I side with...

[Kristie]

No questions about torture and drones and Guantanamo. The NDAA. Obama is a cunt. There's no way I agree with 85% of what Obama does.

Agreeing with what Obama does think and agreeing with what Obama does may be two different things. Not always Obama's fault though.

They should clarify if they're talking about candidate Obama or President Obama.

They'd have to have about a dozen different versions fo Romney on there.

Come to think of it, how did they pidgeonhole him? He's taken multiple positions on every issue around.

I'm sure they just used his most current position at the time this survey thingie was made!

[charlou]

So, will this have any influence on how you vote, any of you? /curious

[Tyrannical]

http://www.isidewith.com/results/59031287

Ron Paul 97%

[Warren Dew]

98% Ron Paul on economic, healthcare, immigration, domestic policy, and foreign policy issues
97% Gary Johnson on economic, healthcare, domestic policy, foreign policy, social, and environmental issues
87% Mitt Romney on economic, immigration, healthcare, and domestic policy issues
25% Barack Obama on social, environmental, and science issues

48% Massachusetts Voters on foreign policy, domestic policy, social, environmental, and science issues.
55% American Voters on healthcare, foreign policy, domestic policy, immigration, social, environmental, and science issues.

90% Libertarian
85% Republican
24% Democratic
9% Green

More important to me
I side the most with Gary Johnson on healthcare issues.
I side the most with Ron Paul and Mitt Romney on immigration issues.
I side the most with Gary Johnson on economic issues.
I side the most with Ron Paul and Gary Johnson on domestic policy issues.
Somewhat important to me
I side the most with Gary Johnson on foreign policy issues.
I side the most with Barack Obama on social issues.
Less important to me
I side the most with Jill Stein and Barack Obama on environmental issues.
Least important to me
I side the most with Barack Obama on science issues.

Interesting that it identifies me with Massachusetts. Maybe I live in the right state after all. Or maybe it just checks my IP.

Also interesting that I only get a 9% match with the Green party, given I side strongly with their candidate on environmental issues. Clearly they are too worried about nonenvironmental issues.

So, will this have any influence on how you vote, any of you? /curious

Given the results pretty much matched what I expected, not me.

[Warren Dew]

So wait...I side with the Democratic Party to a tune of 99%, but Jill Stein is the candidate I side the most with?

Does that mean Obama is that far out of step with the Democratic Party and Jill Stein is right there with them? If so, why isn't she a Democrat?

Yes, Obama is that far out of step with the Democratic Party. Drone assassinations and indefinite detention without trial? Stupak amendment? Most Democrats aren't that far gone yet.

That said, the probably reason Jill Stein isn't a Democrat is because she formed her opinions before the Democrats moved that far left - or possibly that the Democrats don't actually adhere to their platform that well.

[Warren Dew]

http://www.isidewith.com/results/59031287

Ron Paul 97%

98%. Hah!

[Warren Dew]

Apparently I'm more Democrat than Green. Bullshit.

Remember this is the U.S. Green party. They're really just another far left party which happens to have some environmental views.

[Horwood Beer-Master]

http://www.isidewith.com/results/59031287

Ron Paul 97%

Alas for you that Anders Breivik isn't a candidate...

[FBM]

http://www.isidewith.com/results/59107093

1. Stein
2. Obama
3. I forgot already

[JimC]

Apparently I'm more Democrat than Green. Bullshit.

Remember this is the U.S. Green party. They're really just another far left party which happens to have some environmental views.

Our Australian Greens frustrate me. Most of their environmental policies I agree with, although they can get a little rigid at times. However, they have a range of absolutist, PC views on many issues which would make them fit in well with Atheists+ in many ways...

[Twoflower]

So, will this have any influence on how you vote, any of you? /curious

Not really. Unless Jill Stein is on the ballot. Then I might vote for her for shits and giggles.

[trdsf]

And here's my result when I answered the quiz with the beliefs of a Libertarian:

What flavor of libertarian -- social or economic? I'm guessing economic; they seem to have taken control of the party.

That's always been the deep dark secret of the Libertarian Party that they don't like to talk about--that there's this fissure at the core of the party between the social libertarians and the economic libertarians. It shows up as soon as there's a clash between individual rights and laissez-faire. It is not possible for both to be absolute; either the economy is the servant of society, or society is the servant of the economy.

Personally, given a choice between the two, I'll take the former.

[rasetsu]

[FBM]

Mickey Mouse? How on earth...?

[trdsf]

So, will this have any influence on how you vote, any of you? /curious

No. When the national debate has been yanked back toward the center I can afford to be more idealistic. In the short run, the more important goal is to shatter the control of the extremists over the Republican party, and the only way to do that is to defeat them in as many elections as possible. Once their toxic mix of plutocracy and theocracy no longer works to win elections, either their hold will necessarily be relinquished or the party will split into the extremists and the moderates -- and I expect the moderates to rapidly become the larger of the two.

Actually, I think that would be a healthy development. Once people get used to the idea of a multi-party democracy, that automatically raises the profile of other 'minor parties' like the Greens and the Libertarians -- they'd certainly benefit the most since they're already known names. And of course, multi-party democracy ultimately means that cooperation and multipartisanship becomes necessary to get anything done -- and that makes it hard to run a campaign of demonization, at least not against your near neighbors on the political spectrum, with whom they will be obliged to work to get anything done at all.