So my sister and I were talking about politics, and she said that she needed to do some research to find out who she should vote for, and that she wished that there was just some website with a big chart that would compare all the candidates for her.
I pointed her to the Political Philosophy Quiz, which ranks you on four different dimensions of political thought — progressive vs. conservative values, pure capitalist vs. social capitalist, libertarian vs. authoritarian, and pacifist vs. militarist. Then, you can take your scores for all four dimensions and figure out which candidate for the ’08 election is most similar to your own views.
Despite the fact that she claims to be Republican (possibly because our parents are), Dong Ha scored as a Democrat on the quiz; she got 6÷9÷6÷9 on the four dimensions. Furthermore, she had a four-way tie for her most compatible candidate — it was between Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, John Edwards, and John McCain. She says she will now vote for McCain, because he’s the only Republican on that list. We’ll see if it makes it past the primaries, though… right now, he’s polling at about 12%.
Oh, and if you were curious about how I did in the quiz… I got Libertarian (9÷6÷1÷0), and my most compatible candidate was actually a three-way tie between Joe Biden, Barack Obama, and Mike Gravel. Ron Paul was my 4th choice.
How are you guys supposed to vote?
Interesting test! Of course, no quick online quiz can cover the full range of issues, and I think you’d also have to be fairly informed before taking it (since a lot of people don’t know or understand some things, such as school vouchers, or how much the U.S. IS spending on defense) but it’s got basic principles. Anyway, I’m 10÷12÷3÷2 and according to the quiz should be voting Obama, Gravel, and Kucinich… so… not too far off haha.
gravel
kucinich
obama
dodd
no surprises there. too bad gravel was KOed by mainstream media.
11÷10÷4÷0
man i keep posting on the wrong name