There is a political quiz that Arthur took called Who Do I Side With? It contains questions on a wealth of issues from national security to education and health care.
If YOU should decide to fill it out, consider clicking on the “other stances” each time in order to get more nuanced responses. I filled this out in June 2016, and – SURPRISE – Bernie Sanders was my pick, with 92%, followed by Hillary Clinton at 68% and Jeb Bush at 28%.
Note that the guy who ultimately won the election isn’t even on the matrix, as he had just announced his candidacy that month.
You’ll see that virtually all the declared candidates on the Democratic side fare about the same with me. In other words, I REALLY don’t care yet.
That said:
Pete Buttigieg – he’s the mayor of South Bend Indiana, Mike Pence’s state. I had barely heard of him, yet he’s up at the top of my leader board. Who the heck is he? Arthur (oh, HIM again) needed to find out. Here’s an article from his hometown paper. There was a compelling interview on ABC News’ This Week earlier in February that I can’t access presently, but he was very impressive.
Beto O’Rourke – has a recently defeated candidate ever gotten more traction than he?
Kamala Harris – the US Senator from California sat down with an extended interview with Trevor Noah, and I found her impressive; you may not be able access it overseas. The noise about whether she’s black enough annoys me greatly.
Elizabeth Warren – she’s a loyal Democrat and Not a Socialist, But She Still Makes Wall Street Squirm
Bernie Sanders – Wall Street likes Biden, Booker, Harris, Gillibrand, and Beto. Guess who they hate? Sanders and Warren. All the rest is commentary.
BTW, the graphic that’s included Arthur kindly designed for me in Photoshop because I know where my skills lie, and it is assuredly NOT in graphic design. Gracias, amigo.
Glad the graphic worked! About the numbers, I think that it may show you don’t yet care, or that there’s not that much difference between most of them on the issue you care about. More importantly, your results, like mine, show that no one is a “perfect” candidate for you someone you agree with on everything. That means that no matter who the nominee is, that person won’t be a perfect match. That’s why I won’t tear down the nominees—besides, like you, I don’t really care yet,
Who is Tulsi Gabbard ? She turned out to be my number one candidate ?
Tulsi Gabbard is a U.S. Representative for Hawaii’s 2nd congressional district since 2013. She served in a field medical unit of the Hawaii Army National Guard in a combat zone in Iraq from 2004 to 2005 and was deployed to Kuwait from 2008 to 2009.