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THIS IS DEFINITELY A PUSH POLL DESIGNED TO MAKE PRESIDENT BUSH LOOK BAD...

It appears that your answers to gun control, immigration, the war in Iraq, etc. are irrelevant. I played around with the rating in that final screen.

When I set my interest in the issues to 50% (2 "somewhat" on the 0-4, no interest to high interest scale) with national security at 100%, here were my matches:

Kerry (D) 100%
Sharpton (D) 98%
Edwards (D) 95%
Bush (R) 93%
Kucinich (D) 93%
Dean (D) 92%

When I set my interest in the issues to 75% (3 "somewhat higher" on the 0-4, no interest to high interest scale) with national security at 100%, here were my matches:

Sharpton (D) 100%
Kerry (D) 96%
Kucinich (D) 93%
Dean (D) 90%
Edwards (D) 90%
Bush (R) 86%

When I set my interest in the issues to 100% (4 "highest" on the 0-4, no interest to high interest scale) with national security at 100%, here were my matches:

Sharpton (D) 100%
Kerry (D) 92%
Kucinich (D) 92%
Dean (D) 87%
Edwards (D) 86%
Bush (R) 81%

When I set my interest in the issues to 0% (0 "lowest" on the 0-4, no interest to high interest scale) with national security at 100%, here were my matches:

Bush (R) 100%
Edwards (D) 85%
Kerry (D) 83%
Dean (D) 69%
Kucinich (D) 50%
Sharpton (D) 42%

These scores were consistant even if National Security was at 25% with all other interests at 0%.

When I set my interest in the issues to 0% (0 "lowest" on the 0-4, no interest to high interest scale) with Social Issues at 100%, here were my matches:

Bush (R) 100%
Sharpton (D) 46%
Dean (D) 43%
Kucinich (D) 37%
Edwards (D) 37%
Kerry (D) 32%

When I set my interest in the issues to 0% (0 "lowest" on the 0-4, no interest to high interest scale) with Crime/Education at 100%, here were my matches (and remember I was asked in the poll if I favored the death penalty, et al). I was for vouchers and some prayer in schools. I also gave some questions (like "no child left behind" no opinion):

Kucinich (D) 100%
Sharpton (D) 100%
Kerry (D) 84%
Edwards (D) 75%
Dean (D) 58%
Bush (R) 29%

When I set my interest in the issues to 0% (0 "lowest" on the 0-4, no interest to high interest scale) with Benefit Programs at 100%, here were my matches:

Sharpton (D) 100%
Dean (D) 75%
Kerry (D) 72%
Kucinich (D) 67%
Bush (R) 63%
Edwards (D) 47%

When I set my interest in the issues to 0% (0 "lowest" on the 0-4, no interest to high interest scale) with Economy/Environment at 100%, here were my matches (and this is with me being for the tax cuts and for drilling in Alaska):

Kucinich (D) 100%
Sharpton (D) 100%
Dean (D) 97%
Edwards (D) 87%
Kerry (D) 87%
Bush (R) 29%

The way that these questions are weighted definitely is permitting them to lie with statistics.