John Merline
Opinion Editor
AolNews
Elections are supposed to be about politics and public policy and big issues. And this election has its share of all that, given the stakes.
But elections are also about people -- the kind of people who want to run for federal office. And we at AOL News wanted to get a better sense of just who these people are.
So rather than asking a bunch of boring policy questions, we invited candidates for the House and Senate to answer 10 mostly fun questions. We got a response rate of about 5 percent. And while the results aren't exactly scientifically valid, they are still pretty interesting. Here's one of them:
Are you a dog person or a cat person?
According to the results, 61 percent of Democrats said they are dog people, while 37 percent of Republicans candidates said they prefer canines.
Meanwhile, 26 percent of GOPers identified themselves as cat people, compared with just 5 percent of Dems. (Keep in mind that these are not scientifically valid survey results.)
But elections are also about people -- the kind of people who want to run for federal office. And we at AOL News wanted to get a better sense of just who these people are.
So rather than asking a bunch of boring policy questions, we invited candidates for the House and Senate to answer 10 mostly fun questions. We got a response rate of about 5 percent. And while the results aren't exactly scientifically valid, they are still pretty interesting. Here's one of them:
Are you a dog person or a cat person?
According to the results, 61 percent of Democrats said they are dog people, while 37 percent of Republicans candidates said they prefer canines.
Meanwhile, 26 percent of GOPers identified themselves as cat people, compared with just 5 percent of Dems. (Keep in mind that these are not scientifically valid survey results.)
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