Political Compass

[DorostheConqueror]

Some of you may have already seen this, but for those of you who haven't, here's a cool little website called the Political Compass. The main attraction is a (somewhat short) test; it's all personal opinion, no right or wrong answers, and when you're done it "grades" you on roughly where in the political spectrum you lie. The test accounts for two main axes- economic left/right ("collectivist" vs "individualist") and social attitudes ("authoritarian" vs "libertarian")- and it even includes the "scores" of various historical and contemporary political figures, from all over the world, so you can see about where you measure up. The test itself is here and for the Americans, here's a page on the upcoming elections.


So, what did you score? And how accurate do you think your score is?


No surprises here:

Spoiler:

Economic Left/Right: 5.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.26

[Dark Lord Cam]

http://www.politicalcompass.org/faceboo ... &soc=-4.15

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -3.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.15

[POMC S117]

Am I left?

Economic Left/Right: -5.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.64

[Veck]

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printab ... &soc=-6.87

[POMC S117]

I think it was my views on abortion that made me nearly Authoritarian.

[MARS]

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printab ... &soc=-3.44

I expected myself closer to Gandhi. Probably because some of those questions didn't have a "no opinion" answer.

[Kerr]

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printab ... &soc=-6.72


A Libertarian Left that sounds true about me. I actually was indifferent about some of those questions

[POMC S117]

They have skewed views on British political parties. Labour is right-wing according to them.

[Kerr]

Labour is a lot more center then left. I'm pretty sure i'm a little bit more to the left then this test said I was.

[POMC S117]

I'd say the same too, but they're not right-wing.

[TiberSeptimsGrandma]

Economic Left/Right: -5.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.69

[POMC S117]

Most people seem to be left-wing.

[Taters]

I'm only halfway done, and I can already say I don't like that many of these questions are either/or, and have no capacity for me to explain myself or add contingency.

[POMC S117]

A somewhat ____ option would fit nicely.

[Taters]

Figured I'd be somewhere around there. I'm generally too pragmatic to be one side or the other.

EDIT: In addition to wishing I could add contingencies, I found some of the questions ambiguous. For example, "It is impossible to feel naturally homosexual"(or something like that); well, if you mean "Homosexuality always feels/is unnatural", then no. If you mean "Homosexuality is a state one is or is not naturally born with", then I don't know. But I had to "disagree", which isn't really my whole opinion.

[DorostheConqueror]

Well, "left wing" in the anarcho-socialist sense. This shouldn't be too surprising; modern populist culture is heavily biased towards fragmentary collectivism, at least on the surface. I remember the first time I took the test, way back in the day, I wound up in the lower left too.

But you've got to remember that very few "leftists" actually fall in that range. Most of the real heavy duty left wingers, politicians, academics, revolutionary icons, you name it, belong in one of the two upper quadrants, often the upper right.

[Dark Lord Cam]

I'd say the same too, but they're not right-wing.

Most political parties nowadays are pretty moderate. So you will see even Democrats appear to be on the right with Republicans being even FARTHER right.

[Taters]

I'd say the same too, but they're not right-wing.

Most political parties nowadays are pretty moderate. So you will see even Democrats appear to be on the right with Republicans being even FARTHER right.

I guess that depends on what issues you use to define your rightness or leftness. Some Dems hold beliefs that are right-leaning, and vice versa with the Reps. On the other hand, most of those same people hold a core group of beliefs that mesh with whatever party they're in.

[Arch-Mage Matt]

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-3.12&soc=-3.44

I expected myself closer to Gandhi. Probably because some of those questions didn't have a "no opinion" answer.

Whoa. We're close.

[Frost Mage]

Economic Left/Right: -4.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.97

Could someone tell me what this means?

[MARS]

I know how politics work.

[Frost Mage]

I mean like how this would decide my stance, say if I were to run for president.

[Kerr]

Libertarian Left.

[Frost Mage]

Yes, but I'm still thinking over who I would be in an election.

[MARS]

Democrat.