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Posted on Saturday, January 14th, 2012

Dave!Lately I've been looking at some of the "Voter Guides" that are put out by various organizations. They are meant to dissect the candidates on the issues so you can be "an informed voter." Some of them are kind of funny. Some of them are kind of sad. A few of them are kind of disgusting. But most all of them seem to be more "instructions" than "guides." These organizations have an agenda, and they slant everything towards their candidate of choice... all while claiming to be "presenting the facts." But whatever. If it helps like-minded individuals figure out their vote, I guess that's better than voting with no information at all.

But, thanks to the internet, there are also "Voter Guides" that are actually trying to be guides. They allow the voter to input how they feel about various issues, then calculates candidate scores based on how they have campaigned on those same issues. Assuming that the data used for the calculations is faithful to the candidates' views, it's a really helpful tool.

Like this one from Voting Aid, where you move sliders based on how you agree (or disagree) with a statement, and it finds your candidate...

Voting Aid 2012 Panel

   
Unfortunately, they show the scores as you answer the questions which is kind of defeating the purpose. This allows the user to adjust answers based on any predisposition they might have towards the candidates. I know I was certainly tempted to try and adjust my answers so that Rick "Piece of Shit" Santorum got the lowest score possible.

But it turns out I didn't have to bother. Even when answering the questions as honestly and accurately as I could, the asshole still came in dead-last...

Dave's Voting Aid 2012 Results

   
The surprising thing here is not that Jon Huntsman is the candidate who is most compatible with my views. That was totally expected. The surprise was that Ron Paul ranked so low. I'd have thought he would have come in much higher. Certainly higher than Rick Perry if I were ranking them manually. Probably higher than Mitt Romney.

Anyway...

My results were accurate from the standpoint that the only candidate I would consider voting for in a race with President Obama would be Jon Huntsman.

But, alas, it looks like I won't have to worry about that contest.

And since none of the other candidates have a chance of wooing the independent voters needed to defeat Obama, I'm kind of pulling for Gingrich to win over Romney because at least then we'd have some good debates.

But, alas, it looks like I won't have to worry about that either.

In all likelihood we're getting Mittens as a candidate followed by four more years of President Obama.

Yay.

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Comments

  1. A. Lewis says:

    The asshole came in dead ass. Hehehehe

  2. My results weren’t too far off of yours but I had Ron Paul as my #2.

    Of course, I’d like to have seen this include President Obama to see where he comes up in my listing.

  3. brandon says:

    i get the feeling rick santorum sacrifices virgins in secret in order to keep pat robertson’s life force from shriveling away.

  4. Cap says:

    I ended up with Huntsman too. I am about as disinterested as I can be in this election process, which is really sad.

    But calling Romney Mittens? That made me laugh 🙂

  5. martymankins says:

    I keep hoping that America gets smart and stops being distracted by the flaming clown car of GOP candidates and Huntsman gets the nomination. Wishful thinking on my part, I know.

  6. Buddhafied says:

    dave2, I forgot, can you please remind me how you feel about Rick “Piece of Shit” Santorum again?

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