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Le Monde has web quiz where you can test with which candidate you agree the most. It's not particularly comprehensive (19 questions), but what the hey.

I got Royal, followed by Buffet and Bové tied for second.

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde

by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Thu Mar 22nd, 2007 at 08:11:50 AM EST
I got Royal, and Voynet and Buffet tied for second place.

"It's the statue, man, The Statue."
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Mar 22nd, 2007 at 08:28:00 AM EST
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I got Voynet (17 points), followed by 13 points for Besancenot and 12 for Buffet. But I'm not sure I understood all the choices correctly.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Thu Mar 22nd, 2007 at 08:45:37 AM EST
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I got 11, 8 and 8 points. I suppose none of the candidates's platforms really, which is amazing considering there are 12 of them!

"It's the statue, man, The Statue."
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Mar 22nd, 2007 at 09:02:48 AM EST
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I got 10, 8 and 8. Seeing as no candidate is even close, I'm hereby announcing that I'm not going to vote in the French presidential election.

Although Le Monde's web quiz is the primary reason, my decision was also influenced by the fact that I'm not a French citizen and have never even set foot in France. But it's mostly the quiz.

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde

by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Thu Mar 22nd, 2007 at 09:10:36 AM EST
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I'm not a French citizen and have never even set foot in France

That's not an excuse...

"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

by Melanchthon on Thu Mar 22nd, 2007 at 12:44:32 PM EST
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I got 6 for Bové, 9 for Buffet, 13 for Royal.

I don't get how they weight the responses*. Nor why I didn't score even a single point for Voynet.

*  They "explain" under Methodology that each response may give points to one or several candidates, according to the importance of the policy in their programme.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu Mar 22nd, 2007 at 09:05:18 AM EST
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They only display the three with the first three most points?

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Thu Mar 22nd, 2007 at 09:13:25 AM EST
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Which obviously can be highly subjective.
I like what the Finnish media do: they have the candidates sit down and answer the same questionnaire, where they get to rate the importance of each question. Then it's quite easy to compare your answers to the candidates' answers...

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde
by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Thu Mar 22nd, 2007 at 09:18:40 AM EST
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The quizz feels lousy : the answers are literally taken out of the candidates' platforms. I suppose you get one point per proposition that agree's with a candidate's platform

I had Buffet first then Laguiller and Besancenot. It seems the photographs at the end are automatic montages. So I had the three of them dressed in suits and skirts, looking straight out of an executive office... Pretty funny.

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Thu Mar 22nd, 2007 at 09:27:33 AM EST
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They have to look "presidentiable" to a Le Monde reader, after all...

"It's the statue, man, The Statue."
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Mar 22nd, 2007 at 09:29:15 AM EST
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I got 14 for Royal, 12 for Buffet and 9 for Besancenot...

"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
by Melanchthon on Thu Mar 22nd, 2007 at 12:51:27 PM EST
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