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Old Aug 10th 2015 | 9:38 am
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Originally Posted by Steerpike
wow, nicely structured / organized survey!

Not sure how the 'nuanced' choices affect results; one can imagine that my response on same sex marriage of "Take the government out of marriage and instead make it a religious decision" would push me into Rand Paul land.

Anyway my results were Bernie 97%, Hilary 88%, O'Mally (who's he?) 79%, Huckabee 39% (HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?!), Trump 36% (!!!!!), Rand Paul 28% ... Very curious to know how Huckabee is so 'high' ...
You Huckabee.

I'm going to look at it some more tonight but (just guessing) Huckabee has a few socially liberal positions. I know he's strong on leaving some of the entitlements alone, etc.
 
Old Aug 10th 2015 | 10:31 am
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Originally Posted by Leslie
You Huckabee.

I'm going to look at it some more tonight but (just guessing) Huckabee has a few socially liberal positions. I know he's strong on leaving some of the entitlements alone, etc.
You should definitely go through again and open up the 'more' options; they are quite interesting. I also used the 'weighting' slider on the left on things like marijuana legalization, gun control, etc. I also expanded each category block to get the extra questions per category.

I just saw the 'compare answers' link; when you are done and you see the ranking, each candidate has a 'compare answers' link, and it shows why you got your score. So for Huckabee, we agreed on (in part): subsidies for farmers (only small ones, though, for me); don't transition pensions to private sector; prosecute wall street executives; equal pay for women; NO to superPACs; no to NSA surveillance; yes to national parks; Citizenship to children of Illegal Immigrants; increase Medicaid. So yes, he does have some socially liberal positions. Shame about the religion!
 
Old Aug 10th 2015 | 10:35 am
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Originally Posted by Steerpike
Not sure how the 'nuanced' choices affect results; one can imagine that my response on same sex marriage of "Take the government out of marriage and instead make it a religious decision" would push me into Rand Paul land.

Anyway my results were Bernie 97%, Hilary 88%, O'Mally (who's he?) 79%, Huckabee 39% (HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?!), Trump 36% (!!!!!), Rand Paul 28% ... Very curious to know how Huckabee is so 'high' ...
O you Huckabee you hunk
....sorry, you rate just 9% on my melt meter....

Seriously tho....be sure to click the link to open the *entire* list when you look at final results. It won't change actual percentages...but, for instance, before I discovered I should do that, Trump was at number 6 from top with 15%.
Once I'd clicked to open list up - he tumbled down to number 9

I just emailed my results (with regard to my top 3) to myself, so as to be able to go back over time (....like the next 15 months ), take test again and see how I and/or the candidates evolve (aka: flop-flip).

Again Leslie....great barometer
 
Old Aug 10th 2015 | 10:45 am
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Seriously tho....be sure to click the link to open the *entire* list when you look at final results. It won't change actual percentages...but, for instance, before I discovered I should do that, Trump was at number 6 from top with 15%.
Once I'd clicked to open list up - he tumbled down to number 9
My bottom 4 are: Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio, and Scott Walker (13% each), and Ted Cruz (15%). I need to see what question I answered wrongly to prevent Cruz from being at the very bottom !!!
 
Old Aug 10th 2015 | 11:04 am
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Originally Posted by ellio
i got 55% Bernie
84% Donald Trump
81% Mike Huckabee

is that allowed here like?
You posted this earlier today; why did you need to post it again

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Old Aug 10th 2015 | 11:05 am
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Originally Posted by Steerpike
My bottom 4 are: Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio, and Scott Walker (13% each), and Ted Cruz (15%). I need to see what question I answered wrongly to prevent Cruz from being at the very bottom !!!
I'm happy with my "bottom" (well, yes - that one too )

There's great competition for it:

Starting with the sub-flooring level and heading upwards:
Cruz and Carson both at 3%
Perry, Santorum and Fiorina at 4%
Rand Paul and Rubio at 6%

So.... lots of scraping and scrapping down there
But since I'll never vote for any of them - it would only matter (to me) if one of them (or the next 9) should win
 
Old Aug 10th 2015 | 11:11 am
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Originally Posted by ellio
i got 55% Bernie
84% Donald Trump
81% Mike Huckabee

is that allowed here like?
Originally Posted by Giantaxe
You posted this earlier today; why did you need to post this again
Maybe to confirm post #985, above
 
Old Aug 10th 2015 | 11:15 am
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Originally Posted by MMcD
Maybe to confirm post #985, above
 
Old Aug 10th 2015 | 11:16 am
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Originally Posted by Leslie
I find it strange that Black Lives Matter activists are targeting Bernie. Is there something in his past that irritates them? Or just his lack of enthusiasm on racial matters? It doesn't track well for me, at least not on a visual level, storming the stage and yelling at an elderly man doesn't get me on board for the cause at all. Why don't they go yell at Republicans? Or the NAACP? I reckon it's Bernie's lack of entourage/security that makes him most attractive to the protesters, not his actual policies.
Well I'm not judging radical Christian Sarah palin supporters... ok yes I am.

BLM Activist Who Shut Down Sanders is Radical Christian, Sarah Palin Supporter
 
Old Aug 10th 2015 | 11:24 am
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Old Aug 10th 2015 | 11:38 am
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Originally Posted by sir_eccles
Well I'm not judging radical Christian Sarah palin supporters... ok yes I am.

BLM Activist Who Shut Down Sanders is Radical Christian, Sarah Palin Supporter
Okay, well that clears things up a bit. They weren't actually civil rights activists after all but rather a couple of ****ing idiots.
 
Old Aug 10th 2015 | 11:40 am
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Originally Posted by Giantaxe
You posted this earlier today; why did you need to post it again
You're not in the program like ...
 
Old Aug 10th 2015 | 12:44 pm
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Originally Posted by sir_eccles
Well I'm not judging radical Christian Sarah palin supporters... ok yes I am.

BLM Activist Who Shut Down Sanders is Radical Christian, Sarah Palin Supporter
I wonder if the two in Seattle, heard about the blm protest at Netroots Nation in July and thought it was a direct protest against Bernie. The whole Christian/Palin/BLM confusion suggests such political naivety.
 
Old Aug 10th 2015 | 4:10 pm
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1. Bernie 90% 2. Hillary 84% 3. O'Malley 70% 4. R Paul 56%.

Pleased to report that the naturally born Canadian Ted Cruz came in last.

Is there a Dem candidate who agrees with Rand's stance on shrinking the military and eliminating surveillance on innocent people?
 
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1. Bernie 90% 2. Hillary 84% 3. O'Malley 70% 4. R Paul 56%.

Pleased to report that the naturally born Canadian Ted Cruz came in last.

Is there a Dem candidate who agrees with Rand's stance on shrinking the military and eliminating surveillance on innocent people?
He hasn't been clear on military spending, but Bernie is against bombing the shit out of brown people and unnecessary surveillance.

Anyway, it looks like if the people of BE were the only ones who got to vote for President, then we would be feeling the Bern.
 


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