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hfojvt

(37,573 posts)
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 12:32 AM Jan 2020

Which candidate agrees with you the most?

For what it is worth, WaPo created a candidate quiz

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/policy-2020/quiz-which-candidate-agrees-with-me/

I found the results surprising, but also perhaps not that valid.

So I got five questions where NONE of the candidates agreed with me. Otherwise it was Bloomberg 13, Biden 11, a bunch of them at 6 and then Warren at 1. Warren and I agree that the US should consider a jobs guarantee.

I dislike the questions that say "consider" though. Ultimately I am willing to consider everything, even things I am against, but to consider something is not the same as supporting something or even enacting something. Heck, I could support something and then perhaps be persuaded to change my mind by the people who oppose it.

I am against Bloomberg on principle though, because I generally do not believe that billionaires will stand up for the working class. This quiz, though, seemed to ask very few working class related issues.

Also, even though I would consider everything, I said I would not if I am currently against something. I basically replaced the word consider with the word enact.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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mucifer

(23,581 posts)
1. It has me agreeing with Warren 14 who I have been leaning towards
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 12:52 AM
Jan 2020

Bernie is 13 for me.

BTW I could possibly see voting for a billionaire for President one day. Governor Pritzker here in Illinois is doing some amazing stuff.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

hfojvt

(37,573 posts)
2. I would consider voting for a billionaire
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 01:13 AM
Jan 2020

but right now his top score on this quiz is not enough to convince me.

I was surprised by Warren's very low score, especially since in 2016 I was part of a Warren for President group on the face. Gabbard was the next lowest, and I kinda like her.

I haven't watched any of the debates, and really the Kansas primary is so late in the contest that I expect it to be over by then.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

mucifer

(23,581 posts)
5. Yeah I wouldn't vote for Bloomberg unless he got the nomination (please no)
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 01:21 AM
Jan 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

Zolorp

(1,115 posts)
3. Shows me being with Biden.
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 01:19 AM
Jan 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

rainy

(6,095 posts)
4. Elizabeth first then Bernie:)
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 01:20 AM
Jan 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

mucifer

(23,581 posts)
6. Me too. I think it's the registering guns that put Bernie lower.
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 01:22 AM
Jan 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

rainy

(6,095 posts)
7. Yep that was it for me:)
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 06:59 AM
Jan 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
8. Opposite of whom I will vote for. #1 priority - rid the world of trump. If
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 07:17 AM
Jan 2020

You take again and answer based on if an idea would ever actually happen, given our split country, you get a completely different person.

If I were to vote in a presidential
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hfojvt

(37,573 posts)
11. I tend to support things
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 12:46 PM
Jan 2020

whether I think they will pass or not.

If I were to vote in a presidential
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Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
13. I hear ya! Guess 1/2 Dems think it's such a dangerous time to
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 02:27 PM
Jan 2020

take any risk and the other half think it's prime time to do it. My intuition is that trump wants Bernie to win. He is just itching to run against "socialism"

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
9. Redid again, answering in the most conservative way and Bloomberg not Biden results.
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 07:24 AM
Jan 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
10. Biden Klobuchar
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 08:55 AM
Jan 2020

Makes sense in terms of where I am right now.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

spooky3

(34,507 posts)
12. I agree with you about the "consider" questions. At least this update is better
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 01:17 PM
Jan 2020

than their last version, IIRC. There were few questions on issues that matter to most people, and some on issues probably few think about.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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