Jeepers there's a lot of Green support on this board, for a party you never hear anything about in the mass-media.
Which party reflects your views?
by donkey 15 Replies latest social current
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bisous
ok, i took the dadblamed test:
You preferred the Democratic stance for 1 issue. Democratic Platform
You preferred the Green stance for 3 issues. Green Platform
You preferred the Libertarian stance for 2 issues. Libertarian Platform.
You preferred the Republican stance for 1 issue. Republican Platform
still prefer the AFTER PARTY.
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SixofNine
I knew there was something fishy about that poll when I read the first group of "positions". Trace the url back, and sure enough, it's a libertarian web-site, and a libertarian "push" poll. I'd guess the libertarians are the only party that their poll represents truely accurately, and likely tends to put some gloss on it's own positions.
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Euphemism
Could be, Six, but not too many people here seem to have come out libertarian.
I came out Green 5, Democrat 1, Libertarian 1, Republican 0.
The issue where I picked Democrat was free trade, I think; and the issue where I picked Libertarian was drugs.
I decided to try the long version, and I got more reasonable results:
Dems: 294; Green: 369; Liberatarian: 110; Repub: 163
The fact is, the platforms are mostly rhetoric, rather than specific policy initiatives. I like the rhetoric of the Green party, except on issues relating to business and economics. That doesn't mean that I like their specific policies, however.
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gitasatsangha
I find the Libertarian Party is interesting in that it has a test which basically is guaranteed to ward off non-liberatarian voters. I can't call that a push-pole. For instance, I consider myself liberian about some issues, but ultimately not many. I couldnt walk the party line, ever. (I favor protective tarrifs, and immigration control, for starters). The LP calls itself and I think that's a pretty honest assessment. I would vote for a Libertarian (and have), depending on the candidate.
One thing I do think is a little flawed is that they choose two minor parties (Libs and Greens) out of a field of many third parties. Might as well allow some of the other big ones like Natural Law, Socialist Worker, Green-Nazi (LSGP), Reform into the survey.
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CountryGuy
Hmmm... whadda ya know? I agreed with Nader's bunch the most:
You preferred the Democratic stance for 2 issues. Democratic Platform
You preferred the Green stance for 3 issues. Green Platform
You preferred the Libertarian stance for 1 issue. Libertarian Platform.
You preferred the Republican stance for 1 issue. Republican Platform.