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wavebreaker recently posted a link to a political quiz that lets you see how you match up with the various candidates, on the issues. I have to admit I've mostly been sticking my head in the sand for this election so far, coming up occasionally to opine about how great it'd be to have a woman president or a minority president. But I haven't really looked at where candidates stand on the issues of the election. Since this site references/cites the candidates' own websites and platforms, it's easier to sort that out now. Seems like a good place for me to start, anyway.

Barack Obama
You are 5% economic left
You are 3% more progressive
You have a substantive agreement of 80%
John Edwards
You are as economic right as economic left
You are 14% more progressive
You have a substantive agreement of 77%
Bill Richardson
You are 2% economic right
You are 18% more progressive
You have a substantive agreement of 74%
Hillary Clinton
You are 5% economic right
You are 19% more progressive
You have a substantive agreement of 75%
Ron Paul
You are 48% economic left
You are 35% more progressive
You have a substantive agreement of 53%
Rudy Giuliani
You are 53% economic left
You are 54% more progressive
You have a substantive agreement of 47%
John McCain
You are 45% economic left
You are 68% more progressive
You have a substantive agreement of 41%
Mitt Romney
You are 55% economic left
You are 68% more progressive
You have a substantive agreement of 38%
Mike Huckabee
You are 50% economic left
You are 74% more progressive
You have a substantive agreement of 34%
Fred Thompson
You are 53% economic left
You are 83% more progressive

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I wasn't expecting it either, but then again, as I said, I hadn't really paid any attention (yet) to where the candidates actually stand on issues.