Sunday, September 23, 2007

My Order of Choice for POTUS

Candidate

Life

Liberty

Pursuit of happiness

National Security

Score

Fred Thompson

1

2/3

1

1

3+2/3

Sam Brownback

1

1

1/2

1

3+1/2

Mitt Romney

1

2/3

1/4

1

2+11/12

John McCain

1

1/3

1/2

1

2+5/6

Mike Huckabee

1

0

1/4

1

2+1/4

Rudy Giuliani

0

2/3

1/2

1

2+1/6


Here is how I arrived with these results. I gave everybody 1 full point for nat'l security because I believe any of these 6 candidates will serve much better than any D in this area. For the Liberty and Property columns I relied on some of the Club for Growth white papers categories on these candidates. The Liberty column is based on the categories 'political free speech', 'school choice', and 'regulation'. The Property column is based on the categories 'entitlement reform','free trade', 'taxes', and 'spending'. For the Life column I checked the National Right to Life website, and Rudy is the only 1 who is not pro life. Below are results of these candidates on this quiz.

Personal Questions: Liberals and libertarians agree in choosing the less-government answers, while conservatives and populists agree in choosing the more-restrictions answers.

Economic Questions: Conservatives and libertarians agree in choosing the less-government answers, while liberals and populists agree in choosing the more-restrictions answers.

Fred Thompson

Personal Score=15/span>

Economic Score=75

Based on the above score, the candidate is a Hard-Core Conservative.

Sam Brownback

Personal Score=8

Economic Score=93

Based on the above score, the candidate is a Hard-Core Conservative.

Mitt Romney

Personal Score=15

Economic Score=60

Based on the above score, the candidate is a Populist-Leaning Conservative.

John McCain

Personal Score=23

Economic Score=68

Based on the above score, the candidate is a Populist-Leaning Conservative.

Mike Huckabee

Personal Score=20

Economic Score=73

Based on the above score, the candidate is a Populist-Leaning Conservative

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