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Re:Watson for President by saeranv on Saturday February 06, 2016 @11:51AM (#11048454)
I love this idea. One question is how will we accommodate the large spectrum of ideologies within the parties: Ron Paul libertarians vs neo-conservatives like Marco Rubio for example. Or the nuanced distinction between Bernie Sanders' notion of 'progressive' and Hillary Clinton's.

Pragmatically speaking, I think we could capture the political spectrum in 4 to 5 parties. Watson-left-liberalist mode (for the Sanders crowd), Watson-authoritarian-right (for Trump supporters) etc.

Edit: Sanders correction based on comment below.

Re:Watson for President by thevibesman on Saturday February 06, 2016 @12:04PM (#11048524)
Sorry to be the language police (but word choice is important when labeling politicians): I don't think any Sander's supporters would vote for a left-libertarian mode; I think you meant left-liberalist or something like that. Libertarianism would be opposed to the role of government in Sander's democratic-socialist platforms.
Re:Watson for President by saeranv on Saturday February 06, 2016 @12:17PM (#11048595)
No need to apologize, you are definitely correct. I will change it to left-liberalist, that's a lot more accurate.
Re:Watson for President by seabass on Saturday February 06, 2016 @04:49PM (#11050099)
It's interesting you'd put Trump on the far right. I find Trump to be one of the more moderate republican candidates when compared to Cruz, Carson, and Paul, for example. Trump wants universal healthcare and a progressive tax where the lowest bracket remains 0%. I think most liberals have this caricatured image of him that lead them to these exaggerated conclusions, and while I don't like the guy I really think you've misrepresented his position on the political spectrum.
Re:Watson for President by saeranv on Tuesday February 09, 2016 @01:37PM (#11067568)
Check out the political compass, he is classified as strongly authoritarian right: http://www.politicalcompass.org/uselection2016