{"id":3852,"date":"2007-11-15T20:45:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-15T20:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/11\/glassboothorg.html"},"modified":"2007-11-15T20:45:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-15T20:45:00","slug":"glassboothorg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/11\/glassboothorg.html","title":{"rendered":"Glassbooth.org"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are having trouble finding a candidate, you can let a website pick one for you<\/a>:<\/p>\n

If you pick your presidential candidate by issue, there’s a new tool in the online toolbox for you: Glassbooth.org<\/a>.
\nAfter you click a few times to indicate where you stand on matters from the Iraq war to abortion, the site will come up with the candidate who most closely matches your views. You can read a bit more about their positions and you can also see how closely the views of other candidates match yours.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Last time I tried one of these websites, it picked Huckabee. I don’t think the website got the fact that I’m looking for a president who doesn’t look for government to solve our problems or who is willing to raise taxes instead of cutting spending.
\nAnd this one is even worse. The candidate that they believe best matched my issues was…wait for it….it’s really funny….McCain! Can you believe it? Oh. My. Heck! Are they for real? What kind of match is this?<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n
<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Abortion and Birth Control<\/span><\/td>\nvery similar<\/span><\/td>\nfind out why<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Trade and Economics<\/span><\/td>\nvery similar<\/span><\/td>\nfind out why<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Iraq and Foreign Policy<\/span><\/td>\nvery similar<\/span><\/td>\nfind out why<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gun Control<\/span><\/td>\nvery similar<\/span><\/td>\nfind out why<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Taxes and Budget<\/span><\/td>\nvery similar<\/span><\/td>\nfind out why<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Civil Liberties and Domestic Security<\/span><\/td>\nsimilar<\/span><\/td>\nfind out why<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Crime and Punishment<\/span><\/td>\nsimilar<\/span><\/td>\nfind out why<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Social Security<\/span><\/td>\nsimilar<\/span><\/td>\nfind out why<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Immigration<\/span><\/td>\nvery different<\/span><\/td>\nfind out why<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/blockquote>\n

With Tancredo and Guiliani as my number 2 and 3.
\nSo I tried it again with more emphasis on the abortion and illegal immigration issues and I, of course, got Huckabee:<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Trade and Economics<\/span><\/td>\nvery similar<\/span><\/td>\nfind out why<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gun Control<\/span><\/td>\nvery similar<\/span><\/td>\nfind out why<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Iraq and Foreign Policy<\/span><\/td>\nvery similar<\/span><\/td>\nfind out why<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Taxes and Budget<\/span><\/td>\nsimilar<\/span><\/td>\nfind out why<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Crime and Punishment<\/span><\/td>\nsimilar<\/span><\/td>\nfind out why<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Abortion and Birth Control<\/span><\/td>\nsimilar<\/span><\/td>\nfind out why<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Immigration<\/span><\/td>\ndifferent<\/span><\/td>\nfind out why<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Social Security<\/span><\/td>\ndifferent<\/span><\/td>\nfind out why<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/blockquote>\n

With Tancredo and Hunter as 2nd and 3nd choice.
\nSo, I weighted it for a stronger emphasis on taxes and abortion and got…Duncan Hunter<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Immigration<\/span><\/td>\nvery similar<\/span><\/td>\nfind out why<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Abortion and Birth Control<\/span><\/td>\nvery similar<\/span><\/td>\nfind out why<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gun Control<\/span><\/td>\nvery similar<\/span><\/td>\nfind out why<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Taxes and Budget<\/span><\/td>\nvery similar<\/span><\/td>\nfind out why<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Iraq and Foreign Policy<\/span><\/td>\nsimilar<\/span><\/td>\nfind out why<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Trade and Economics<\/span><\/td>\nsimilar<\/span><\/td>\nfind out why<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Social Security<\/span><\/td>\ndifferent<\/span><\/td>\nfind out why<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/blockquote>\n

BTW, his trade and economics position is not similar to my position because I’m for unrestricted free-trade and he is not.
\nMcCain was second and Tancredo was third. As you can see the candidate that I think must closely matches my position is Thompson, yet he was never a possibility as far as this tool was concerned. Is it rigged against him? Let me know if you get him as a possibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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