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....
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...
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
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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.
...I prefer a man who will burn the flag and then wrap himself in the Constitution to a man who will burn the Constitution and then wrap himself in the flag.
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
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
GreecePwns wrote:Which candidate takes the position of "abolish all national borders?"
That one strikes me as a "difficult sell". <smile>
...I prefer a man who will burn the flag and then wrap himself in the Constitution to a man who will burn the Constitution and then wrap himself in the flag.
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
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.
Spoiler
Candidates you side with...
83% Barack Obama
on foreign policy, environmental, science, immigration, and social issues more info
79% Jill Stein
on environmental, science, and social issues more info
65% Gary Johnson
on economic, healthcare, and immigration issues more info
62% Stewart Alexander
on environmental, science, and social issues more info
60% Mitt Romney
on foreign policy, healthcare, and immigration issues more info
43% Jimmy McMillan
on economic, immigration, and healthcare issues more info
41% Ron Paul
on healthcare and immigration issues more info
28% Virgil Goode
on healthcare and immigration issues more info
79% Green
77% Democratic
53% Libertarian
31% Republican
Who you side with by issue...
More important to me
the Environment
I side the most with Jill Stein on environmental issues.
Somewhat important to me
Immigration
I side the most with Ron Paul, Jimmy McMillan, and Mitt Romney on immigration issues.
Somewhat important to me
Science
I side the most with Jill Stein and Barack Obama on science issues.
Somewhat important to me
Foreign Policy
I side the most with Mitt Romney on foreign policy issues.
Less important to me
Healthcare
I side the most with Virgil Goode and Mitt Romney on healthcare issues.
Less important to me
the Economy
I side the most with Jimmy McMillan on economic issues.
Least important to me
Social
I side the most with Jill Stein, Barack Obama, and Stewart Alexander on social issues.
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?
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.
saxitoxin wrote:Your position is more complex than the federal tax code. As soon as I think I understand it, I find another index of cross-references, exceptions and amendments I have to apply.
Timminz wrote:Yo mama is so classless, she could be a Marxist utopia.
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.
...I prefer a man who will burn the flag and then wrap himself in the Constitution to a man who will burn the Constitution and then wrap himself in the flag.
Somehow you manage to mostly agree with just about everyone, Dukasaur. Quite impressive.
saxitoxin wrote:Your position is more complex than the federal tax code. As soon as I think I understand it, I find another index of cross-references, exceptions and amendments I have to apply.
Timminz wrote:Yo mama is so classless, she could be a Marxist utopia.