Hunter Wins Computerized Poll

Congressman Duncan Hunter received the most votes according to the computerized scoring in which TKF readers participated. Hunter, a solid Federalist-minded conservative won a very close race to Senator Fred Thompson, another Federalist-minded conservative. The computerized scoring does not account for personal favorites. Instead, the computer calculates the best candidate according to your particular views on the questions asked.

Hunter and Thompson were in every top five score of the readers and finished first or second in the majority of respondents. Third place in the scoring was Senator John McCain. Big surprises were the lack of scores for Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani, who are both current GOP leaders at the national level. However, TKF readers are not political neophytes and are very schooled on their issues. There were no scores for any of the Democrat candidates.

Naturally, many important issues were left off the questions and we hope another quiz is around the corner with even more questions for the candidates, such as additional tax questions, spending philosophy, and Constitutional issues; such as Gun Rights, McCain-Feingold, Eminent Domain, and the Fairness Doctrine. One candidate, Alan Keyes, was not on the ballot, as he was not declared at the time the computerized model was built. Jim Gilmore has dropped from the race.

Here are the final positions according to the scores tallied and the candidates’ presidential website links in order that you can see their additional views on the issues:

Congressman Duncan Hunter -- www.gohunter08.com
Senator Fred Thompson -- www.fred08.com
Senator John McCain -- www.johnmccain.com
Congressman Tom Tancredo -- www.teamtancredo.org
Senator Sam Brownback -- www.brownback.com
Governor Mike Huckabee -- www.mikehuckabee.com
Governor Jim Gilmore -- (has dropped from race)
Governor Mitt Romney -- www.mittromney.com
Congressman Ron Paul -- www.ronpaul2008.com
Mayor Rudy Giuliani -- www.joinrudy2008.com

In case you missed the Presidential issues quiz. Hit the following link for more information: Link

TKF will have a Presidential Poll in December that will ask for our readers favorite candidates that is based on personal issues and not a computerized score.