Who’s Your Candidate?
Peg on Feb 05 2008 at 12:00 pm | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Peg's Page
My sister sent me this short quiz today. Sometimes they seem a waste of time - but - this one did appear to fairly accurately represent my views.
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John McCain Score: 44 |
Agree Iraq Immigration Taxes Stem-Cell Research Health Care Social Security Line-Item Veto Energy Marriage Environment |
Disagree Abortion Death Penalty Gun Control Education |
Enjoy!
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John McCain
Score: 53
Agree
Taxes
Stem-Cell Research
Health Care
Social Security
Line-Item Veto
Energy
Marriage
Death Penalty
Gun Control
Environment
Education
Disagree
Iraq
Immigration
Abortion
Second place is Paul. Surprised that Romney is behind Huck though. Surprised it has me disagreeing with Mitt on gun control, social security and iraq.
ETA: Hmm, it seems I disagree with everyone on Iraq. How is that possible?
Surveys like that one are fatally flawed by the fact that the creator can cherry pick into making any candidate they like look good.
A typical politician probably says three contradictory things before lunch. Maybe before breakfast. By choosing one of several expressed positions, the creator of the survey can bias the survey for or against any candidate.
Choice of issues is also important. Did you notice that there is nothing there about freedom of speech or campaign finance reform? That’s perhaps McCain’s biggest vulnerability with conservative and libertarian voters - only immigration policy comes close. Yet the survey ignores it.
I’m not saying the creator of the survey intentionally made it biased towards McCain. But that doesn’t mean it’s a fair measure either, with those kinds of problems.