Take PBS quiz on candidates' stand on 14 issues

[burrowowl]

You say which of the statements you agree with on each of 14 issues and then your results show who made the statement. Very enlightening quizz. Also has some deeper than usual coverage of candidates' stands on the issues.

http://www.votebyissue.org/primary/

Have fun with the quizz.

[bonemachine]

1. Here's how I ranked up...

Wesley Clark
Energy and Environment

Role of U.S. Military

Family and Marriage




Howard Dean
Economy




Dick Gephardt
Iraq -- Rebuilding

Trade Policy




Al Sharpton
Gun Control




John Kerry
Health Care




Dennis Kucinich
Employment

Security & Civil Liberties

Terrorism




John Edwards
Education

Poverty and Homelessness

Social Security

[burrowowl]

2. It is an interesting quiz

I have 6 with Kucinich
None with Dean
the rest were scattered among the others.

[bonemachine]

6. One note

I also found it interesting how over the board I was spread out. Really, though, many of those could have gone other ways; several of my choices were arbitrary decisions between nearly identical statements. I think if I had known who was making the statements, I might have rated them differently.

[Eurobabe]

3. chose my candidate!

not surprised.

[cryofan]

4. here are my surprising results

Al Sharpton
Role of U.S. Military

Security & Civil Liberties

Poverty and Homelessness




Wesley Clark
Education




John Edwards
Gun Control




John Kerry
Terrorism

Iraq -- Rebuilding




Dick Gephardt
Energy and Environment

Trade Policy

Economy

Employment

Social Security




Howard Dean
Health Care

Family and Marriage

[Jerseycoa]

5. My 1, 2 and 3 showed up

But with 2 (Kerry) and 3 (Edwards) reversed and the issues spread in a surprising manner.


John Edwards

Role of U.S. Military

Terrorism

Health Care




Wesley Clark

Iraq -- Rebuilding

Economy

Security & Civil Liberties

Family and Marriage

Energy and Environment

Poverty and Homelessness




Howard Dean

Employment




Al Sharpton

Gun Control




Dennis Kucinich

Education




John Kerry

Trade Policy

Social Security

[Maurkov]

7. Thinly spread across the canditates

I guess that's why I've had trouble getting behind any one of them. There were quite a few "I'd really have trouble voting for that guy" moments, so now I have to go back and see who said what.


---
Howard Dean
Family and Marriage
Role of U.S. Military
Education

Joe Lieberman
Social Security

John Edwards
Gun Control
Iraq -- Rebuilding

Wesley Clark
Economy

Dick Gephardt
Trade Policy
Energy and Environment

Al Sharpton
Employment
Health Care

Dennis Kucinich
Security & Civil Liberties

John Kerry
Poverty and Homelessness
Terrorism

[newyawker99]

12. Hi Maurkov!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[texasmom]

8. Very interesting!

But, I found it really hard, too, because so many of the statements were so similar and I had to keep re-reading to distinguish which one I most agreed with.
Thanks for posting it; I'm definitely passing it on to others.


Clark-
Poverty and Homelessness
Education
Security & Civil Liberties
Terrorism
Economy
Role of U.S. Military

Kerry
Trade Policy

Dean
Family and Marriage
Employment
Social Security
Health Care

Dennis Kucinich
Energy and Environment

John Edwards
Iraq -- Rebuilding

Dick Gephardt
Gun Control

[ncrainbowgrrl]

9. interesting...

I'm having problems trying not "outsmarting" the point of the quiz- as a policy dork, I've heard many of these quotes before, and connect them with a candidate... as such, my objectivity is questioned.

Hmmm. I suppose I'll continue with the quiz anyway and see if my results are consistent with my predictions.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

10. Interesting. Didn't see this coming.

John Kerry


Terrorism

Economy



Joe Lieberman


Security & Civil Liberties

Poverty and Homelessness

Role of U.S. Military



Dennis Kucinich


Family and Marriage

Employment

Health Care



Howard Dean


Gun Control

Energy and Environment



John Edwards


Trade Policy

Social Security

Education

Iraq -- Rebuilding

[burrowowl]

11. Yes, interesting

I think it shows 2 things:
media coverage of all the campaigns is lousy
and
if one doesn't go to each one's site or HQ for info

One isn't getting the whole picture to really decide. However, it does show that their is a difference between any of th candidates and Bu$h!

[burrowowl]

13. Hi rainbowgrrl24

Welcome to DU!

[LWolf]

14. My results:

Dennis Kucinich:

Role of U.S. Military
Security & Civil Liberties
Iraq -- Rebuilding
Education
Economy
Family and Marriage
Health Care
Social Security
Trade Policy
Employment
Gun Control

Wes Clark:

Terrorism
Poverty and Homelessness
Energy and Environment

[diamondsoul]

15. I didn't copy the issues, but

I came out with Kucinich 10 issues, Gephart (WTF?!) 2 issues and Clark 2 issues.

I know One of Geps issues I chose was the welfare reform question, and one of Clarks was Marriage and Family because the reasons he gives for supporting same-sex unions are identical to mine.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

16. There's something wrong with the gun control thing - I can't agree w/Dean.

I'm one of the strongest anti-gun people around. Personally, I'd be for taking every gun in America and burning them...


Dennis Kucinich

Family and Marriage




Wesley Clark

Economy
Role of U.S. Military
Energy and Environment




John Kerry

Education
Terrorism




Howard Dean

Employment
Health Care
Gun Control




John Edwards
Trade Policy



Al Sharpton
Security & Civil Liberties



Dick Gephardt

Poverty and Homelessness
Iraq -- Rebuilding
Social Security

[kerry-is-my-prez]

17. Click on links to the right of each candidates pic & you get who said what

n/t

[lumpy]

18. Looks like I am solidly in step with

Dennis Kucinich.

[Maeve]

19. Very interesting!

My top three were(in no particular order) Gephardt, Kerry and Clark.

Thanks for posting this.

[ThirdWheelLegend]

20. Kucinich 11 out of 14

Sharpton, Kerry and Clark where the other 3.

My top 3 are in there. Kooch, Kerry and Sharpton.