News Comparing Your Opinions to Candidates: Romney vs Johnson

Thread starter Jimmy Snyder
Start date Sep 9, 2012
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The discussion centers around a political quiz that compares users' opinions to various candidates' positions. Participants share their results, revealing a wide range of political alignments and preferences. Many express surprise at their matches, particularly with candidates like Jill Stein and Gary Johnson, who are less mainstream compared to Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Users discuss the complexity of their views, noting that their results can shift significantly based on how they prioritize different issues. Some participants highlight the limitations of the quiz, such as the inability to express nuanced opinions on complex topics. The conversation also touches on the perception of political parties, with some users identifying as independents or expressing dissatisfaction with both major parties. Overall, the quiz serves as a tool for self-reflection on political beliefs and the challenges of categorizing diverse viewpoints within the current political landscape.

Sep 19, 2012

BobG

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Galteeth said:

Do you feel your results were inaccurate? If so, why do you think that is?

Did others feel the poll accurately ranked their preferences?

Obama 89%
Stein 89%
Johnson 68%
Goode 53%
Anderson 53%
Romney 46%
American voters 59%

Democrat 92%
Green 80%
Libertarian 55%
Rebuplican 41%

This is disturbing, since I belong to the Republican Party. But the Republican Party and the Democratic Party definitely have shifted their positions over the past decade and I would have classified myself as a moderate Republican even back then (in fact, I would have been a pretty big fan of Governor Romney, but definitely not a fan of Presidential candidate Romney).

None the less, it wasn't the shocking results that kept me from posting. It was this message: