Re: a much more accurate/realistic usa candidate quiz....


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On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 22:13:22 -0800, in uk.politics.misc, in thread Re: a
much more accurate/realistic usa candidate quiz...., "Jason P"
<jaspetr@xxxxxxxxx>, wrote


"FACE" <AFaceInTheCrowd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 13:08:40 -0800, in uk.politics.misc, in thread Re: a
much more accurate/realistic usa candidate quiz...., "Jason P"
<jaspetr@xxxxxxxxx>, wrote

Well, my ratings were different, but at least Ron Paul scored higher
than
Hillary Clinton.

Same here. Also he was higher than Barack Hussein Obama.

FACE


I don't see my ratings anywhere close to where I am politically.

If you are comparing various positions then it makes sense. But to me a
candidate of my choice is about more than their publicized positions on
the
various issues. I look at a lot more than where they say they are, or what
they claime to believe in.

My choices still are Paul or Edwards based on the sincerity each man
brings
to the table -- coupled to their positions.

My final choice may be neither of these two, for other reasons. But as of
right now, my first choice is Edwards over Paul because I think Edwards
will
get elected before Paul would. Come primary day here in California, I may
have another choice to make depending on who is ahead in the race, and who
has the best chance of getting elected.

As an 'independent' I can vote in either party's primary. I just have to
declare one or the other come election day.

Nice...!



I see the tests as interesting for pure illumination of a particular
policy statement but not necessarily indicative of voting where the
'whole man' is considered..............

Also, some of the questions were really 'black and white' where in
reality there is much gray involved that was not taken into
consideration.


I agree, and that is exactly where I have the most trouble deciding one
candidate over another in many cases.



One thing I noticed from someone else taking the test is that the "not
important....very important" line apparently gave a lot of weight to the
answers in the final score and I really did not mess with that part
except for 1 or 2 questions........


I had trouble deciding how important I should weight my answers. I realized
as I was doing it that this was pretty important in determining who you were
aligned with -- optimally. Usually the "important/very important/not so
important" aspect for me depends on a lot of situational circumstances,
which this quiz was not nearly designed to address.

I would like to take this quiz again and weight all my answer one way, and
again the oposite way, and then a third time, based on how I felt in a very
general way -- only after long consideration. And then average the
percentiles...

I'd bet the outcome would be somewhat different.






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