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Electoral Compass

January 2nd, 2008 by Chris

I’ve seen a similar application in the past, this one is interesting because it appears to be European in origin.

As seen on digg:
Electoral Compass

Take a look.

My results:

Based on the responses you provided, you are the closest to
John Edwards and you are the furthest away from Fred Thompson

Here you find an overview of all issues. You can click on an issue to see your repsonses and responses from John Edwards as well as the sources on which they are based.

John Edwards Barack Obama Category
81% agreement 78% agreement Overall
75% agreement 83% agreement Gun control
100% agreement 75% agreement Environment
58% agreement 67% agreement Iraq
92% agreement 67% agreement Economy
83% agreement 92% agreement Income
92% agreement 67% agreement National security
83% agreement 75% agreement Family
67% agreement 67% agreement Immigration
67% agreement 58% agreement Health care
75% agreement 100% agreement Law and order
83% agreement 100% agreement Education
92% agreement 83% agreement Terrorism

The results are pretty consistent with other surveys I’ve taken and my own analysis.

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2 Responses to “Electoral Compass”

  1. Heidi Says:
    January 3rd, 2008 at 12:57 am

    This was interesting! I showed up a bit to the left of Barack Obama on the economic scale and roughly level with him on the social scale. Here’s my percentage of agreement with Obama. I wish that the questions had the capability of weighting. So I could make my thoughts on education and the environment count more than my thoughts on immigration and healthcare, for example.

    92% agreement Gun control
    75% agreement Environment
    83% agreement Iraq
    92% agreement Economy
    83% agreement Income
    58% agreement National security
    83% agreement Family
    75% agreement Immigration
    83% agreement Health care
    92% agreement Law and order
    75% agreement Education
    92% agreement Terrorism

  2. Lisa Says:
    January 4th, 2008 at 10:32 am

    I like that it gives you the percent agreement on each issue, so that you can apply your own weighting to the different areas (although I agree with Heidi, it would be nice to have that calculation built in).

    Not what I expected to see in Iowa, although I expect to see a similar result in New Hampshire for the Democrats. It will be interesting to see what happens in the Republican primary in New Hampshire. I can’t see Huckabee doing as well there, but if he stays strong the southern states will make a difference later on.

    And, I must say, President Huckabee just sounds un-Presidential.

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