as a member of the Republican Party, I suppose the balance was swayed since the environment is a more important issue to me than many of the other variables.
Anyways, did anyone write in their own option? I did on the marijuana question. Probably coulda scored higher on the Libertarian scale, but they didn't give my view as an option. I wrote "Marijuana should be legalized, but NO taxes and NO regulations" to fill that out though, I think it's okay to charge sales taxes on the beaners and the joints we could buy, but no specific weed taxes. nope nope if they are gonna tax it and regulate it, then just leave it the way it is!
Did anyone else write their opinion in? what was it?
Re: iSideWith.com
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 7:39 pm
by thegreekdog
Phatscotty wrote:THE DEBATE IS OVER!
Candidates you side with...
96% Ron Paul 86% Gary Johnson 65% Virgil Goode 60% Mitt Romney 39% Jimmy Mcmillan 12% Jill Stein 9% Stewart Alexander 9% Barack Obama
57%Minnesota Voters 59%American Voters
80% Libertarian Social Conservative my ass! Suck it TGD! (j/k) 58% Republican 31% Democratic 21% Green
Interesting.
Re: iSideWith.com
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 7:48 pm
by MeDeFe
Well...
Click image to enlarge.
And 54% agrement with Ron Paul. But I have most in common with him and Gary Johnson when it comes to domestic policy and healthcare.
Re: iSideWith.com
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 7:59 pm
by Woodruff
thegreekdog wrote:
Phatscotty wrote:THE DEBATE IS OVER!
Candidates you side with...
96% Ron Paul 86% Gary Johnson 65% Virgil Goode 60% Mitt Romney 39% Jimmy Mcmillan 12% Jill Stein 9% Stewart Alexander 9% Barack Obama
57%Minnesota Voters 59%American Voters
80% Libertarian Social Conservative my ass! Suck it TGD! (j/k) 58% Republican 31% Democratic 21% Green
Interesting.
It tells me that either he doesn't present his honest opinions in these fora or he answered the questions on the survey intentionally so that the results would look this way.
Re: iSideWith.com
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 8:02 pm
by Dukasaur
Just as you'd expect, I score as would a fallen libertarian with socio-centrist leanings.
Don't worry, I won't be invited to come down and vote in your election...
Re: iSideWith.com
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 8:06 pm
by MeDeFe
Somehow you manage to mostly agree with just about everyone, Dukasaur. Quite impressive.
Re: iSideWith.com
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 8:19 pm
by thegreekdog
I take great pride and satisfaction that MeDeFe are at polar opposite ends of the spectrum. Fucking commie.