2008 Presidential Election Poll

[ericadawn16]

78% John Edwards
78% Barack Obama
77% Mike Gravel
76% Joe Biden
74% Hillary Clinton
73% Dennis Kucinich
72% Chris Dodd
62% Bill Richardson
34% Rudy Giuliani
31% John McCain
28% Tom Tancredo
26% Mitt Romney
25% Mike Huckabee
22% Ron Paul
15% Fred Thompson

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz

Wow...that is so true...

I still haven't decided between Obama and Edwards and this was...no help, hehe.

Comments

[jackdavfan692.livejournal.com]

Ooh, interesting quiz, Erica :)! These were my results:
89%
Dennis Kucinich
88%
Mike Gravel
84%
Barack Obama
82%
John Edwards
80%
Chris Dodd
79%
Joe Biden
78%
Hillary Clinton
74%
Bill Richardson
39%
Rudy Giuliani
29%
Ron Paul
26%
John McCain
23%
Mitt Romney
23%
Tom Tancredo
21%
Mike Huckabee
11%
Fred Thompson

I'm not particularly surprised, though, since I lean pretty far to the left. It's unfortunate that Kucinich isn't exactly a viable Democratic candidate (something like independent probably fits him better), because he's just what we need right now. I've been debating over Edwards and Obama as well, but since the latter is third on my list, this helped a little. Still, I'm going to reserve my judgment until February 5th. My mind isn't likely to change, but there's always a chance it might ;)!

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I understand your pain. I really like Gravel, but he doesn't stand a chance either. I'm leaning towards Obama a little since he seems to stand a bit better chance at beating Hillary and that's the main goal for me right now: Not Hillary!!!

Although it does feel a little like betraying John E., but then John K. endorsed Obama, too.

[jackdavfan692.livejournal.com]

I'm looking at either Obama or Edwards because I know very little about Mike Gravel except for the fact that he is (Or did I read was :[? I don't recall) a member of Congress. What's he like? More like Kucinich or someone else?

I'm leaning towards Obama a little since he seems to stand a bit better chance at beating Hillary

You think? I'm thinking he and Edwards have about an equal chance, with the scales possibly tipping slightly in Edwards' favor, because as much as I hate to bring the race issue up and really wish it didn't exist at all, it does, unfortunately :/.

Yeah, I'm not a big fan of Hillary being in office either. While I'm not in the "I hate Hillary" group (my mom once said that people's view of Hillary falls into one of two camps: you either love her, or you can't stand her) at all, and I'll admit Bill did a pretty good job during his time in office (except for okaying NAFTA, the WTO, and their ilk, of course), I still hold a few things against Hillary. For one, I'd really rather not have another political dynasty occupying the White House. Additionally, while I'm glad she came to her senses and withdrew her support for the Iraq War, she still has to answer for voting in favor of the resolution in the first place- something, it seems, she hasn't done so far, at least not satisfyingly. Finally, I think electing her, or anyone else other than Kucinich, Obama, or Edwards, would more or less maintain the status quo. Granted, Hillary is a woman, which would be a huge step forward socially (more so than electing any man, regardless of his racial identity or where on the political spectrum his views and beliefs fall), but her views, I don't think, are forward-thinking enough.

It does, especially after he's now been left in the cold by his former running mate twice: once in 2004 when he wanted to do a vote recount, but Kerry didn't, and again recently when Kerry gave his endorsement to Obama, a move whose reason is still baffling me. All I can say is Kerry must have had a very good one for choosing Obama over his one time running mate 8?.

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

was...

Basically, all I needed to know about Gravel was on the Logo debates where Melissa Etheredge practically gave Hillary the stink-eye, but totally drooled all over Gravel. It was understandable because he said how gays should be able to marry and that love was love.

Here's his Wiki info:
Gravel has stated that he is an advocate for "a national, universal single-payer not-for-profit health care system" in the United States which would utilize vouchers and enable citizens to choose their own doctor.[84] He has proposed to index veteran health care entitlements to take full account of increases in the costs of care and medicine.[84] He supports a drug policy that legalizes and regulates all drugs, treating drug abuse as a medical issue, rather than a criminal matter.[85] Gravel favors a guest worker program,[84] supports the FairTax proposal that calls for eliminating the IRS and the income tax and replacing it with a progressive national sales tax of 23 percent on newly manufactured items and services, retaining progressivity via all taxes on spending up to the poverty level being refunded to every household.[84] Gravel has advocated that carbon energy should be taxed to provide the funding for a global effort to bring together the world's scientific and engineering communities to develop energy alternatives to significantly reduce the world’s energy dependence on carbon.[84] Gravel in principle does not object to the use of embryonic stem cells for medical research purposes. He is avowedly pro-choice on the issue of abortion and women's reproductive rights. He supports constitutional amendments towards direct democracy.

Basically, this election is going to be Gen Y vs the Babyboomers. Gen Y won in Iowa with Obama, Babyboomers won in New Hampshire.

I'm very encouraged by the fact that all our work last election wasn't in vain, young people are turning out for the elections in record numbers!!!

Obama is young, black and even more than Edwards...really, really good at motivational speaking. I haven't had the pleasure of hearing Obama in person, but Edwards doesn't seem to come across as well on tv as he does in person. Yes, some people won't like Obama because he's black, but more people than that will see his color as a symbol of change.

But not saying that Edwards isn't a good guy, I still love him ever since he convinced me to vote for him and John K. the day I did security for him and shook his hand.