Election Candidate Questionnaire: Are you a dog person or a cat person?

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.)

Source: AOL News Election Questionnaire

Most honest answer:

"I know better than to answer this one prior to an election."
-- Greg Rabidoux, Democratic candidate for Tennessee's 7th Congressional District

Best answer:

"Personally, I prefer trees because they are very low-maintenance and tend to outlive people."
-- Robert Broadus, Republican candidate for Maryland's 4th Congressional District

Find other survey results here.