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Hilariously wrong for me.

I had to think pretty hard about if i think i’m a protestant or not. (i think they mean “not-catholic”, which is a much bigger tent than the binary choice makes obvious.)

They don't mean not catholic, the tree shows not-protestant not-catholic as a pathway. It's a weirdly phrased question since it doesn't implicitly assume you are christian, but it sounds like it does. And it doesn't clarify if it is asking about beliefs, or is a backdoor ethnic group classification, i.e. are you "culturally" protestant or catholic. I went to a protestant church as a child even though my one parent was an outspoken atheist and my other parent has now become atheist.

I don’t think is binary, though they may be assuming Judaic religions. If you play with the conservative paths you can get asked if you’re Jewish.

+48 Dem - and I've never voted for a Democrat in my life.

I'm beginning to figure out how they could have called the election so strongly and wrongly for Hillary.

It puts me at +5 Dem. If I claim to be one year older than I am, it puts me at +31 Repub.

It's funny, if nothing else, to view how stats like this can break down horribly around edge cases. Or maybe I'm weird. That's always very possible.

There's only one party, the Property party, with two wings: Democratic and Republican. - Gore Vidal

(And that's my limit of political commentary on HN.)

Their prediction was wrong for me. I think identity politics is more about societal pressure, to conform to your race, gender, sexuality, etc.

is this a joke? it didn't just completely misidentified me. it is the collection of worst cliches and misconceptions. took a screenshot to share with friends - it is hilarious! ny times lives in its own one-dimensional world.

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