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« on: April 29, 2016, 06:20:15 PM »
Using any metric you want.
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« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2016, 08:22:38 PM »
1. Pataki
2. Christie
3. Trump
4. Bush
5. Kasich
6. Graham
7. Paul
8. Fiorina
9. Gilmore
10. Huckabee
11. Rubio
12. Walker
13. Carson
14. Perry
15. Santorum
16. Jindal
17. Cruz

Basically goes from Moderates -> Establishment/Reaganites -> Tea Partiers. Trump, Paul, Huckabee and Santorum are hard to place in this ranking.
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« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2016, 10:05:19 PM »
[1] Kasich (by default)
[2] Trump
[3] Cruz

Not even going to bother with all of the people who are no longer in the race.
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« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2016, 10:13:21 PM »
1. Christie
2. Trump
3. Graham
4. Kasich
5. Huckabee
6. Gilmore
7. Bush
8. Pataki
9. Fiorina
10. Paul
11. Santorum
12. Rubio
13. Walker
14. Carson
15. Perry
16. Jindal
17. Cruz
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« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2016, 11:10:41 PM »
Trump
Pataki
Graham
Kasich
Christie
Bush
Rubio
Paul
Santorum
Huckabee
Jindal
Carson
Perry
Fiorina
Walker
Cruz
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« Reply #5 on: April 29, 2016, 11:49:03 PM »
1. Pataki
2. Trump
3. Graham
4. Christie
5. Kasich
6. Bush
7. Paul
8. Gilmore
9. Huckabee
10. Fiorina
11. Perry
12. Carson
13. Santorum
14. Rubio
15. Jindal
16. Cruz
17. Walker

10-17 are pretty much indistinguishable, even if they have different focuses.  Paul and Trump really don't fit into the list, because their ideology is hard to measure (in Paul's case) or possibly nonexistent (Trump).

I would vote in the following order (factoring in everything, including electability):

WOULD BE EXCELLENT
1. Walker
2. Rubio
3. Cruz
4. Santorum
5. Perry
6. Fiorina
7. Jindal
8. Carson

WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM VOTING FOR
9. Huckabee
10. Gilmore

WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE NOMINEES, I GUESS
11. Bush
12. Kasich
13. Christie

WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE NOMINEES
14. Paul
15. Graham

WOULD DEFINITELY NOT BE AN ACCEPTABLE NOMINEE
16. Trump

I WOULD HAVE TO VOTE THIRD PARTY
17. Pataki
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« Reply #6 on: April 30, 2016, 07:30:27 AM »
1. Graham
2. Kasich
3. Christie
4. Bush
5. Pataki
6. Trump
7. Carson
8. Gilmore
9. Paul
10. Rubio
11. Fiorina
12. Rubio
13. Walker
14. Huckabee
15. Perry
16. Cruz
16. Jindal
17. Santorum
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« Reply #7 on: April 30, 2016, 10:06:50 AM »
Christie's the least conservative or one of the least conservative despite the fact that he was openly campaigning on cutting entitlements....ookay. Don't get me wrong...I lost respect for the man when he endorsed Trump, but he was my candidate for awhile, and I'm pretty conservative. 
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« Reply #8 on: April 30, 2016, 11:52:43 AM »
Quote from: ExtremeRepublican on April 29, 2016, 11:49:03 PM
1. Pataki
2. Trump
3. Graham
4. Christie
5. Kasich
6. Bush
7. Paul
8. Gilmore
9. Huckabee
10. Fiorina
11. Perry
12. Carson
13. Santorum
14. Rubio
15. Jindal
16. Cruz
17. Walker

10-17 are pretty much indistinguishable, even if they have different focuses.  Paul and Trump really don't fit into the list, because their ideology is hard to measure (in Paul's case) or possibly nonexistent (Trump).

I would vote in the following order (factoring in everything, including electability):

WOULD BE EXCELLENT
1. Walker
2. Rubio
3. Cruz
4. Santorum
5. Perry
6. Fiorina
7. Jindal
8. Carson

WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM VOTING FOR
9. Huckabee
10. Gilmore

WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE NOMINEES, I GUESS
11. Bush
12. Kasich
13. Christie

WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE NOMINEES
14. Paul
15. Graham

WOULD DEFINITELY NOT BE AN ACCEPTABLE NOMINEE
16. Trump

I WOULD HAVE TO VOTE THIRD PARTY
17. Pataki

Why is Rand unacceptable?
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« Reply #9 on: April 30, 2016, 12:09:26 PM »
Trump
Kasich
Pataki
Graham
Christie
Bush
Paul
Rubio
Huckabee
Santorum
Carson
Fiorina
Perry
Jindal
Walker
Cruz
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« Reply #10 on: April 30, 2016, 12:13:11 PM »
Trump
Pataki
Kasich
Graham
Christie
Huckabee
Bush
Fiorina
Santorum
Paul
Rubio
Carson
Perry
Jindal
Walker
Cruz
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« Reply #11 on: April 30, 2016, 01:06:57 PM »
Took the political matrix test for the three candidates still in the race. These are the scores I got:

Trump (-0.77, 2.43)
Cruz (7.48, 3.83)
Kasich (4.39, 3.13)
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« Reply #12 on: April 30, 2016, 02:33:56 PM »
Curious, I think Trump's a liberal, but he's only the 6th most liberal on my list, and I apparently think he's the most conservative relatively speaking.
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« Reply #13 on: April 30, 2016, 03:38:33 PM »
This is at the start of the race, as some people had to change their opinions during the primaries.

Pataki
Trump
Christie
Kasich
Graham
Gilmore
Bush
Huckabee
Fiorina
Perry
Jindal
Carson
Paul
Walker
Santorum
Rubio
Cruz
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« Reply #14 on: April 30, 2016, 05:08:18 PM »
Quote from: JCL+GeologistJuly10Wedding on April 30, 2016, 11:52:43 AM
Quote from: ExtremeRepublican on April 29, 2016, 11:49:03 PM
1. Pataki
2. Trump
3. Graham
4. Christie
5. Kasich
6. Bush
7. Paul
8. Gilmore
9. Huckabee
10. Fiorina
11. Perry
12. Carson
13. Santorum
14. Rubio
15. Jindal
16. Cruz
17. Walker

10-17 are pretty much indistinguishable, even if they have different focuses.  Paul and Trump really don't fit into the list, because their ideology is hard to measure (in Paul's case) or possibly nonexistent (Trump).

I would vote in the following order (factoring in everything, including electability):

WOULD BE EXCELLENT
1. Walker
2. Rubio
3. Cruz
4. Santorum
5. Perry
6. Fiorina
7. Jindal
8. Carson

WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM VOTING FOR
9. Huckabee
10. Gilmore

WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE NOMINEES, I GUESS
11. Bush
12. Kasich
13. Christie

WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE NOMINEES
14. Paul
15. Graham

WOULD DEFINITELY NOT BE AN ACCEPTABLE NOMINEE
16. Trump

I WOULD HAVE TO VOTE THIRD PARTY
17. Pataki

Why is Rand unacceptable?

He was borderline for unacceptable and acceptable, but not preferred.  I am not particularly libertarian, so I have major problems with him on issues like drugs and the NSA.
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« Reply #15 on: April 30, 2016, 05:08:56 PM »
Quote from: Senator-elect Smith (Labor-MA) on April 30, 2016, 01:06:57 PM
Took the political matrix test for the three candidates still in the race. These are the scores I got:

Trump (-0.77, 2.43)
Cruz (7.48, 3.83)
Kasich (4.39, 3.13)

I think if Cruz actually took it, his scores would be far higher than +7,+4.
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« Reply #16 on: April 30, 2016, 05:09:50 PM »
Quote from: ExtremeRepublican on April 30, 2016, 05:08:56 PM
Quote from: Senator-elect Smith (Labor-MA) on April 30, 2016, 01:06:57 PM
Took the political matrix test for the three candidates still in the race. These are the scores I got:

Trump (-0.77, 2.43)
Cruz (7.48, 3.83)
Kasich (4.39, 3.13)

I think if Cruz actually took it, his scores would be far higher than +7,+4.

Good point. I didn't put down any issues as serious, so that could be it.
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« Reply #17 on: April 30, 2016, 08:45:36 PM »
17. Pataki
16. Paul
15. Trump
14. Kasich
13. Christie
12. Graham
11. Bush
10. Rubio
9. Fiorina
8. Huckabee
7. Santorum
6. Gilmore
5. Walker
4. Perry
3. Carson
2. Cruz
1. Jindal
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« Reply #18 on: May 01, 2016, 12:01:41 AM »
It's worth pointing out that as recently as 1996, the only candidates whose views would have been viewed as acceptable for a mainstream Republican are Jeb Bush and George Pataki.

All the others are more comparable to Gary Bauer, Phil Gramm, Alan Keyes and other people who were total fringe candidates back then.
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