If you were to run for higher office in your country, what controversial thing would the vetting process uncover about you?

I'm not at all qualified to be in charge of anything.

You’ve got my vote!
Thank god, finally someone to vote for with a good head on their shoulders.
This guy for president 2024!

I would vote for you. Especially cause Satanist, but I support your entire platform.
Depending on how your gun policies are, I might be able to swallow that in exchange for everything else
Hello doppelganger. Except, I'm ex-JW, just a garden variety humanist, and have no clue what the nfa of 1934 is.
- So in the US when we want to make something illegal, and that thing happens to be a constitutional right, we levy a tax against it. Then we only issue tax stamps to very select few people, or simply refuse to issue them at all. NFA 1934 is one of those weird tax scheme that makes you obtain a $200 tax stamp to have certain types of weapons. They are heavily controlled and non-transferable without going through a similar process.
  Here's more info about it if you care to look into it: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Firearms_Act
  We also did this with Marijuana during that same time: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marihuana_Tax_Act_of_1937
You have my vote already!
You know, Im obviously one person so my input matters very little, but Id much rather vote for a candidate with your ideals than any of the present options. Hopefully one day there will be a candidate with these ideals and the recognition needed to win the election
- Consumerism is the third leading cause of why we're boiling ourselves out of a planet
Would you happen to have some idea what to do about all the school shootings?

what controversial thing would the vettong process uncover about you?

Nice try, FBI!

:-)

I'm a filthy socialist, which is enough for almost half the US.

I've been putting a BA on my resume for decades, but I don't have a degree.

... does that work? Because I'm halfway through a degree here, and honestly, if that works...
- If the job requires it, they'll probably check. If the job doesn't require it but the hiring manager has a bias towards college graduates (hint: they all do) then it works.
- Probably depends on the field.
  I'm a software developer and only my first job ever cared for my degree. My current employer actually never saw my degree/diploma or anything. I just said I had it.
  Now, if you'd work at a bank/in finance or have a degree in a more regulated industry, they'll probably check.
- …until someone starts to double check
I put my university, the years I attended, and my major and minor focus of study.
It's not a lie, and if pressed, I always tell the truth. It's become a non issue as my professional experience has mounted and now my resume and references speak for itself.
But, unless I'm asked directly...
Nobody needs to know I dropped out first semester of my senior year due to a crippling drug addiction. Or as I phrase it, a period in my life where I needed to tend to a family medical emergency.

I give a shit about minorities

On top of that, being a minority alone can be a huge disadvantage.

Student's performance is inconsistent

They did warn you that it was your PERMANENT record...

I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

I'm trying to remember where you got this quote.
West Wing?
- First line of Bilbo Baggins's birthday speech.

Drugs mostly. No criminal records or anything, but I'd probably have to pay out some hush money

I've shared so many nudes

Just gotta own it like LBJ, who was (apparently) naked somewhat frequently in office.

Let's see here... Trans, furry, poor mental health, unmarried, jaded, has made comments about "eating the rich" that have gotten a little too real, would absolutely instruct the CIA to create Operation Glass Ceiling: a highly illegal operation designed to keep any single american from getting too wealthy, would have the CIA stage accidents involving politicians too old or who've been in office too long.

I stand a very good chance of getting elected, don't you think?

has made comments about “eating the rich” that have gotten a little too real
Elaborate …?

Get people to fund their own smear campaign? Creative!

Raised atheist. It's one thing to denounce a religion later in life but I never had one. Mom is ex Catholic and dad is entirely unreligious.

In the US it is incredibly rare for higher office officials to be atheist. There has never been a president that was atheist publically but a few were rumored to be privately.

Nice try, FBI.

Controversial to whom?

Party officials who want to make sure there aren't any skeletons in your closet that will cause an issue on the campaign trail.
- Which party... Die Partie? It's the only one I would run for. (Or it's Canadian equivalent: Rhinoceros)

Even before getting into political stances, I've done ethical non monogamy for years. Makes a lot of people uncomfortable.

Weed. I want to make thc drug tests for any reason including employment illegal just to see if it really does cause the world burn or not (it won't)

- *Except the food industry. No restaurant or bar is dumb enough to drug test. They wouldn't have any workers

USA:

I would be running on a social democratic platform with a focus on urbanism, affordable housing and tough-on-landlords policies, de-escalation with China, stopping state governments from being aggressive toward Mexico, and introducing a bodily autonomy amendment to the Constitution, with rhetoric that attempts to take the notion of American pride back from conservatives and warmongerers.

I was one of those people stopped being "anti-SJW" when Unite the Right happened, and later I flirted with anarcho-communist ideas (I'm still in my early 20s, this is more common with American youth than you'd think.) The former would turn off my social democratic base, the latter would discourage centrist voters. Also my views on race don't align perfectly with the American progressive orthodoxy (it has a lot to do with being mixed race, though I don't think my views are popular with mixed people either.) And I crossdress (might boost me with socdems but halt momentum with undecideds and old people.)

de-escalation with China
You're probably not going to get your wish on that one. The Chinese government is…well, not nice, as the Uyghurs can attest. Maybe let's let them dial back the oppression first, then make friends with them?
And I crossdress (might boost me with socdems but halt momentum with undecideds and old people.)
Depends how sexy your crossdressing is... 🤔

I am a casual Satanist and I'm asexual.

looks at home instance name That I hang out with furries. Still considered a more controversial thing than actually evil things in politics in my country.

I have bipolar disorder lmao

Broadly gestures at comment history

I once wore a nazi armband and did a nazi salute for a photo.

Not sure I could recover from that.

I'm a dirty, disgusting, heathen communist.

Cars are not a priority when we can barely feed our people.

I'd ban some car and gas subsidies and put a BIG tax for people who have cars, but not where to park them.

I'd also prioritize pedestrian infrastructure and healthcare. We can achieve more an better things with better health and less time spent in traffic.

I have some blog posts about it, and also make a lot of posts on social media about it. Some drug use sometimes, but nothing really that weird.

I'm not from the USA though