Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 http://www.isidewith.com/ This is an interesting site that asks about your opinion on specific issues in U.S. politics, rather than general ideology. What's nice about it is that it gives you an array of fairly intelligent answer choices when you select "Choose another stance." It also has a fairly wide selection of issues, not just hot button issues. The site tells you how your opinions compare to presidential candidates and their parties on different categories of issues, and you can also compare with your friends. It probably wasn't the intention, but this site makes very clear the ideological boundaries of the left and right in American politics by not really allowing you to depart those boundaries. For example, I received a 99% agreement score with Obama on economic issues, which is not really accurate; it's just that the U.S. doesn't have any major politicans who are seriously leftist in terms of economics. Overall, I received similarity scores of 83% with Obama, 81% with Jill Stein, 52% with the Ron Paul and 13% with Romney. In the comparisons, the site does sometimes claim two answers are similar when they seem pretty different, so be warned. My full results are here; I suggest posting the link to yours so we can all play show-and-tell. http://www.isidewith.com/results/27888740 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 http://www.isidewith.com/results/28018163 "Huh." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Enraged Slith Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 http://www.isidewith.com/results/28085808 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I saw this maybe a week ago. Gary Johnson followed by Ron Paul. It certainly isn't the only source one should use when analyzing election options, but it did open my eyes a bit. I didn't know a number of these people existed. EDIT: I found the url for my results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious Artila TheMike Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I side 99% with Mitt Romney on practically everything. http://www.isidewith.com/results/28115534 A lot of the options aren't right wing enough for me though. I consider myself a centrist since I'm pretty far left when it comes to the economy but I go equally as far to the right when social issues brought up. Neither party really appeals to me at all. I want good ol' centrist fascists please failing that some honest politicians would be nice(haha funny joke right?). Glad to see that 69% of my state agrees with me on some of the important things though. I would have answered more questions but my internet work is slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Mod. Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 http://www.isidewith.com/results/28167045 I haven't really heard much about Gary Johnson, so its a good thing to find out about him when I apparently support his ideas most. Also Virgil Goode I supported 97% in the areas I put most for (I stopped bothering with that slider right after the beginning though) and I hadn't heard of him really. I'm interested in comparing these results with the results of the old thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 86% Jill Stein, 83% Obama, 76% Stewart Alexander. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 (Caveat: I'm a Canadian and know next to nothing about issues in the States. Heck, I'm barely qualified to talk about most Canadian issues.) Huh. I think Ron Paul has some pretty kooky ideas, but me siding with him probably has a lot to do with me valuing issues like online surveillance and the PATRIOT Act and the wars. I found that, a lot of the time, I wanted to combine some of the alternate stance options. Sometimes I agreed with more than one, and just picked whichever one I thought applied more. And sometimes I both agreed and disagreed with certain aspects of a single option. Sometimes, I felt this way for both a YES option and a NO option on the same question. This includes the Issue Which Must Not Be Named. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Goldengirl Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I don't align with my state very well. Ever since I've read into the Green Party, though, I've been supportive of them, so that's a good sign. Originally Posted By: Dintiradan I found that, a lot of the time, I wanted to combine some of the alternate stance options. Sometimes I agreed with more than one, and just picked whichever one I thought applied more. And sometimes I both agreed and disagreed with certain aspects of a single option. Sometimes, I felt this way for both a YES option and a NO option on the same question. This includes the Issue Which Must Not Be Named. This, definitely, although I'm fairly black and white on that particular issue. My views are a lot more nuanced than this quiz would allow me on the issue of "should the US intervene in other countries" for instance, and there were many times where I wanted to combine options. The option to add my own stance was tempting, but I didn't think it would give me results for looking at candidates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast VCH Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 As a Canadian I like Ron Paul. But Obama is probably less crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 88% Obama, 82% Stein, 74% Alexander. So I'm mostly Democrat with a bit of Green and a healthy dash of Socialist. —Alorael, who thinks that makes sense. And he is a big fan of the nuanced responses; most of his responses were one of those rather than a flat yes or no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 http://www.isidewith.com/results/28247716 Pretty much what I expected: tending towards Obama, largely agreed with Democrats on domestic issues, Republicans on foreign affairs (although I actually think Obama has done an excellent job on that front), and Libertarians on nothing except that they should have the freedom to go play in traffic as children, and apparently environmental issues? That did surprise me somewhat, although none of the options given were very representative of my views on the subject. Also, I manged a stunning 0% agreement with Virgil Goode, which as I read up on his policies sounds like a very good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted July 20, 2012 Author Share Posted July 20, 2012 Yeah, I was 2% for Virgil Goode and I had a similar reaction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasoned Roamer Dire Hobbit Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Seems I* have common ground with all of them except Romney and some guy called Virgil. http://www.isidewith.com/results/29082842 *not American Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Originally Posted By: Goldenking The option to add my own stance was tempting, but I didn't think it would give me results for looking at candidates. Write-in answers don't count towards the percentages, but you can still compare them against the candidates' answers. And since the percentages aren't very good in the first place, a few write-in answers won't hurt. Dikiyoba's results were 80% Stein and 77% Obama. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 My results. (99% Gary Johnson) I don't find this surprising because I had supported Johnson's candidacy from the beginning, and he's actually in line with the Libertarian Party platform and has meaningful political experience. I didn't like the amnesty question. The amnesty should be permanent, and I picked the simple path to citizenship option reluctantly because I disagreed with how it was phrased. Also, there are few instances in which I agree with Mitt Romney on economic issues: he's corporatist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Jerakeen Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 No surprise here (except that I'd never heard of two of these people). http://www.isidewith.com/results/29310371 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Juan Carlo Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 90% Obama 31% Romney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chittering Clawbug darint Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 91% Stein 87% Alexander 87% Obama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Aran Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 86% Jill Stein, apparently. And actually 54% Ron Paul, because we agree on the Middle East, Patriot Act, and internet control. However, I laughed at the "Should the US have bailed out banks in 2008" question: My "No" and Ron Paul's "No, remove the federal reserve and return to the gold standard" were apparently matched, as were "Yes" and "Yes, but the government shouldn't spend money on it" on the global warming question. Needless to say, we were diametrically opposite on immigration, science, gun control, and the UN. http://www.isidewith.com/results/29797683 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Oh yeah, quick question while I'm here about immigration: doesn't the States have something like refugee status? It seemed like the obvious answer to at least one of the questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Which question are you thinking of? Refugee status is pretty much exclusively for people facing persecution in their country of origin. Even if being sent back would impoverish you or separate you from your family, that's not reason enough to grant it on its own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk dave s Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 90% Stein, 90% Obama. No big surprise there. I vote green as often as I vote Democrat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Øther Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 http://www.isidewith.com/results/31723476 Interesting. Told me what I already know, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Thralni Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 http://www.isidewith.com/results/34258136 Can't say I'm surprised, not at all even. But, remember, I'm Dutch. There are things in this quiz that I know hardly anything about (such as the patriot act) and as such I can only answer these questions as an outsider. My result is as as subjective as you could possibly get. That said, I have always known I'm a green democrat with a strong support for science. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Cairo Jim Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Look at the answers so far, it's scared me off from taking the poll. No matter what I answer, I'll most certainly get a result I won't like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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