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We see through a glassbooth, darkly
Jan. 6th, 2008 10:28 pmGlassbooth.org has a quiz that shows you which US Presidential candidate is most representative of your own political beliefs. Mine turns out to be Bill Richardson at 80%, but not far off is Edwards at 76% and Clinton at 75%. Next is Obama at 74%, Kucinich at 73% and Gravel at 70%. The percentages are deceptive of course, because it's an overall picture, and gets a bit clearer as you explore the individual points of difference. None of the Republican candidates went above 59% (McCain).
Richardson doesn't seem to be doing all that well, but he's ahead of the pack trailing the big three of the Iowa caucus- he polled in 4th place behind Clinton there. He's definitely got the qualifications for the job, but I'm not sure about the ability to capture the public imagination... the charisma and energy just isn't there like it is for the big three.
In any case, the quiz is an interesting little exercise to go through: at the end, it even links to statements made by the candidates so you can see their position about the areas you're concerned about. I ticked all the boxes, basically, so got to express an opinion about every category and it was interesting to see where my personal politics diverge from theirs even when there are broad areas of agreement. As I've always said, nobody can be pigeonholed into right or left, unless they're an ideologue, and that's always a bad thing.
Richardson doesn't seem to be doing all that well, but he's ahead of the pack trailing the big three of the Iowa caucus- he polled in 4th place behind Clinton there. He's definitely got the qualifications for the job, but I'm not sure about the ability to capture the public imagination... the charisma and energy just isn't there like it is for the big three.
In any case, the quiz is an interesting little exercise to go through: at the end, it even links to statements made by the candidates so you can see their position about the areas you're concerned about. I ticked all the boxes, basically, so got to express an opinion about every category and it was interesting to see where my personal politics diverge from theirs even when there are broad areas of agreement. As I've always said, nobody can be pigeonholed into right or left, unless they're an ideologue, and that's always a bad thing.
