Political quizzes and a "Personality" test

[voodoo_child]

Since the US presidential race has been oversaturating the news lately, I decided to take the following quiz:

Your Vote Score: 38% Republican, 62% Democrat

Comments

[sps]

Well,

Your Vote Score: 11% Republican, 89% Democrat

[voodoo_child]

I think the test was oversimplified. My friend and I discussed it, and we both side with the Republicans when it comes to the economy* but we side with the Democrats when it comes to social issues (pro-choice, gay rights, etc.). According to the analysis on CNN, most of America tends to vote that way and will usually vote for centrists.

Why do you think the Democrats are a bunch of dangerous right-wing nutjobs? :)

*As an economist, he advocates tax cuts, as taxes are (I forgot the exact term) some form of economic inefficiency. On my part, I'm worried that Obama's extravagant fiscal spending plans will eventually mean taxation effects trickling down to the middle class and the poorest people, not just America's richest. When the tax money from the richest people runs out and the government has issued all the debt it can print, where else will they get the money?

[sps]

Um, you side with the Republicans on the economy? I may be confused, but a policy of lowering taxes, raising expenditures, and borrowing from China to cover the difference doesn't seem to be in anyone's best interests, probably, in the long run, not even the Chinese, since I've never trusted the US not to start a war. The Republicans may indeed cut taxes for the rich, but they don't seem to understand a thing about balancing the budget (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_debt_by_U.S._presidential_terms). As to CNN, I really don't think I'm overstating to say that they are the state propaganda engine, and I tend to discount them entirely.

I agree that many Americans follow the same reasoning you do, but this is a result of believing what the Republicans say is their economic policy and remaining blind to what it is. And then the Republicans get in because this combines with a couple of unfortunate social attitudes (the lower middle

[sps]

Oh, I missed one. Separation of church and state demands that marriage be completely abolished-as regards the law. It is-I lack the words-unconscionable that a person's civil rights should depend upon a religious ceremony. I say this both from the atheist perspective (wherein I think the reasoning is obvious) and from that of organised religion, where the argument runs "the state has no right to rule on the validity, conditions or duration of a sacrament." I mean, really. It is beyond belief that anyone but the most committed theocrat can think otherwise.