The Political Compass. Where do you rate?
I've seeded this same quiz on many forums and it will be interesting to see where many people on this forum rate. This is probably the most conservative forum that I have ever posted on, so so I expect that the results will be somewhat skewed to the top right quadrant. Many of the possible answers wont be exactly what you choose, but choose the answer that is closest to your opinion and move on. Don't overthink the questions.
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This might be my most liberal score ever. I'm one up from the bottom on the lower left edge.
Apparently I'm right on Gandhi's dot. I suppose that's better company than Hitler.
I'm on Ghandi's dot too Economic -6.5 Social -3.79 Which may explain why I like your comments so much!
I show up on Emma Goldman's dot. Interesting, maybe I am more of a radical leftist than I thought.
Me too.
Cool, we should start a 'Gandhi' club!
I agree......I see I would be in very good company.
I would like to nominate Raven for President of the Gandhi club!
I’d prefer the Friedman club. A great economists team. A right to choose.
Mine was economic +2.63 social -0.82, which has anyone noticed, but those of us who are considered right or conservative are landing near the center of the graph, not even close to Hitler as many of the double negatives think we are. Of course the other take away is the assumption that those that are on the graph would have answered the questions the way that would land them where they are shown.
"I would like to nominate Raven for President of the Gandhi club!"
Thanks for the vote of confidence, lenny, but, I already have enough on my plate at this point. The other Ghandi's are good candidates to pick from. (smile)
Not really big into fasting. More of a hedonist/Bacchus type of guy.
I'm close to the dead center.
I'm shocked, Gordy. I knew you were a little bit more conservative than me but I always thought you'd be closer to my -7.75 / -7.75.
Although I haven't taken the test during the Trump regime yet so I might be even further out in the third quadrant.
I expected you to be farther left and down.
You are I are the closest of the lefty liberwacks. I'm not sure what I chose to make my result so far left. I'm ususally one or two squares farther to the right, and 2 squares up from the bottom.
I'll get my anarchist flag.
I knew you and I would score pretty close.
Really? I never considered myself to be either overly conservative or liberal. But I guess it depends on the issue.
Same here, not surprised
Economic Left/Right: -1.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.59
I was a tad left and down. But I found some of the questions to be poorly worded and I probably overanalyzed them too much, which may have affected how I answered. It would have been nice if there was a "neutral" response between agree or disagree.
It's a forced-choice survey by design. The FAQ has some details on the design:
One expert in the field suggested that we restrict the responses to simply ‘agree’ and ‘disagree’. But how many do you need? Ten? Twenty? If you choose the one that most nearly reflects your feeling, you’ll get an accurate reading … even if it niggles.
This makes it too easy for people to duck difficult issues. By forcing people to take a positive or negative stance, the propositions make people really evaluate their feelings. Often people find they wanted to select “don’t know” mainly because they’d never really thought about the idea.
That's what I meant.
I'm not crazy about the design, although I can see why it was done that way. "I don't know" may not be the appropriate phrase to use if there was a non or neutral answer. Perhaps using something as simple as "neutral" would suffice, as it doesn't show leaning either way.
I see. Thanks for clarifying.
That simply allows people to avoid thinking about questions they'd rather not answer. There are sound social science reasons for forced-choice surveys like this.
Economic Left/ Right :4-5 Social Libertarian/ Authoritative -1.85. I am seriously trying to figure that one out! That is not who I am! I am a conservative right leaning In dependent through and through! I would seriously like to know who came up with this test and their political leanings?
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The test in my experience seems to be liberal biased, if that makes you feel better. It is very rare that someone rates very deep into the top right quadrant. I can count on one hand the people who have ever rated in the top left quadrant.
Felt the same way.
The amount of ETOH onboard tends to change my score.
Economic Left/Right: -4.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.85
very near Ghandi.
With all due respect, I found said test to disingenuous, misleading, and ambiguous. There were numerous questions that left no middle ground, based on the results that one was required to answer one way or another, leaving no middle ground. It resulted in skewed results that put one in a category they do not believe in. This is just my own opinion. I have always been a conservative right leaning Independent no matter what results this test tried to show, which made me out to left of center leaning. A good evening to all.
I didn't create this test so I am not insulted by your disagreement.
What questions did you disagree with?
I do not remember right off hand. Please let me review it and get back to you?
Take your time. I'll be here all week.
So the hard candy has a soft chewy center?
Thank you to everyone for keeping this thread very civil. I appreciate the effort.
Here’s mine.
Your Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: 7.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.51
Probably not what most would have expected.
I expected the economic number, but I expected your 2nd score to be much more authoritarian.
Economic Left/Right: 1.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.77
LoL almost dead center
We are close on the authoritarian/libertarian scale. I’m a bit further to the right on economic issues.
Economic Left/Right: 8.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.79
Landed right on Milton Friedman’s dot.
You and I aren’t far apart.
Interesting. I didn't bother with a certificate but on my political compass chart, as I expected, my dot fell a very minimal distance below the horizontal line and the same minimal distance to the left of the vertical line. Does that mean I'm a Centrist?
I am happy in any event to find myself in Ghandi's area, even though only JUST inside his square.
Same for me except mine was just slightly to the right of the vertical line inside Friedmans. I always knew I was pretty center
About where I expected to be.
Economic +1.38
Social -0.51
Economic Left/Right: 1.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.15
Economic Left/Right: -3.5
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.51
I expected to be slightly left of center. The greater good of mankind type questions is what skewed me a bit more left on the economic scale and Strongly agreeing people deserve to be treated equally no matter who or what they are type questions pushed me down in the social scale.
economic -4.38
social 0.72
I am to right on some things and left on others
Here I often agree with some on one thing and argue the other way on a different issue
Always thought that I was a centrist as well but seems I am now Ghandi.
OK, not sure about mine but, I think I'm closer to Ghandi.
Your Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -7.0
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.21
Yes.
You and I wound up with almost identical scores.
I am -7.13 and -4.51.
I have taken this test several times over the past 5+ years. I usually score with Ghandi.
I think that's too cool, I've always been a fan of Ghandi and, your a pretty cool lady too.
Never taken one of these. In fact I've never considered my political compass as a means to anything.
Economic Left/Right: -2.0
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.79
Almost, kinda, dead center. Does that make me wishy-washy?
Weird, me too.
Weird... me three
Ha, I older than both of ya, I is 61.
Damn I'm old.
Being old is a state of mind over matter - you don't mind, it don't matter
i remember taking this during the last presidential election cycle , I didn't change much if at all , 2-3 little squares to the right of the center line , and about the same going down into libertarian territory . if anything I shifted a little further to the right and down by a half square from the last time I took one like this .
I remember that last time you and I were at the exact same spot but on opposite sides of the line and almost at the intersection. I didn't really move that much, so I guess my atitudes didn't change much either. I mean all you have to do is answer a question or two differently and you will shift a bit, and that could just depend on what is currently going on.
I don't mind but, for some reason my body argues with me about doing things I use to do without thinking about it, like jumping up out of a chair with ease, now i have to put my hands on the arms of the chair and, rock for a minute to get up momentum to get out of it and, don't ask me to get on the floor, unless you plan on picking me up off of it.
If there's one person on NT whom I would never describe as wishy-washy, it's you!
More likely, you're leftish on some particular topics and rightish on others. Same for the vertical axis.
Assigning "liberal" or "conservative" labels to various policies is kinda arbitrary.
Thanks Bob.
I had a difficult time answering the questions because I didn't "strongly" agree/disagree with any of them except four. Too much grey area in the interpretation of what the question was directed toward.
Economic Left/Right: 4.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 2.36
I think I am the only one here with two positive numbers. I show up to the right of Trump, to the left of Hillary and lower than both. Nearest to me is Winston Churchill
You are the farthest right here and the closest to fascism so you cannot logically call other people fascist. You might be the most conservative result that I have ever seen on this test. It seems to be skewed to the center-left for most people.
I am so far left and so oppose authoritarian policies that I border on libertarian-socialist anarchy.
Not any more. +7.25 and +0.52.
Yes I do believe we are almost polar opposites but I didn't really need a test to know that .Oh well I still don't think badly of you after all you have the right to be wrong. Shoot some of my best friends are uber left.
It does look like you are the only one here who prefers more authoritarian governing styles.
I took the test twice... just because there were several questions the first time through I really had no opinion on - so second time through I put a bit more thought into my answer - should take it a third time and skip those questions : )
Wait! We are allowed to skip????
The test won't let you move on to the next page if you skip a question. I just tried it to see if it would.
I tried, and was denied - I see epistte was denied as well ...
There was a political test that would allow you to skip questions or ask for a differently phrased question. I'll try to locate that test later this evening.
Economic Left/Right: -4.5
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.21
wish I could have taken the test but the results would not have been accurate.
loaded questions produce skewed results. so whats the point?
the magic word "if" (too funny) if a frog had wings it would not bump its ass_
today's definition of "globalism" is a failed plan. already dead in the USA and the EU will be a shadow of its current self in 10yrs time and broken into bits soon after.
our country is never wrong, only the people in govt can do wrong and as result, they must pay the piper.
never confuse love of country with love of any current govt.
(we have the tools to save our country from any threat. even our own govt)
BTW just a tad right of dead center
I am not really a fan of the questions either, many of them really aren't as simple as agree or disagree.
That's actually the point - the test is designed to be a bit fuzzy.
You are overthinking it. They are asking you if economic policies should benefit the majority of the people or should they benefit corporate profits instead.
Strongly agree
agree
disagree
strongly disagree.
IMO free market economic policies benefit both equally.
You believe that outsourcing of jobs to low wage and low regulation counties benefits the working class?
I wasn't aware that you supported NAFTA, the WTO, and the TPP agreement.
Free trade doesn’t require those agreements they are the opposite of free trade. They are regulatory agreements that remove freedom of trade.
Ron Paul is not saying that he opposes the agreements themselves. He is saying that he desires that Congress is not doing its legislative duty and as such passes too much power to the executive branch. As a libertarian he opposes corporate regulations, which benefits those same corporations.
OMG!
I agree with Dean... ... ...
I'm close to the center, just a little to the Right and a little to the Libertarian side according to this. However, I do disagree with the race question that one race is better than the others as we are all of the human race.
Economic Left/Right: 1.5
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.15
Voted everyone up.
Not sure what this means, but--
Economic Left/Right: -5.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.56.
Liberal and conservative. In all honesty I am not sure what those terms mean anymore. There must be more to it than 'the birth control debate,' isn't it?
You look to be the generic progressive. You're a bit more liberal than Bernie and Jill Stein.
I had taken another test weeks before the 2016 election and found myself to be in the Stein camp.
However, I voted Clinton. Stein turned me off when I saw her at that dinner with Putin and Flynn. I still wonder what that was all about.
There is an element of the left that believes Trump serves a purpose as a disrupter. I doubt Stein gave two shits that Trump got elected, or that he is buddy-buddy with Putin.
Jill Stein was a suicide vote unless you lived in a state that was guaranteed to turn blue. I was registered as a green party member until my name was removed from the polls in November of 2004.
Hillary was the lesser of two evils vote for me.
I still wonder why Stein was there. Flynn, I know why he was there.
She was just one of Putin's "useful idiots". It worked.
Yes. Russian collusion/conspiracy is real.
-4.13, -5.54 for me. Some of the questions/statements I wasn't the biggest fan of though, simply because I can agree and disagree depending on the specific situations.
Damn near dead center:
Economic Left/Right: 0.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.38
Yeah i felt the same way about quite a few questions Thrawn.
Economic Left/Right: -3.0
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.18
I'm a Ghandi
Your Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -3.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.1
My bio has always read "bleeding-heart anarcho-socialist".
Economic Left/Right: -8.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.62
Yup. Anarcho-socialist looks about right...
Mine had a footnote..."You are an awesome dude..".
Ok, apparently not that funny.
I'm about 3 squares down from you.
"Moderation" is my middle name!
I think that I got my scores because I voted either strongly agree or strongly disagree on everything. There was no middle ground for me.
Logical.
In the same ballpark with Gandhi
Your Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -6.5
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.21
Looks like you and I were cut from the same cloth.
Economic Left/Right: -5.5
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.08
Evidently we're soulmates.
Economic Left/Right: -5.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.49
Your Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -5.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.62
Looks good!
I actually thought I would be a little farther left. I didn't answer strongly on a couple of questions.
I thought the questions were pretty well calibrated. Sure... it would be easy to game the questionnaire, but what would be the point?
No surprise here, lol.
Left of center Libertarian (where I usually seem to land).