{"id":1379,"date":"2003-07-06T06:11:01","date_gmt":"2003-07-06T20:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/06\/presidential-candidate-selector\/"},"modified":"2019-12-06T08:34:37","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T16:34:37","slug":"presidential-candidate-selector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/06\/presidential-candidate-selector\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidential Candidate Selector"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:12039,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.selectsmart.com\\\/PRESIDENT&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260301101837\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.selectsmart.com\\\/president\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 20:39:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 18:00:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 07:17:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 07:17:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14268,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.robertprather.us\\\/archives\\\/005094.php&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20070629001458\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.robertprather.us\\\/archives\\\/005094.php&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 19:53:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 19:53:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>There&#8217;s an interesting online quiz that, for once, is actually a bit more serious than the standard &#8220;What &#91;fill in the blank&#93; are you?&#8221; quizes that float around fairly often. This one is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.selectsmart.com\/PRESIDENT\/\" title=\"SelectSmart.com Presidential Candidate Selector\">Presidential Candidate Selector<\/a>, which uses a series of questions about how you feel on various issues to determine which candidate&#8217;s views are most in line with your own.<\/p>\n<p>I ran through it, and here&#8217;s my results:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Kucinich, Cong. Dennis, OH &#8211; Democrat (100%)<\/li>\n<li>Dean, Gov.\u00a0Howard, VT &#8211; Democrat (83%)<\/li>\n<li>Sharpton, Reverend Al &#8211; Democrat (83%)<\/li>\n<li>Edwards, Senator John, NC &#8211; Democrat (79%)<\/li>\n<li>Moseley-Braun, Former Senator Carol IL &#8211; Democrat (79%)<\/li>\n<li>Gephardt, Cong. Dick, MO &#8211; Democrat (78%)<\/li>\n<li>Kerry, Senator John, MA &#8211; Democrat (78%)<\/li>\n<li>Lieberman Senator Joe CT &#8211; Democrat (69%)<\/li>\n<li>Graham, Senator Bob, FL &#8211; Democrat (66%)<\/li>\n<li>Libertarian Candidate (44%)<\/li>\n<li>Phillips, Howard &#8211; Constitution (6%)<\/li>\n<li>Bush, George W. &#8211; US President (1%)<\/li>\n<li>LaRouche, Lyndon H. Jr.\u00a0&#8211; Democrat (-7%)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Overall, it seemed to do a fairly good job. I&#8217;ve known I&#8217;m not 100% in line with Dean&#8217;s views, but being 100% in agreement with a candidate is far less important to me than the combination of agreeing with most of what they have to say, and their viability as a candidate. I&#8217;ll probably want to take a closer look at Kuchinich &#8212; to this point, I&#8217;ve only given him a fairly cursory glance &#8212; but from what I know right now, I&#8217;m definitely sticking with Dean as my candidate of choice.<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertprather.us\/archives\/005094.php\" title=\"Presidential Selector Quiz\">Robert<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s an interesting online quiz that, for once, is actually a bit more serious than the standard &#8216;What [fill in the blank] are you?&#8217; quizes that float around fairly often. 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