[W:583] Political Compass Thread

[Gina]

Re: a different political compass quiz

 

[Stewart]

Mine... No surprises really

http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/grid/20x21.gif

 

[Luke Skywalker]

Have taken the test before - no use in taking it again...

Doesn't get much more libertarian than me.

 

[xpiher]

Believe it or not, it looks like I'm a libertarian! Libertarian left, that is:

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Of course, that's not how "libertarian" is typically understood, so I reject the label.

That's because you are simply incapable of understanding the difference between an adjective and a noun

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[German guy]

My results:

Compass:

You are a left moderate social libertarian.
Left: 4.24, Libertarian: 2.66




Foreign Policy:
On the left side are pacifists and anti-war activists. On the right side are those who want a strong military that intervenes around the world. You scored: -4.12




Culture:
Where are you in the culture war? On the liberal side, or the conservative side? This scale may apply more to the US than other countries. You scored: -4.5



The result doesn't surprise me.

 

[Demon of Light]

Here are my results from each of the tests. They are slightly different.

You are a centrist social libertarian.
Left: 0.15, Libertarian: 7.68

Economic Left/Right: -2.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.15

 

[imagep]

Thats about what I expected.

 

[digsbe]

In most tests I'm placed nearly in the same spot.

 

[lunchbox]

No. I always thought political compass used ****ty questions.

Agreed.

In my case, there were several times where I got the feeling someone from the Left devised this questionnaire, but that could have been my silly paranoia rearing its ugly head.

 

[Jredbaron96]

Sounds about right.

Political Compass Printable Graph

 

[Peter King]

Compass:

You are a left social moderate.
Left: 5.34, Libertarian: 0.64






Well, I could have told them that LOL, I am a social democrat and in my country considered a moderate.

 

[prrriiide]

Economic Left/Right: -6.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.28



And...

You are a left moderate social libertarian.
Left: 6.11, Libertarian: 2.69

 

[Μολὼν λαβέ]

Non-interventionist; culturally conservative.

 

[Tim Cornelis]

 

[RabidAlpaca]

This is actually quite interesting, because about 6 months ago I was about +5, -5, sitting right in the middle of the purple box.

I think this shift has come from the debates on here, more research on my own, and the reflection on my experiences in europe.

Maybe I should shift my DB political lean from Libertarian - Right to just Libertarian?

 

[American]

Forgetting or changing one's answer in relation to the degree to which you agree or disagree seems to dramatically feck up the graph. You can still be for or against something, but if you cannot recall if it only was agree instead really agree...or disagree versus really disagree, you can fly all over the map.

I think the test is a piece of ****, and putting Clinton and Obama up as rightwinger is silly. The whole thing is questionable.

 

[Texan]

I think the test is a piece of ****, and putting Clinton and Obama up as rightwinger is silly. The whole thing is questionable.

That's putting it lightly. Why didn't any of those questions have an "I don't give a s*** one way or another" answer? I couldn't have cared less about some of those stupid questions. Even though I wasn't too surprised at the outcome of the test, I think it could have been a whole lot more accurate if you were given an option of "I don't give a damn about that".

 

[Discontented]

 

[Camlon]

I don't like the Political Compass test at all. It is made by leftists with a political agenda and the questions are not very good. It is still quite useful for comparisons.

This is my results.

I also have taken the opportunity to take the test for Obama and Romney

 

[Fiddytree]

I don't like the Political Compass test at all. It is made by leftists with a political agenda and the questions are not very good. It is still quite useful for comparisons.

This is my results.

I also have taken the opportunity to take the test for Obama and Romney

Perhaps you should accompany it with a list of the questions and your answers for the candidates to make it make more sense as to how you derived a different opinion from the site creators.

 

[Camlon]

Perhaps you should accompany it with a list of the questions and your answers for the candidates to make it make more sense as to how you derived a different opinion from the site creators.

Sure

If economic globalisation is inevitable, it should primarily serve humanity rather than the interests of trans-national corporations.
Strongly Disagree
Disagree (Romney)
Agree
Strongly Agree (Obama)

I'd always support my country, whether it was right or wrong.
Strongly Disagree
Disagree (Obama)
Agree (Romney)
Strongly Agree

No one chooses his or her country of birth, so it's foolish to be proud of it.
Strongly Disagree (Romney)
Disagree (Obama)
Agree
Strongly Agree

Our race has many superior qualities, compared with other races.
Strongly Disagree (Obama)
Disagree (Romney)
Agree
Strongly Agree

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Strongly Disagree (Obama)
Disagree (Romney)
Agree
Strongly Agree

Military action that defies international law is sometimes justified.
Strongly Disagree
Disagree (Obama)
Agree (Romney)
Strongly Agree

There is now a worrying fusion of information and entertainment.
Strongly Disagree
Disagree (Romney)
Agree (Obama)
Strongly Agree

People are ultimately divided more by class than by nationality.
Strongly Disagree
Disagree (Romney)
Agree
Strongly Agree (Obama)

Controlling inflation is more important than controlling unemployment.
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Agree (Romney)
Strongly Agree (Obama)

Because corporations cannot be trusted to voluntarily protect the environment, they require regulation.
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Agree (Romney)
Strongly Agree (Obama)

"from each according to his ability, to each according to his need" is a fundamentally good idea.
Strongly Disagree (Romney)
Disagree (Obama)
Agree
Strongly Agree

It's a sad reflection on our society that something as basic as drinking water is now a bottled, branded consumer product.
Strongly Disagree
Disagree (Romney)
Agree (Obama)
Strongly Agree

Land shouldn't be a commodity to be bought and sold.
Strongly Disagree (Romney) (Obama)
Disagree
Agree
Strongly Agree

It is regrettable that many personal fortunes are made by people who simply manipulate money and contribute nothing to their society.
Strongly Disagree
Disagree (Romney)
Agree
Strongly Agree (Obama)

Protectionism is sometimes necessary in trade.
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Agree (Obama)
Strongly Agree(Romney)

The only social responsibility of a company should be to deliver a profit to its shareholders.
Strongly Disagree (Obama)
Disagree
Agree (Romney)
Strongly Agree

The rich are too highly taxed.
Strongly Disagree (Obama)
Disagree
Agree
Strongly Agree (Romney)

Those with the ability to pay should have the right to higher standards of medical care .
Strongly Disagree
Disagree (Obama)
Agree
Strongly Agree(Romney)

Governments should penalise businesses that mislead the public.
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Agree (Romney)
Strongly Agree (Obama)

A genuine free market requires restrictions on the ability of predator multinationals to create monopolies.
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Agree (Romney)
Strongly Agree (Obama)

The freer the market, the freer the people.
Strongly Disagree (Obama)
Disagree
Agree
Strongly Agree (Romney)

Abortion, when the woman's life is not threatened, should always be illegal.
Strongly Disagree (Obama)
Disagree (Romney)
Agree
Strongly Agree

All authority should be questioned.
Strongly Disagree
Disagree (Romney)
Agree (Obama)
Strongly Agree

An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
Strongly Disagree (Romney) (Obama)
Disagree
Agree
Strongly Agree

Taxpayers should not be expected to prop up any theatres or museums that cannot survive on a commercial basis.
Strongly Disagree (Obama)
Disagree (Romney)
Agree
Strongly Agree

Schools should not make classroom attendance compulsory.
Strongly Disagree
Disagree (Romney) (Obama)
Agree
Strongly Agree

All people have their rights, but it is better for all of us that different sorts of people should keep to their own kind.
Strongly Disagree (Romney) (Obama)
Disagree
Agree
Strongly Agree

Good parents sometimes have to spank their children.
Strongly Disagree (Obama)
Disagree
Agree (Romney)
Strongly Agree

It's natural for children to keep some secrets from their parents.
Strongly Disagree
Disagree (Romney)
Agree (Obama)
Strongly Agree

Possessing marijuana for personal use should not be a criminal offence.
Strongly Disagree (Romney)
Disagree (Obama)
Agree
Strongly Agree

The prime function of schooling should be to equip the future generation to find jobs.
Strongly Disagree (Obama)
Disagree
Agree (Romney)
Strongly Agree

People with serious inheritable disabilities should not be allowed to reproduce.
Strongly Disagree
Disagree (Romney) (Obama)
Agree
Strongly Agree

The most important thing for children to learn is to accept discipline.
Strongly Disagree (Obama)
Disagree
Agree (Romney)
Strongly Agree

There are no savage and civilised peoples; there are only different cultures.
Strongly Disagree (Obama)
Disagree (Romney)
Agree
Strongly Agree

Those who are able to work, and refuse the opportunity, should not expect society's support.
Strongly Disagree
Disagree (Obama)
Agree (Romney)
Strongly Agree

When you are troubled, it's better not to think about it, but to keep busy with more cheerful things.
Strongly Disagree
Disagree (Obama)
Agree (Romney)
Strongly Agree

First-generation immigrants can never be fully integrated within their new country.
Strongly Disagree (Obama)
Disagree (Romney)
Agree
Strongly Agree

What's good for the most successful corporations is always, ultimately, good for all of us.
Strongly Disagree (Obama)
Disagree
Agree (Romney)
Strongly Agree

No broadcasting institution, however independent its content, should receive public funding.
Strongly Disagree (Obama)
Disagree (Romney)
Agree
Strongly Agree

 

[Camlon]

And so on. Since, I didn't save my answers last time, and most people are going to skip the post above anyway, I didn't feel like going further than page 3.

But I think you see the point. I gave natural answers to the questions for both of them. I am sure you will disagree on some of them, but it won't make much of a difference. But why is it different from the site. Because the people who made the site are partisan. Their chart makes no sense. Obama and Romney is almost next to each other. But in real politics we know that Bill Clinton is to the right of Obama, Bloomberg is to the right of Clinton, Huntsman is to the right of Bloomberg, and Romney is to the right of Huntsman.

Fact is, Obama and Romney are very different. The site makes the excuse that Obama is following nearly the same policies as Bush (not really), and hence he is to the right. But the President don't have ultimate power. So going by what they achieve is completely idiotic. Still, that is what the site does. Read the comments under the article of US 2012, and New Zealand 2011. They are so biased, they are not even able to hide it. Both in the US and New Zealand, they are mad at the left for not being left enough, and mad at the people (who they think are stupid) who don't agree with them.

 

[NotEliTanenbaum]

My parents are both liberals, and my sister is a socialist. Lately they've been suspecting that I'm a closet Republican. Maybe their claims have some merit after all:

From the Political Compass:



From Political Spectrum Quiz:

 

[proud2Bcatholic]

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Well here it is... I dont know. I felt like most of the questions on there were stupid and I dont know how seriously I would take this. I got a strange feeling however made it didnt have a good understanding of either side very well.
left/right = 4.62
social libertarian/ Authoritarian = .15

I do find the second interesting. I was almost completely in the middle. Kind of amusing.

I didn't like some of the questions, so instead I looked for a graph I thought would suit me. I like yours, except I'd still be a little further to the right

 

[NAKED N00B]