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77% Mitt Romney
75% Fred Thompson
69% Mike Huckabee
63% Ron Paul
62% John McCain
62% Rudy Giuliani
61% Tom Tancredo
46% Bill Richardson
37% Hillary Clinton
36% Chris Dodd
36% John Edwards
35% Barack Obama
33% Mike Gravel
32% Joe Biden
27% Dennis Kucinich

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz

Mitt Romney. No shit? Romney is a minarchist, isolationist libertarian with a penchant for social liberalism and fiscal conservatism? And Huckabee fits that pattern closer than Ron Paul?

This is your brain. This is your brain looking mildly confused.

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VoteMatch Results

Scores & Analysis	Candidate		More Information
Click on 'Social' and 'Economic' for analysis of your answers compared to each candidate's answers.		Click on 'Answers' and 'Stances' for complete details of the sources of each candidate's answers.
Total 53%   Social 19%   Economic 75%		John Cox Chairman of Cook County (IL) Republican Party	Biographical Profile   John Cox's answers John Cox's stances
Total 53%   Social 31%   Economic 67%		Duncan Hunter Republican Representative (CA-52)	Biographical Profile   Duncan Hunter's answers Duncan Hunter's stances
Total 50%   Social 38%   Economic 58%		Rudy Giuliani Former Mayor of New York City; Republican Candidate for 2000 Senate (NY)	Biographical Profile   Rudy Giuliani's answers Rudy Giuliani's stances
Total 50%   Social 31%   Economic 63%		Fred Thompson Former Republican Senator (TN)	Biographical Profile   Fred Thompson's answers Fred Thompson's stances
Total 45%   Social 31%   Economic 54%		Mitt Romney Retiring Republican MA Governor	Biographical Profile   Mitt Romney's answers Mitt Romney's stances
Total 45%   Social 19%   Economic 63%		Alan Keyes Former candidate for Senate (R, IL)	Biographical Profile   Alan Keyes's answers Alan Keyes's stances
Total 43%   Social 38%   Economic 46%		John McCain Republican Sr Senator (AZ); 2000 Primary Candidate for President	Biographical Profile   John McCain's answers John McCain's stances
Total 43%   Social 44%   Economic 42%		Ron Paul Republican Representative (TX-14); Libertarian nominee for President in 1988	Biographical Profile   Ron Paul's answers Ron Paul's stances
Total 38%   Social 25%   Economic 46%		Mike Huckabee Republican AR Governor	Biographical Profile   Mike Huckabee's answers Mike Huckabee's stances
Total 33%   Social 50%   Economic 21%		Barack Obama Democratic Jr Senator (IL); previously State Senator	Biographical Profile   Barack Obama's answers Barack Obama's stances
Total 33%   Social 56%   Economic 17%		Bill Richardson Democratic NM Governor	Biographical Profile   Bill Richardson's answers Bill Richardson's stances
Total 30%   Social 56%   Economic 13%		Cynthia McKinney Green candidate; Former House member (D, GA)	Biographical Profile   Cynthia McKinney's answers Cynthia McKinney's stances
Total 30%   Social 50%   Economic 17%		Chris Dodd Democratic Sr Senator (CT)	Biographical Profile   Chris Dodd's answers Chris Dodd's stances
Total 28%   Social 44%   Economic 17%		Hillary Clinton Democratic Jr Senator (NY); former First Lady	Biographical Profile   Hillary Clinton's answers Hillary Clinton's stances
Total 25%   Social 44%   Economic 13%		John Edwards 2004 Nominee for Vice President; Former NC Senator	Biographical Profile   John Edwards's answers John Edwards's stances
Total 25%   Social 44%   Economic 13%		Dennis Kucinich Democratic Representative (OH-10)	Biographical Profile   Dennis Kucinich's answers Dennis Kucinich's stances
Total 25%   Social 44%   Economic 13%		Mike Gravel Former Senator (AK)	Biographical Profile   Mike Gravel’s answers Mike Gravel’s stances
Total 23%   Social 38%   Economic 13%		Joe Biden Democratic Sr Senator (DE)	Biographical Profile   Joe Biden’s answers Joe Biden’s stances

Thanks to matraia for pointing me to the VoteMatch quiz above, which goes into a lot more detail about the candidates, but that said …

Freakin’ John Cox? As one might reasonably ask, “Who th’Hell?” Followed by Duncan Hunter for another complete unknown, and then we get down to Huliani and Thompson. The short version being, “Hey, Alex, you might as well go into Terrorism Consulting, because you’re sure as Hell not going to see a candidate that sees things your way, ever.

The really ironic thing is the complete disparity between the match on social issues and economic ones between my most matching candidates. Which suggests to me that there’s probably a political niche to be exploited for the actively socially liberal and tightly fiscally conservative that’s being almost completely unserved.

Sigh. Formenting violent revolution is probably more likely to achieve success than actual reasoned debate at this point. And I’m too lazy to be a revolutionary, it’s very sad.