Who To Vote For For President

Neal from the South Pole posted an interesting quiz on his great blog. It's a VoteMatch quiz on who should be elected president in 2008. You answer 20 questions and it tells you how you match up with the current field of presidential candidates, based on social and economic issues, and on an overall basis. It's interesting that my co-closest match, at 55%, was Dennis Kucinich. I ended up voting for him in the nearly-meaningless Pennsylvania primary in 2004, not so much on the issues as for the fact that he seemed to be the only candidate who was his own man.


Hillary Clinton
Democratic Jr Senator (NY); former First Lady

Total 55%
Social 38%
Economic 67%




Dennis Kucinich
Democratic Representative (OH-10)

Total 55%
Social 50%
Economic 58%


Al Sharpton
Reverend; Civil Rights Activist;
Democratic Candidate for President

Total 55%
Social 63%
Economic 50%


Barack Obama
Democratic Jr Senator (IL);
previously State Senator

Total 48%
Social 44%
Economic 50%


Chris Dodd
Democratic Sr Senator (CT)

Total 43%
Social 38%
Economic 46%


Joe Biden
Democratic Sr Senator (DE)

Total 43%
Social 25%
Economic 54%


John Edwards
2004 Nominee for Vice President;
Former NC Senator

Total 38%
Social 25%
Economic 46%


John McCain
Republican Sr Senator (AZ);
2000 Primary Candidate for President


Total 35%
Social 38%
Economic 33%


Tommy Thompson
Former Secretary of H.H.S.;
former Republican Governor (WI)

Total 35%
Social 31%
Economic 38%


Jim Gilmore
Former Republican VA Governor

Total 33%
Social 31%
Economic 33%


Mitt Romney
Retiring Republican MA Governor


Total 30%
Social 38%
Economic 25%


Mike Huckabee
Republican AR Governor

Total 28%
Social 38%
Economic 21%



Ron Paul
Republican Representative (TX-14);
Libertarian nominee for President in 1988

Total 28%
Social 44%
Economic 17%


Bill Richardson
Democratic NM Governor

Total 28%
Social 6%
Economic 42%


Sam Brownback
Republican Sr Senator (KS)

Total 23%
Social 44%
Economic 8%


Rudy Giuliani
Former Mayor of New York City;
Republican Candidate for 2000 Senate (NY)


Total 15%
Social 6%
Economic 21%



Duncan Hunter
Republican Representative (CA-52)


Total 15%
Social 31%
Economic 4%


Tom Tancredo
Republican Representative (CO-6)

Total 13%
Social 25%
Economic 4%

Take the quiz!