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My results on the "presidential candidate selector" that's going around:

1. Green Party Candidate (100%)
2. Kucinich, Cong. Dennis, OH - Democrat (87%)
3. Kerry, Senator John, MA - Democrat (75%)
4. Gephardt, Cong. Dick, MO - Democrat (73%)
5. Socialist Candidate (71%)
6. Leahy, Patrick Senator, Vermont - Democrat (69%)
7. Jackson, Cong. Jesse Jr., IL - Democrat (67%)
8. Lieberman Senator Joe CT - Democrat (65%)
9. Edwards, Senator John, NC - Democrat (61%)
10. Dean, Gov. Howard, VT - Democrat (61%)
11. Sharpton, Reverend Al - Democrat (58%))
12. Moseley-Braun, Former Senator Carol IL - Democrat (58%)
13. Graham, Senator Bob, FL - Democrat (56%)
14. Biden, Senator Joe, DE - Democrat (56%)
15. Feingold, Senator Russ, WI - Democrat (55%)
16. Kaptur, Cong. Marcy, OH - Democrat (53%)
17. Feinstein, Senator Dianne, CA - Democrat (38%)
18. Bradley, Former Senator Bill NJ - Democrat (28%)
19. Libertarian Candidate (18%)
20. McCain, Senator John, AZ- Republican (13%)
21. Hagelin, John - Natural Law (6%)
22. Bush, George W. - US President (2%)
23. Phillips, Howard - Constitution (0%)
24. Vilsack, Governor. Tom IA - Democrat (-2%)
25. Buchanan, Patrick J. – Reform/Republican (-3%)
26. LaRouche, Lyndon H. Jr. - Democrat (-6%)
27. Clark, Retired Army General Wesley K "Wes" Arkansas - Democrat (-6%)

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At the moment, selectors aside, I'm leaning toward Gov. Dean; I'll note that one of the reasons I think he's a good choice is his support for gay rights, which wasn't mentioned anywhere in the survey. Also, I don't care what he says, I don't trust Lieberman at this point; ditto for Sharpton. I'm also curious about how they come up with a scale that runs from 100% to (at least) −6% rather than stopping at zero.

(This list includes some people I've never heard of, and generic candidates of random parties whose actual positions may be different than guessed. Also, while I think highly of Sen. Leahy, this is the first I've seen suggested that he might be running for president.)

Comments

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You are me AICMFP. I was surprised that Kerry scored so high for me, as well. I vacillate among Kerry, Dean, and Edwards, and think that Gephart and Kucinich are unelectable. But I'd rather vote for Al Sharpton than Rutherford Bush, so they got that right for me as well.

I hadn't noticed the omission of a gay rights question. I think they probably let the abortion rights and ACLU questions stand in for all civil liberties questions.