There’s an interesting online quiz that, for once, is actually a bit more serious than the standard “What [fill in the blank] are you?” quizes that float around fairly often. This one is the Presidential Candidate Selector, which uses a series of questions about how you feel on various issues to determine which candidate’s views are most in line with your own.

I ran through it, and here’s my results:

  1. Kucinich, Cong. Dennis, OH - Democrat (100%)
  2. Dean, Gov. Howard, VT - Democrat (83%)
  3. Sharpton, Reverend Al - Democrat (83%)
  4. Edwards, Senator John, NC - Democrat (79%)
  5. Moseley-Braun, Former Senator Carol IL - Democrat (79%)
  6. Gephardt, Cong. Dick, MO - Democrat (78%)
  7. Kerry, Senator John, MA - Democrat (78%)
  8. Lieberman Senator Joe CT - Democrat (69%)
  9. Graham, Senator Bob, FL - Democrat (66%)
  10. Libertarian Candidate (44%)
  11. Phillips, Howard - Constitution (6%)
  12. Bush, George W. - US President (1%)
  13. LaRouche, Lyndon H. Jr. - Democrat (-7%)

Overall, it seemed to do a fairly good job. I’ve known I’m not 100% in line with Dean’s views, but being 100% in agreement with a candidate is far less important to me than the combination of agreeing with most of what they have to say, and their viability as a candidate. I’ll probably want to take a closer look at Kuchinich — to this point, I’ve only given him a fairly cursory glance — but from what I know right now, I’m definitely sticking with Dean as my candidate of choice.

(via Robert)

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