[econoclectic] EclectEcon: Choose Your Candidate

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Posted by EclectEcon:
Choose Your Candidate
http://econoclectic.powerblogs.com/posts/1200703275.shtml


   Which candidate has policy positions and views which are closest to
   yours? To see, [1]click here, via [2]Phil Miller. Of course there is
   an underlying premise to this survey/questionnaire that people are
   actually able to identify what a candidate's position is on each of
   the questions.
   As usual, I did the questionnaire twice, to test for robustness. Both
   times, I ended up with Giuliani #1, and McCain #2. Also both times I
   ended up with Obama ahead of Clinton, but much lower than the leading
   Republicans.
   I did not like all the questions (especially the one about the
   environment), but I guess it was reasonably informative anyway.
   Ms. Eclectic also did the test/survey. There was almost a perfect
   negative correlation between our choices! Makes you wonder how we
   lasted [3]this long, doesn't it? I guess it's true that "opposites
   attract."
   My favourite drug dealer, JB, sent me a link to [4]this quiz, which
   gave similar results -- mostly Republicans ahead of the Democrats,
   [DEL: McKeyne :DEL] McCain near the top, but in this one Thompson was
   ahead of him. The second time I took it, Giuliani moved ahead of both
   of them. One major reason for the differences might be that in the
   first one I could attach weights to some of the issues.

References

   1. http://www.wqad.com/Global/link.asp?L=259460
   2. http://marketpower.typepad.com/market_power/2008/01/pick-your-candi.html
   3. http://econoclectic.powerblogs.com/posts/1192254235.shtml
   4. http://www.speakout.com/VoteMatch/senate2006.asp?quiz=2008