Presidential vote test
By N4life
@N4life (851)
United States
September 29, 2008 6:49pm CST
This test gives you two statements, one made by McCain and one by Obama. You choose which statement you agree with without knowing which said it. Of course, assuming you have been following the election at all there will be at least some of these statements you recognize and will know who made them. I favored Obama's statements on all issues except for Immigration, where I favored McCain on both questions and Iraq was a split. This is inline with my vote but shows some agreement with McCain. Maybe members of Congress and Senate should tke a test like this!
http://www.abcnews.go.com/politics/MatchoMatic/fullpage?id=5542139
I am curious what results others get. Anyone have surprising results?
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13 responses
@evanslf (484)
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30 Sep 08
This was an interesting test and less biased than the previous one I took where I was agreeing with Obama 57% of the time. Under this test, I agreed with all of Obama's statements except one. So strangely enough, though this test is more balanced than the previous one, my results are more lopsided in Obama's favour (but maybe this is because under the previous test, I noticed a number of leading questions that 'nudged' you towards the Republican position, and this might have explained my lukewarm support for Obama under that test)
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@mynameismine (771)
• United States
30 Sep 08
When I first took this poll it was almost 100% Obama now it is 8 Obama and 5 McCain so I guess my views are changing a bit.
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@missybal (4490)
• United States
30 Sep 08
McCain for me, very good poll very balanced for ABC, quite pleased with it. Only agreed with Obama twice and that was immigration, once and one hot topic. I do have to say that the one area about McCain I do need to look further into is his opinions on immigration, but I must say that the economic concerns are what I am basing my decision on so that is much of the reason I've neglected to research further on the candidates plans for immigration. Thanks for helping me realize that.
@kenzie45230 (3560)
• United States
30 Sep 08
Thanks! I voted mostly for McCain which is correct. Like you, I wasn't sure about the immigration statements. I got one right and one wrong.
@ZephyrSun (7381)
• United States
30 Sep 08
I did this already and I was almost straight in line for Obama. There were two that I didn't agree with Obama on. Pretty funny I thought because I didn't support him in the primaries. I can't remember are you for McCain, if not are you now?
@N4life (851)
• United States
30 Sep 08
I am for Obama, the three questions that went McCains way in my test are certainly not going to sway me. The vast majority of my favorites were with Obama. I just think this test is slightly more representative of the issues than the biased and misleading anti-Obama test that has been circulating.
Obama/Biden!!
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@ZephyrSun (7381)
• United States
30 Sep 08
The one I sided with McCain the two statements were almost the exact same.
@lilwonders456 (8214)
• United States
30 Sep 08
It showed I agree with McCain on all but two answers. But really that does not say much. I do not like McCain and on some of these questions I had to pick the answer that was the least bad. Not the one I actually agreed with. I personally think we should deport ALL 12 million illegals. I do not think people are entitled to healthcare or anything else for that matter. Want it, work for it. I voted for Ron Paul in the primaries and I have not found a candidate I think would be better for the job than him.
@dizzblnd (3073)
• United States
30 Sep 08
I personally think we should deport ALL 12 million illegals
Ahhhhhhhh But at whose expense?? OURS . There really isn't a simple solution to ANY of the problems the world faces. No matter what each candidate SAYS they are going to do.. they will find it is not as easy as it sounds when they say it, nor when it is written down on paper For they will face opposition from the other party as well as the taxpayers
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@lilwonders456 (8214)
• United States
30 Sep 08
It would not cost us much at all if we get them to deport themselves. Make it a felony to give them a job or a place to live. Take business licenses from business that employ them or agancies that rent to them. Enforce the heck out of it. let a few people go to jail and it will scare most employers away from hiring them or renting to them. If they can not find a job or a place to live they will not stay here, and others will not want to come here. The biggest cost I see is securing our leaky boarders. We really do need to find a solution to that one and it will not be cheap.
You are right about what candidates promise. They can say they are going to do something, but once they get the job there is no telling if they will be able to get it done. Especially if lobbyist, special interest groups and the oppositing party are doing everything they can to stop him. Campaign promises are like a wish list. This is what they want to do. But enless the other side thinks its a good idea it probly will not get done.
@Videogeezer (654)
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30 Sep 08
I got 9 ticks for Barrack Obama and only 4 ticks for John McCain. John McCain got both ticks for the economy, but I am not sure I agree with that.
I would vote for Obama if I was from America.
@N4life (851)
• United States
30 Sep 08
It seems most are trending toward who they are planning on voting for, with a few statements going toward the opposite candidate. I think when Republicans and Democrats try to work out some of these issues they should start with what they do agree on. They may come to solutions that are more in line with the public and have the most common sence.
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@madasp (563)
• United States
30 Sep 08
No surprises here. I've known pretty much from the begining who I was going to vote for so this poll just confirms my decision. Thanks for the link though It was nice to see that high of a match to Obama's statements(there were only a few statements I favored McCain on). Now lets just hope whoever gets elected can do half of what they promise LOL
@philjas (1134)
• United States
30 Sep 08
My problem with this test is with most of them I didn't really like either statement, but there's no option to "pass" or anything. Anyway it turned out I went with Obama for most, and I was planning on voting for him anyway. But in this test it was actually pretty close.
@fasttalker (2796)
• United States
30 Sep 08
That was a very interesting test. I was 100% for my candidate. (Don't want to spark any tempers so I'll keep that to myself). Very fair statements too. Loved it!