1. Your ideal theoretical candidate. (100%)So only two candidates agree with me over half the time. My disagreements with President Bush are mostly due to my economic beliefs (e.g, free trade is good, budgets should be balanced) and my beliefs about government (government should be smaller and the feds should leave as much as possible up to local governments). I find it slightly depressing that none of the other candidates share even half of my beliefs.2. Bush, President George W. - Republican (74%)
3. Libertarian Candidate (55%)
4. Phillips, Howard - Constitution (32%)On the other hand, I would be concerned if I had more in common with many of these folks.5. Lieberman, Senator Joe, CT - Democrat (32%)
6. Kucinich, Rep. Dennis, OH - Democrat (31%)
7. Dean, Gov. Howard, VT - Democrat (31%)
8. Kerry, Senator John, MA - Democrat (29%)
9. Edwards, Senator John, NC - Democrat (28%)
10. Gephardt, Rep. Dick, MO - Democrat (28%)
11. LaRouche, Lyndon H. Jr. - Democrat (26%)
12. Hagelin, Dr. John - Natural Law (22%)
13. Sharpton, Reverend Al - Democrat (17%)
14. Moseley-Braun, Former Senator Carol, IL - Democrat (15%)
15. Green Party Candidate (14%)
16. Clark, Retired General Wesley K., AR - Democrat (13%)
17. Socialist Candidate (1%)
Thanks for the link; interesting discussion. If the Angry Left manages to take over the Democratic Party, hopefully many of them will defect to the Libertarians.
While I disagree with the Libertarians, I think our culture is well suited for a two-party system. Having the Libertarians and Republicans would be an interesting dyad for the next few decades. Of course, this is just idle speculation. The Democratic Party has not self-destructed yet and has a good chance of restoring itself.
Too bad we couldn't use this to see how previouse politicos would fare.
1. Your ideal theoretical candidate. (100%)
2. Bush, President George W. - Republican (84%)
3. Libertarian Candidate (56%)
4. Lieberman, Senator Joe, CT - Democrat (43%)
5. Kerry, Senator John, MA - Democrat (41%)
6. Edwards, Senator John, NC - Democrat (33%)
7. Phillips, Howard - Constitution (32%)
8. Kucinich, Rep. Dennis, OH - Democrat (31%)
9. Dean, Gov. Howard, VT - Democrat (21%)
10. Sharpton, Reverend Al - Democrat (13%)
11. Clark, Retired General Wesley K., AR - Democrat (6%)
I find it interesting that I have scored that high on the Libertarian scale. Interesting, but not surprising. I have traditionally held myself out as a Republican with a libertarian streak (note libertarian, not Libertarian).
So imagine my surprise when I stop by the Volokh Conspriacy and run into this discussion of the relationship between libertarianism and conservatism.