Who should be the next president?

[Trevor]

I vote for Trevor.

 

[Ash]

I'm seriously considering not voting for any of the candidates in the upcoming election.
Don't like ANY of them.

[Leah]

If you are unsure, take this test as a reference on what you think you should vote for. Remember, it's a reference.
http://www.isidewith.com/
Note that it goes like this: yes/no/other. clicking other will show other choices.

[lester1/2jr]

I got rand paul 85%

followed by Bernie Sanders 74%


Paul - Sanders 2016!

Martin o malley and I are not on speaking terms

[LilCerberus]

me

[LilCerberus]

Andrew

[indianasmith]

My top match was Rick Santorum, followed by Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio.
I don't particularly like Cruz and Santorum is unelectable, but Rubio is one of my top 3 picks.
Interesting site!

[lester1/2jr]

Malvert

[lester1/2jr]

would be funny to make a joke version of that quiz so everyone who took it got Hillary, even indianasmith

[bob]

I got 98%  on Bernie Sanders.

87% on Hilliary Clinton, 72% on Martin O'Malley and 43% on Mike Huckabee.

Huckabee and I aren't on speaking terms.

[HappyGilmore]

Personally, I like Rand Paul.

2012 I liked Gary Johnson.

I'm Libertarian.

[indianasmith]

My favorite quote about libertarians:

"A libertarian is someone who believes every gay married couple should be free to fly the Confederate flag while defending their marijuana patch with a personally owned AK-47."

Seriously, I agree with libertarians on a lot of domestic stuff, but the isolationist strain most of them share scares me.

[lester1/2jr]

I think of it as more Lincolnian vs Jeffersonian

[frank]

I am not a US citizen and took the test just for fun. But actually, something other caught my eye (which was sort of mentioned before).

There were 3 matches for democrats, but a whopping 13 for republicans. Is that a normal thing? Does the party not providing the president always nominate more candidates? I would find it extremely difficult to first have such a strong competition within the own party, basically struggling for a very distinct and specific profile, and then throwing this all overboard and try to unite everyone again once I bacame the sole candidate. My impression would be that in the final race not much can be left from the original profile, or am I wrong?

[indianasmith]

This is an unusual year in that the Republican Party is deeply divided between its conservative and moderate wings, AND there is no clear "heir apparent" - a Vice President or incumbent President - running.  The thing is wide open, and everybody seems to think they have a shot.  Our Primary Elections start in January in Iowa and New Hampshire, and the lower end guys get weaned out pretty quick.  However, it does have something of a "circular firing squad" effect on the participants, as evidenced by last time.  By the time Romney secured the nomination, he had been bloodied so bad that he was relatively easy pickings for Obama, who had a united Democratic party behind him.
   The Democrats, this year, are looking to have a much more contested election than last time around, since many people have qualms about Hillary and the very quotable Bernie Sanders is mounting a strong challenge to her.  Personally, I think the GOP has a decent shot this year.  Obama's had the reins for 8 years and many folks are ready for a change.  Also, the youth and energy are on the Republican side - over half of our 14 declared candidates are still in their 40's, while Hilary and Bernie are both in their 70's.  One thing my party has learned from bitter experience is that young and cool will ALWAYS beat old and cranky!