The Political Compass

VoodooDali · Post by **VoodooDali** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 11:23 am

I wasn't too happy with that test either - a lot of times I didn't like any of the choices.

Centerville-You would feel most at home in Centerville, which means that you are more or less pleased the status quo-you think the US government has just about the right amount of control over your economic and personal decisions. Your neighbors include democratic and republican party leaders and others who call themselves "moderates" and "centrists."

frogus · Post by **frogus** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 12:05 pm

Originally posted by VoodooDali
I wasn't too happy with that test either - a lot of times I didn't like any of the choices.

Centerville-You would feel most at home in Centerville, which means that you are more or less pleased the status quo-you think the US government has just about the right amount of control over your economic and personal decisions. Your neighbors include democratic and republican party leaders and others who call themselves "moderates" and "centrists."

Voo through and through.

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 12:56 pm

Originally posted by frogus
Did anyone else find themselves feeling 'strongly' about almost all the issues?

Very much so, at least 75% of all my answers were prefixed by "strongly." And in some cases I was wishing that I could have said "vehemently."

I think that the questions, many of which are hot buttons, are quite deliberately designed to provoke a fairly intense response.

Gruntboy · Post by **Gruntboy** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 3:43 pm

This has been around for some time - it makes sense to have more than a linear political scale but I just don't like labels.

I fit smack in the centre of the axes. Surprised?

fable · Post by **fable** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 3:48 pm

I turned out in the center, as well. Not much of a test, but then, there are too much issues where an individual simply isn't going to vote according to a pre-planned platform or theory.

Gruntboy · Post by **Gruntboy** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 3:50 pm

My desire to solve problems with force is obviously balanced by my liberal views on public nudity.

Chanak · Post by **Chanak** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 3:54 pm

@Lazarus: Looks like we pretty much were on the same sheet of music on both tests.

Lazarus' Test:

NW-You would feel most at home in the Northwest region. You advocate a large degree of economic and personal freedom. Your neighbors include folks like Ayn Rand, Jesse Ventura, Milton Friedman, and Drew Carey, and may refer to themselves as "classical liberals," "libertarians," "market liberals," "old whigs," "objectivists," "propertarians," "agorists," or "anarcho-capitalist."

Robnark · Post by **Robnark** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 4:00 pm

Economic Left/Right: -5.38
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -7.08

pretty accurate, not surprising.

Zelgadis · Post by **Zelgadis** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 4:59 pm

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: 2.50
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -4.00

West-You are a Westerner-a civil libertarian-which means that you advocate a diminished role for the government in the personal realm. You are more or less pleased the government's role in the economic realm.

oki101 · Post by **oki101** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 5:16 pm

South-You are a Southerner-an egalitarian-which means that you advocate an increased role for the government in the economic realm. You are more or less pleased the government's role in the personal realm

In a stright line between Al Gore and Jesse Jackson, I am found in the middle.

Although I have no idea what that means.

fable · Post by **fable** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 5:53 pm

Originally posted by Gruntboy
My desire to solve problems with force is obviously balanced by my liberal views on public nudity.

That makes sense. After all, it's easiest to defeat a nude person in combat.

Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 11:05 pm

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -4.25
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -4.77

And I'm pretty comfortable in Centerville (right on top of Al Gore!)

Littiz · Post by **Littiz** » Mon Apr 07, 2003 7:27 am

I almost hit the center
Economic Left/Right: -1.62
Authoritarian/Libertarian: 0.97
hmmm

Well if anyone did agree with that I doubt they would have either the nerve or stupidity to admit it anywhere around here

Actually I answered I agree, women should work at home..
Not strongly agree though

after all I couldn't change the trend

*wears bulletproof suit*
hey this test was biased! I had to even things a little

Minerva · Post by **Minerva** » Mon Apr 07, 2003 7:28 am

Originally posted by fable
That makes sense. After all, it's easiest to defeat a nude person in combat.

Or, make your enemy run!

Tower_Master · Post by **Tower_Master** » Sat Oct 30, 2004 7:39 pm

(as a Moderator closed a thread, because this one was priorly created

I got an "Economic Left/Right: -0.12, Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.46". Ahh, the bliss of neutrality.

Paranitis · Post by **Paranitis** » Sat Oct 30, 2004 8:14 pm

I took this test yesterday..mine turned out to be like -9.12/-9.26 or something like that, lol

Coot · Post by **Coot** » Sun Oct 31, 2004 3:10 am

Economic Left/Right: -5.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.59

No shocks here.

Vicsun · Post by **Vicsun** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 9:46 am

Economic Left/Right: -3.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.95

HiRo11er's thread reminded me of this and I thought it was time for another bump.

Macleod1701 · Post by **Macleod1701** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 10:21 am

Economic: -1.00
Social: -0.51

Hell knows what that means, I'm in the middle of everything apparently even though I'd rather kill half the world to increase my power. What a silly test

Vicsun · Post by **Vicsun** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 10:42 am

[QUOTE=Macleod1701]I'm in the middle of everything apparently even though I'd rather kill half the world to increase my power.[/QUOTE]
This isn't a good/evil test; I don't see how the two above oppose eachother