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A different method of candidate selection
I can’t believe it’s almost 2008. So far, I’ve ignored the majority of the candidate wrangling. I do confess to skimming through the Dem and Repub debates occasionally, but can’t force myself to sit through each one, as they seem to be staged and full of phony pre-written soundbite answers. But seeing as how the election year is nearly upon us, it will soon be time to figure out a candidate to support. And since nobody has clearly defined themselves in my mind yet, I thought I’d do a bit of digging into the issues to see where the candidates might match my views.
OnTheIssues.org has a new VoteMatch Quiz, where you can select a set of candidates, then answer a series of 20 questions which will compare your answers with their stated views. Each question features a clickable link which takes you to an additional page where you can get more information on the details of each position to help you know exactly where you stand on each of the key issues. For example, on abortion:
- Strongly Support means you believe: Abortion is a private decision between a woman and her doctor. You believe in the `Right to Choose’ and are strongly pro-choice. The right to abortion empowers women and is an important part of women’s health rights and women’s reproductive freedom. That right includes the right to a government subsidy for poor women who want an abortion.
- Support means you believe: Restricting `Partial-Birth Abortions’ or other specific procedures is reasonable, but clinic access should be unfettered, since other women may choose differently than you. You are pro-choice, but believe that some restrictions are acceptable.
- Oppose means you believe: The fetus is a human being who has rights independent of its mother’s rights. You are “pro-life.” While abortion under certain circumstances might be tolerated, the basic rights belong to the fetus, not the mother.
- Strongly Oppose means you believe: Abortion is immoral because it kills a human being, and should never be tolerated. `Roe v. Wade’ should be overturned and we should protest abortion clinics as other forms of injustice are protested.
This question is looking for your views on abortion rights in general. However you answer the above question would be similar to your response to these statements:
- Uphold Roe v. Wade
- No Litmus Test for nominees
- Enforce Clinic Access laws
- Oppose Strict Constructionist judges
There’s a lot more there than what I quoted above, but you get the picture. After you finish the quiz, you can see how each candidate – Democrat and Republican – rates as compared with your answers. To me, it’s an easier way to get one’s head wrapped around next year’s choices without automatically picking someone based on party or knee-jerk propaganda.
Posted by FullMetalPatriot
12th gen. American, Constitutionalist, Harley-riding Texan, gun owner & NRA member, blogger, illustrator, Florida Gator alumnus. #TCOT
12th gen. American, Constitutionalist, Harley-riding Texan, gun owner & NRA member, blogger, illustrator, Florida Gator alumnus. #TCOT
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