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Check out the website I Side With to see who your TRUE candidate is. You may be surprised. I sure wasn't.
I pretty much expected this, which is why I'm voting Green this election. My district and state are in no danger of siding red, so I don't even have to worry about my vote for Stein essentially being a vote for Romney (like Nader/Bush in '00). Check out the site, see who you actually side with. You may be surprised.
Green Party all the way, baby!
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i got the same result. unfortunately, Missouri could go either way. so i'm voting for Obama to be on the safe side. i may not like everything he does, but he's still better than any conservative.
When I vote, I don't tend to piss away votes on a party that won't win, even if my district tends to vote along the lines I'm generally comfortable with. I did this fun little quiz a while back but decided not to post the results. I'm sure anyone who reads my comments or brief posts know who I might side with; if they don't even better! keepemguessing
@flapper_femme_fatale - That would be my feeling as well if I lived in a "swing state". My biggest pro-Obama rationale is that it looks like two or three Supreme Court seats will open up during his second term, and considering we currently have the most conservative Supreme Court since such things were tracked, balancing out all the right-wing idiocy that led to "corporations are people, my friend" is reason enough to vote for Obama. But like I said, my district and state are so solidly blue that Republicans have stopped campaigning here.
I got 95% agreement with that same lady. But, I don't know who she is, sadly. I guess I'll have to look up more info on her.
Sadly, looks like I agreed 13% with that fuckwit Romney. I think that's WAY too much. LOL!
I haven't been to the site yet, but I don't understand how its results can be accurate when nobody really knows what Mitt Romney actually stands for or what he intends to do when he gets into office. He has failed to substantively flesh out virtually any of his positions on any issues, and the nebulous ideas he has provided seem to directly conflict with his actions as governor (e.g., abortion). He's a political opportunist, not someone with a lucid plan for America.
I'm embarrased. I was 94% with Jill Stein and I don't even know who she is.
I've done this, and I was surprised as well. The two biggest take-aways I got was that an election based on policies will probably lead to really surprising results (as opposed to names-only) and that the candidates have broadly similar positions - more than what they or the media would like us to believe.
@GodlessLiberal - lucky. we have Akin. 'nuff said.
my particular district is pretty strongly Democrat. but St. Louis is an island of blue in a sea of red.
@Unstoppable_Inner_Strength - I thought the same thing when I agreed 10% with Romney. Maybe they're using some of his policies he used as governor in Massachusetts, when he was pro-choice, pro-gay rights, etc.
@Unstoppable_Inner_Strength - @ColdSkivvies - She's a doctor who graduated from Harvard medical school, she's been arrested for peaceful political protests against housing foreclosures, and she's set records for percentage of the vote when running for positions in Massachusetts, getting double digits every time (which, for a small third party, is pretty good).
@flapper_femme_fatale - If I was in your scenario, I'd vote Green at every level but president. But that's me. And sorry about Akin. Luckily, the GOP is pulling all funding for him. For what it's worth, we have Michele Bachmann.
Great test! I think I may have to shamelessly steal it from you. I scored who I voted for; Ron Paul. Next was Gary Johnson. I'm in a swing state so I cannot afford to vote for either of them.
@GodlessLiberal - @flapper_femme_fatale - And in Oklahoma we have Jim Inhofe. You can't get away from the crazies no matter where you live.
@Kellsbella - I actually really like Gary Johnson. Ron Paul stuck to his principles so much that he in some cases seemed to be uncaring. Johnson seems very calm and likeable. Curious: which swing state do you live in (if you're willing to share)?
97% Jill, 87 Obama, 1% Twit RMoney
I was at 75% for both Ron Paul and Jill Stein the last time I took the test a few weeks ago. I laughed when I saw you got Stein too, being that your so liberal and I am moderate (though, you would say conservative I am sure, ha ha).
Stein 93%, Obama 87%, Paul 28%, Romney 20%. True -- nobody knows where Romney stands on anything. I suppose he takes a strong position that he wants to be president please. I agree with him on this 20%.
I'm actually 82% and 82% between Green and Democratic. I think NC is a swing state (because I can't go five minutes without seeing some sort of political ad), too.
I sympathized with the Greens until I actually attended a Green Party county convention. A clique of school teachers tried to control the agenda and wouldn't recognize motions from the floor. Nothing was accomplished.
I got 93% Stein, 84% Obama, 79% Stewart Alexander, 53% Paul, and 7% Romney. Apparently I side 55% with the voters of my state, which is a bit of a surprise considering how red it is.
@Rob_of_the_Sky - And what percentage was Rob of the Sky?
lol slow pony
This voting-for-the-lesser-of-two-evils thing is a farce. There are enough candidates out there to vote your conscience.
@Kellsbella - @flapper_femme_fatale - @lucylwrites - @emily_shannon -
No state, swing state or otherwise, has ever come down to one vote. Or even a handful.