Friday, November 30, 2007
Pick a Prez
A couple of quick quizzes to help readers think about the 2008 potential Presidential candidates.
The first one is a light hearted take from our friends at the Blue Pyramid. Only seven questions and you can assemble a ticket with a running mate. Plus if you dig around, the Blue Pyramid has all kinds of other fun quizzes. For example, find your power animal here. Take their presidential candidate quiz here.
The second one is from Minnesota Public Radio. It is a wee bit more complicated. It attempts to match the quiz taker and the politicians positions. In some cases, the range of policy positions offered is too short. For instance, nothing in the quiz matches the Clarion's position on immigration policy. However, this appropriately mirrors the presidential race, where none of the candidates espouse the Clarion's immigration position. The set-up fits the real deal of the race because, odds are, we will not have an opportunity to vote for a candidate who stances and positions fit ours exactly. Our favorite part of this quiz is, not only does it tell you which candidate you match up best with, policy-wise, but it also shows you your compatibility or lack thereof with each of the other candidates. Take their presidential candidate quiz.
The first one is a light hearted take from our friends at the Blue Pyramid. Only seven questions and you can assemble a ticket with a running mate. Plus if you dig around, the Blue Pyramid has all kinds of other fun quizzes. For example, find your power animal here. Take their presidential candidate quiz here.
The second one is from Minnesota Public Radio. It is a wee bit more complicated. It attempts to match the quiz taker and the politicians positions. In some cases, the range of policy positions offered is too short. For instance, nothing in the quiz matches the Clarion's position on immigration policy. However, this appropriately mirrors the presidential race, where none of the candidates espouse the Clarion's immigration position. The set-up fits the real deal of the race because, odds are, we will not have an opportunity to vote for a candidate who stances and positions fit ours exactly. Our favorite part of this quiz is, not only does it tell you which candidate you match up best with, policy-wise, but it also shows you your compatibility or lack thereof with each of the other candidates. Take their presidential candidate quiz.
Labels: 2008's President, Politics
Comments:
I'm curious to know who the Clarion got in the two presidential quizzes?
Total shocker - in the Minnesota quiz I got Dodd. Although Kucinich was a close second.
No matter how many times how many months apart I take it, the BP quiz always gives me Pelosi/Gore. {shrug}
Total shocker - in the Minnesota quiz I got Dodd. Although Kucinich was a close second.
No matter how many times how many months apart I take it, the BP quiz always gives me Pelosi/Gore. {shrug}
Fascinatingly enough, I too, get Chris Dodd in the Minnesota quiz, with Kucinich a close second. If nothing else, I guess this points out our personal political synchronicity. Of course, the flaw in the quiz is that there are several questions where no one mirrors my opinion (like immigration.)
The biggest surprise out of the Minnyhaha quiz for me is how little compatibility I have with McCain. I was curious about him in 2000, and I like his pragmatic, independent thinking. He is an outside the box person, but as he has moved to accommodate the evangelical right wing our policy positions have gotten even further apart. (about all we have in common now is ardent support for free trade.)
At the Blue Pyramid, I am shunted into the 3rd party Hall of Freaks and usually end up with Peter Camejo.
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The biggest surprise out of the Minnyhaha quiz for me is how little compatibility I have with McCain. I was curious about him in 2000, and I like his pragmatic, independent thinking. He is an outside the box person, but as he has moved to accommodate the evangelical right wing our policy positions have gotten even further apart. (about all we have in common now is ardent support for free trade.)
At the Blue Pyramid, I am shunted into the 3rd party Hall of Freaks and usually end up with Peter Camejo.
