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Title: What Does Your Political Compass Look Like?
Post by: David In Indy on September 03, 2009, 11:52:05 pm

Click on the link and take the test!

http://www.politicalcompass.org/index (http://www.politicalcompass.org/index)


This is what mine looks like....

Economic Left/Right: -4.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.03


(http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-4.75&soc=-5.03)

Title: Re: What Does Your Political Compass Look Like?
Post by: Sheriff Roland on September 04, 2009, 12:08:54 am

Seems I'm even more of a libertarian (and a lefty) than you are, according to this limiting test.

Would have been better to be able to have left some answers blanc - those for which I had no opinion.


Economic Left/Right: -6.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.69

(http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-6.38&soc=-5.69)

I don't think the same questions/results/outlook would have happened if it had been created by someone from a country that isn't as right wing as the good ol ... you know ... like just about anywhere else in the western world.

Title: Re: What Does Your Political Compass Look Like?
Post by: Sheriff Roland on September 04, 2009, 12:33:59 am

I found this 'chart' interesting.

(http://www.politicalcompass.org/images/internationalchart.gif)

Of the recent leaders charted here, our own 'Conservative' Stephen Harper is positioned nearest the centre (with Australia's Rudd & Germany's Merkel being the exceptions) - even though he represents only about 40% of Canadians. All the other parties (and party leaders) from Canada offer a more left/libertarian agenda than the Conservatives, and would likely end up near or in the lower left hand quadrant.

Title: Re: What Does Your Political Compass Look Like?
Post by: retropian on September 04, 2009, 03:05:53 am

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -6.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.46

lefty libertairian! That's me!

Title: Re: What Does Your Political Compass Look Like?
Post by: CellarDweller on September 04, 2009, 07:19:02 am

(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/CellarDweller115/pcgraphpng.jpg)

Title: Re: What Does Your Political Compass Look Like?
Post by: Monika on September 04, 2009, 09:34:17 am

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -5.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.85

Title: Re: What Does Your Political Compass Look Like?
Post by: milomorris on September 04, 2009, 10:48:55 am

I'm one square away from being dead center!!!

(http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-0.88&soc=-0.92)

Title: Re: What Does Your Political Compass Look Like?
Post by: delalluvia on September 04, 2009, 04:35:07 pm

Who are they expecting to take this test?

One of the questions starts off

"Our race..."

Whose race are they talking about?

Title: Re: What Does Your Political Compass Look Like?
Post by: Sheriff Roland on September 04, 2009, 05:54:58 pm

Quote from: delalluvia on September 04, 2009, 04:35:07 pm

Who are they expecting to take this test?

One of the questions starts off

"Our race..."

Whose race are they talking about?

Natch, whatever race you are from. If you are black, than that's your race. If you're native, that's your race. But of course those are not the 'races' most people taking this test are likely to be all about. This test is mostly for the whites, who make up the majority of 'mericans.

Title: Re: What Does Your Political Compass Look Like?
Post by: delalluvia on September 04, 2009, 06:12:35 pm

Quote from: Sheriff Roland on September 04, 2009, 05:54:58 pm

Natch, whatever race you are from. If you are black, than that's your race. If you're native, that's your race. But of course those are not the 'races' most people taking this test are likely to be all about. This test is mostly for the whites, who make up the majority of 'mericans.

Hmmm, OK.  But I get the feeling it's either a very leading question - expecting a sort of prejudicial/PC response - or they really mean culture or society.

Title: Re: What Does Your Political Compass Look Like?
Post by: Kerry on October 04, 2009, 08:46:54 am

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -5.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.10

(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o126/kez4oz/Album%202/graph.png)