I got the smarts real good.

According to the ole Myers-Briggs, I am a feeler and not a thinker. Which means when it really comes down to decision time, I tend to let my feelings overcome that logical voice in my brain. But when it comes to elections, I try to make a thought-out, rational decision. So the day before an election (oh yeah – I am also an incredibly strong perceiver – that category that includes “tends to procrastinate” – my perceiving level towers high above all else) – I will study all the issues and the candidates’ stance on said issues, see who I agree with most, and then tell myself this is the person who I should vote for. And then my feelings may argue, “but I think I like this other person best. Based on… uh… you know… that thing they said that time… uh – I don’t remember what it was, but they sounded nice.”
And the two sides will battle it out, but so far I’ve let my logic win.

Anyway, yesterday I voted, and this year I didn’t do quite as much studying as I had intended. So my logic voice wasn’t quite as prepared as usual – and I’m not sure that my feelings side didn’t win out. I had heard about the quizzes online where you can answer state how you feel on various issues and it will spit out the name of the candidate you most agree with, but somehow I managed not to take this quiz until the day after I had voted.

But guess what??! It gave me the name of the person I had voted for! Which I actually didn’t really expect. So my ineptitude at keeping myself well educated didn’t even matter! Yay! I am inherently brilliant – I don’t need to study – I just know!

The most interesting part was not really the result, but how much reading I had to do just to get through it. There was a lot of “refreshing” needed. Fortunately, a little synopsis was available for each item with just a click of the mouse.

So I thought that maybe someone else out there might want to try this. Maybe your state hasn’t voted yet, and it could actually help you, or maybe you will just find out that you voted for the wrong person. And maybe you are like me, and although you have work to do, you really just want to put it off for as long as possible. So hey, quiz!