You could just do what 48% of registered voters do and not show up.

Its not a joke, but it is rigged against drastic changes.

There is a big difference in not voting, and not voting for someone. Not voting for someone has signal value - especially if enough people do it in a situation where it is needed. Not just for one's own country, but also in a large scale for the rest of the world to see. Public world opinion does have a lot to say.

And where I do live, I do vote for someone - well, a party anyhow. We have a lot of those.

none of them I hate politics

"I hate politics." Ugh, that's like saying you hate breathing. Basically you're unconcerned with your well-being or your rights because you "hate politics."

As for electoral systems... Condorcet method FTW.

Why not let a questionnaire decide for you?

(This is actually pretty neat to play around with as you can narrow down what issues are important.)

While that is largely true, and I mostly agree, there are certain rights that seem silly to me regarding the american constitution, which shouldn't be used just because it's in there. Weapon-related in this case.

This was my result.. However based on the circle it drew, I was actually closer to Mcain than Guliani. (also, I wouldn't vote for Guliani because of his fondness for Enron style acounting)

Your position in comparison with the candidates.
You have responded to 36 propositions. Based on the responses you provided, you are the closest to
Rudy Giuliani and you are the furthest away from Fred Thompson
Rudy Giuliani
You are 38% economic left
You are 1% more progressive
You have a substantive agreement of 59%
John McCain
You are 30% economic left
You are 15% more progressive
You have a substantive agreement of 69%
Ron Paul
You are 33% economic left
You are 18% more traditional
You have a substantive agreement of 48%
Bill Richardson
You are 17% economic right
You are 34% more traditional
You have a substantive agreement of 59%
Mitt Romney
You are 39% economic left
You are 15% more progressive
You have a substantive agreement of 60%
Hillary Clinton
You are 20% economic right
You are 34% more traditional
You have a substantive agreement of 60%
John Edwards
You are 16% economic right
You are 39% more traditional
You have a substantive agreement of 59%
Mike Huckabee
You are 34% economic left
You are 21% more progressive
You have a substantive agreement of 62%
Barack Obama
You are 11% economic right
You are 50% more traditional
You have a substantive agreement of 55%
Fred Thompson
You are 38% economic left
You are 30% more progressive
You have a substantive agreement of 65%


I found it very interesting that there is 0 canidates in the Bottom left quadarate of the graph. I wonder how many people besides me ended up there, and I wonder if this is confirming by belief of a new political party in 2010.

Your position in comparison with the candidates.
You have responded to 36 propositions. Based on the responses you provided, you are the closest to
Barack Obama and you are the furthest away from Fred Thompson

Barack Obama
You are 8% economic left
You are 5% more progressive
You have a substantive agreement of 80%

John Edwards
You are 3% economic left
You are 16% more progressive
You have a substantive agreement of 81%

Bill Richardson
You are 2% economic left
You are 21% more progressive
You have a substantive agreement of 79%

Hillary Clinton
You are 2% economic right
You are 21% more progressive
You have a substantive agreement of 78%

Ron Paul
You are 52% economic left
You are 38% more progressive
You have a substantive agreement of 49%

Rudy Giuliani
You are 56% economic left
You are 56% more progressive
You have a substantive agreement of 38%

John McCain
You are 48% economic left
You are 70% more progressive
You have a substantive agreement of 38%

Mitt Romney
You are 58% economic left
You are 70% more progressive
You have a substantive agreement of 34%

Mike Huckabee
You are 53% economic left
You are 76% more progressive
You have a substantive agreement of 34%

Fred Thompson
You are 56% economic left
You are 85% more progressive
You have a substantive agreement of 26%

After hearing the news and reading the "blogosphere" this weekend, I feel prophetic. (regarding Bill Clinton)

That is pretty cool. I matched Giuliani pretty close, though he kinda looks like he wants to fck over poor people from what the site says... For all he cares, you're on your own for health care and retirement. Good thing I'm young and healthy!

As for for democrats, I'd go with Obama, despite him being furthest away from what I believe. The best thing about him is that he's not Hillary

I'm closest to John McCain. Pretty accurate.

Course, you could always go to birds for advice on who to vote!

Or maybe let your inner epicurian be your guide!

I am voting for my room mate. We've decided he can be a better president then anyone else on the list... so might as well vote for him.

Simply put:

Yes we can.

Ill test it with the questionarre though.

Yeah I am really close to Obama.... like scary close. Wow that was neato.

Google doing what google does best.

http://maps.google.com/maps/mpl?moduleurl=...rm=decision2008

Yep. I'm also with Senator Obama. I don't hate Hillary Clinton, but I just find her somewhat...repulsive.

Anyway. McCain seems to be just like Bush except well-mannered.

How can you say that about McCain?

McCain is like the anti republican.


http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congres.../against-party/

Rofl. I take it back.

But on certain issues he certainly sounds very Republican to me. He basically wants to stay in Iraq until they've "won", whenever that is.

Key difference here is that McCain has actually been in the Military, and been a P.O.W, and knows what torture is.

Very different kind of person from Bush.

The Republican establishment hates him.