I took this quiz to determine which presidential candidate best represents my views and got the deeply unsurprising answer that it’s Joe Biden.

The one who’s least like me is Rick Perry.

41 responses to “Who’s Your Candidate? A Quiz”

  1. Dreidel Avatar
    Dreidel

    I scored 91% with Bush, 77% with Carly Fiorina, 73% with Biden, and 55% with Hillary (ugh!). The only candidates with less than 50% agreement were Sanders and O’Malley.

    Unfortunately, the Dems are right on some issues and the Repubs on others…but that’s always the case in a rigid two-party system.

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  2. el Avatar
    el

    Hillary Clinton 86%
    Joe Biden on 75%
    Bernie Sanders on 74%
    Mike Huckabee on 70%
    Donald Trump on 69%

    Rand Paul on 39%

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    1. Clarissa Avatar

      I was Joe Biden on 96%. It’s disappointing to be so unoriginal. 🙂

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  3. David P. Bellamy Avatar
    1. Clarissa Avatar

      Well, I was 94% Sanders, so it’s almost the same thing. But there wasn’t a single question on Putin on the quiz.

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      1. valter07 Avatar

        Putin for US president? 🙂

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        1. Clarissa Avatar

          Don’t even say this as a joke. You made my blood run cold for a moment.

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          1. valter07 Avatar

            Why are you surprised, you mentioned him first? Was it a mistake?

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            1. Clarissa Avatar

              No, I meant why weren’t we asked what our presidential candidate should do about Putin.

              Sanders is notoriously clueless on the issue.

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              1. valter07 Avatar

                Well, then Putin will only be president of Alaska… With Palin as the governor.

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    2. lb Avatar
      lb

      99% Sanders, 0% Cruz. #2 for me was HRC, #3 was Biden.

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  4. Evelina Anville Avatar
    Evelina Anville

    I was 94% Sanders, 92% Biden, 88% Clinton. The least was Ted Cruz for me: 3%. I was happy to learn that I had almost nothing in common with him. I was surprised that I had 11% agreement with Scott Walker. I was thinking it would be nothing. 😉

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    1. Clarissa Avatar

      Yes, I also had a 15% agreement with Walker. Was there an occasion when he once said something reasonable or something like that?

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  5. leahjanegrey Avatar

    99% Sanders, 93% Hillary, 85% Biden, 73% O’Malley.
    The one I agreed with least was Scott Walker, hah.

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  6. Sister Avatar
    Sister

    I’m #1 Biden, #2 Clinton, #3 Sanders and my last one on the list was Trump.

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    1. Clarissa Avatar

      Good for you! I’d say this is the perfect result.

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  7. valter07 Avatar

    89% Sanders, 82% Hillary

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  8. jeff Avatar
    jeff

    Where is one for Canadian elections, is my question.

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    1. Shakti Avatar
      Shakti

      ,a href=”https://canada.isidewith.com/”>https://canada.isidewith.com/

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      1. Clarissa Avatar

        Oh, thank you! How come I didn’t see it? Now we’ll know all the truth.

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        1. Sister Avatar
          Sister

          I’m liberal, NDP, bloc, conservative!

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          1. Clarissa Avatar

            Hee hee hee. Yet you’ll vote conservative and so would I. 🙂

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  9. Shakti Avatar
    Shakti

    Sanders (97%)>Clinton (92%)>Biden(87%)>O’Malley (83%). Santorum’s at the bottom with 0%.

    I should forward this quiz to some of the undecided voters who very eagerly want me to pick candidates this early in the game.

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    1. Clarissa Avatar

      By God, we are a boring bunch. What, not a single Trump or Huckabee supporter on the entire blog?

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      1. Dreidel Avatar
        Dreidel

        Because Trump isn’t really a Republican, and Huckabee is a lunatic. So “low energy” Jeb is going to have to carry the banner to victory (sigh)…

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        1. Clarissa Avatar

          Yes, he is a little sleepy.

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          1. Dreidel Avatar
            Dreidel

            But he still has a pulse. As the old English saying goes, “Where there’s life, there’s hope.”

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      2. Shakti Avatar
        Shakti

        :p Extreme anti immigrant xenophobes (Trump) and religious fanatics (Huckabee) find nothing on this blog worth commenting on or trolling for.
        It’s not that Trilogy is moderate in any way, he just doesn’t exude the in-your-faceness of a Trump or a Huckabee.

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        1. Clarissa Avatar

          Yes, I can’t imagine such people being into reading a whole lot. 🙂

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  10. Alex Avatar
    Alex

    Bernie Sanders, then Hillary Clinton, then Rand Paul, then Biden.

    I’m weird.

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    1. Clarissa Avatar

      At least, it’s unusual. We were starting to sound very repetitive and boring here.

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  11. xykademiqz Avatar

    This was fun! I am 93% with both Hilary and Bernie, 90% with Biden, 79% with O’Malley (I have no idea who he is). Then 43% with Chris Christie (apparently we agree on enviromental issues?). With most republicans I have “no major issues” of overlap, but sadly 11-12% overlap even with Santorum or Cruz, and 20% with that piece of $hit Walker. This disturbs me. I have to go burn my bra and hug some trees.

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    1. Alex Avatar
      Alex

      Walker would approve of the carbon emissions from the burning, and he probably likes forests because of deer hunters. So your radical ploy might just bump you up to 25% overlap.

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        1. Dreidel Avatar
          Dreidel

          “I have go burn my bra…”

          Are you a woman? Your web name is as gender-free as most of the I.D.s posted here.

          “Dreidel” was the name of my first cat — and yes, he was a male before I took him to the vet.

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          1. Clarissa Avatar

            Let’s make Walker eat our bras instead. I’m sure he will dig it. The guy’s got a total perv look.

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  12. cliff arroyo Avatar

    My results are fairly weird (again, I’m a social liberal and fiscal moderate and I have a lot of libertarian leanings though I’m not a libertarian)

    Top five for me

    Huckabee 80 %
    Sanders 74 %
    Paul 72 %
    Cruz 71 %
    Biden 71 %

    Bottom

    Jindal 58
    4-3 Bush, O’Malley (who?) 55
    Graham (who?) 52
    Kasich (who?) 43

    One thing that distorts the picture for me is that I try to keep my personal opinions divorced from policy. I’m completely pro-choice but I don’t think private insurers should have to cover abortion (except for health of mother reasons). But then I’m also in favor single payer healthcare so private insurance is less of an issue….

    I’m completely pro same-sex marriage but I support the bakers’ right to refuse to make cakes for them (while thinking they’re pathetic idiots).

    I was very disappointed that so little space was given to education (though I’m generally in favor of local involvement and control of education).

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    1. Clarissa Avatar

      These are the weirdest results ever. You win the originality competition. 🙂

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  13. Jones Avatar
    Jones

    This is even stranger than the Canadian party quiz …

    I haven’t the slightest clue why the quiz would think I’d be greatly in favour of the Queen of Corporate Sackings, but when I look at the other suggestions, I’m quite happy not to be voting in American elections.

    Besides, if Fiorina starts her next M&A cycle with acquiring neighbouring countries, there’s no bleedin’ way I can afford to buy her off. 🙂

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  14. JE Avatar
    JE

    85% Sanders, 84% Clinton, 77% Biden, and 63% Paul. After that it’s a big drop to all the others. Dunno why Paul is so far ahead of the other republicans, I thought they had pretty similar views. Happily Trump came in last.

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