Considerettes

It’s always interesting to me to see what some computer program figures would be the best presidential candidate for me. While it’s a fun little diversion, I think folks ought to at least give them a try. I think they might be surprised.

An acquaintance of mine, who is a political conservative and white, when talking with African-American co-workers, would often see that, while they held conservative principles, would vote Democrat anyway. When she asked one of them to take one of these kinds of surveys, her co-worker was shocked that the Republican candidate lined up much more closely with her beliefs than the Democrat, so I think it’s worth giving it a shot.

I took this survey, and here are my results:

1. Theoretical Ideal Candidate (100%)
2. Chuck Hagel (not running) (78%)
3. Mitt Romney (77%)
4. Sam Brownback (73%)
5. Jim Gilmore (withdrawn) (73%)
6. Tom Tancredo (71%)
7. Duncan Hunter (70%)
8. John McCain (66%)
9. Fred Thompson (62%)
10. Newt Gingrich (not announced) (62%)
11. Mike Huckabee (57%)
12. Rudolph Giuliani (57%)
13. Tommy Thompson (withdrawn) (56%)
14. Ron Paul (51%)
15. Kent McManigal (campaign suspended) (50%)
16. Michael Bloomberg (says he will not run) (30%)
17. Al Gore (not announced) (26%)
18. Bill Richardson (25%)
19. Joseph Biden (24%)
20. Hillary Clinton (22%)
21. Wesley Clark (not running, endorsed Clinton) (21%)
22. John Edwards (18%)
23. Christopher Dodd (15%)
24. Barack Obama (14%)
25. Mike Gravel (14%)
26. Alan Augustson (campaign suspended) (12%)
27. Dennis Kucinich (9%)
28. Elaine Brown (0%)

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