Political Compass

[Oberon]

I think I may have posted this before, a long time ago, but I think in light of recent discussion it probably wouldn't hurt to post it again, I think most of us know where we stand on politics, but it would be interesting to get a comparison across the board.

Here's the link:
http://www.politicalcompass.org/test

[Oberon]

As for me, no real surprises I lean to the left, and more towards libertarian than authority:

http://i.imgur.com/EedJ6ky.jpg

[Betonov]

Center, leaning to libertarian and left

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-4.88&soc=-1.38

Where Alexis Tsipras is :haha:

[Schroeder]

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/3666346133303835.jpg
I had expected to be more center... Maybe it's an American site that considers Europeans to be far left.:doh:

[jacobston]

Either I'm left wing libertarian, or my joystick needs to be re-calibrated... :hmmm:

http://i.imgur.com/IPnMeIf.png

[u crank]

Some of the questions I found hard to pick answers for without an explanation on my part. Still I'm about where I thought I'd be. A little left of center and well away from authoritarian.

http://i.imgur.com/WltXMTP.png

[Sailor Steve]

Pretty much the same result as the last three times it was posted.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/pcgraphpng_zpslmnyuztk.png (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/SailorSteve/media/pcgraphpng_zpslmnyuztk.png.html)

To be fair, that was six years ago.

[Penguin]

well..
http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-8.12&soc=-8.31

I agree that many questions are very much US-centered, especially regarding sex, abortion or religion.
However some are plain stupid, e.g. what is considered art. Others are badly worded, which I mean in regards to the one about if every criminal can be rehibilitated. The answer to this is a clear no, when considering things like mental illnesses; when considering a person's character, the answer is subjective again.

[August]

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=0.00&soc=-1.13

[Penguin]

From 2009:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/pcgraphpng-1.png
today:
Pretty much the same result as the last three times it was posted.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/pcgraphpng_zpslmnyuztk.png (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/SailorSteve/media/pcgraphpng_zpslmnyuztk.png.html)

To be fair, that was six years ago.


I see a clear trend. In about 120 years you'll become a leftie! :O:

[Oberon]

From 2009:

today:



I see a clear trend. In about 120 years you'll become a leftie! :O:

The creeping scourge of communism strikes again! :haha:

[Sailor Steve]

:rotfl2:

If I live that long I'll probably need to be a leftie! :yep:

[Betonov]

http://www.wallpaperno.com/thumbnails/detail/20121027/communism%20party%201920x1080%20wallpaper_www.wall paperno.com_48.jpg

[Penguin]

The creeping scourge of communism strikes again! :haha:

I always knew there was something off with this guy...

http://i.imgur.com/xq7rnVn.png

[Sailor Steve]

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Firesign_zps2e323c7a.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/SailorSteve/media/Firesign_zps2e323c7a.jpg.html)

This one is from a very long time ago. I don't have the date anywhere.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/pcgraphpng.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/SailorSteve/media/pcgraphpng.jpg.html)

[Jeff-Groves]

CRAP!! I took the test and got this!!
:o

http://i.imgur.com/7LqqnAI.gif

[Aktungbby]

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-1.12&soc=0.31:k_confused:

[CCIP]

I was curious less about my results (I already knew them from before and have looked way deeper than this into figuring out where I stand), and more about how these changed about me over the last 9 years, since graduating from college and having more "real life" thrown at me and whatnot. There's always this thought that people become more conservative as they age.

http://i.imgur.com/ZtCvKNa.jpg

Nope :D

Apparently all that's happened to me over the last few years is that I've fallen about half the way down the libertarian spectrum :hmmm:

And ditto on Penguin's comment - in general, this is a very US-centric measurement. There is one serious problem with this, because relative to much of the rest of the world (at least Western world), mainstream US politics are shifted way to the right. The mainstream Conservative parties in most places, from Europe to Canada and Australia to South America, would be at best in the center of this spectrum (or slightly left), at least with the questions asked the way they are.

As for my own shift towards supposed libetarian socialism, I'd mostly explain it by way of my experience with politics in Canada, where more than anything I've become disillusioned with the lack of credibility on the left, where the party platforms are either short-sighted and poorly-managed (i.e. NDP) or just ideologically impaired of any good judgment (i.e. Green and all the non-represented parties on the left).

[Stealhead]

http://i1162.photobucket.com/albums/q527/datsun260zyojimbo/Mobile%20Uploads/pcgraphpngphp_zpsa3b3f73d.png (http://s1162.photobucket.com/user/datsun260zyojimbo/media/Mobile%20Uploads/pcgraphpngphp_zpsa3b3f73d.png.html)

[Platapus]

I always knew I was a little off center

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-3.12&soc=-4.15

[Tchocky]

Depends almost entirely on who I'm arguing with.

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

Here's where I stand apparently.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj529/zacharybaty/pcgraphpng_zps4bdff698.png

[Nippelspanner]

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-6.62&soc=-6.92

As expected.
Gotta agree with Penguin, some questions were... questionable. :D
Then again, some have been very interesting and gave food for thought.

[Onkel Neal]

Realistic and well balanced, that's me. :shucks:
http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=1.12&soc=0.56

[Admiral Halsey]

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=3.00&soc=-2.87

Lean towards the right and more Libertarian then Authoritarian. Sounds about right to me.

[Aktungbby]

:03::har::har:http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-1.12&soc=0.31:k_confused::()1:Damn! we're so close...we could play pass the bottle-two truckin' ex school teachers???!:O:

Realistic and well balanced, that's me. :shucks:
http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=1.12&soc=0.56

[Rilder]

I took this ages ago and got pretty much what I expected, Anarcho-Communist.


Long live the workers down with the bourgeoisie scum!
http://www.img.ie/r87zy.png

[em2nought]

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=1.38&soc=0.51

Thought I'd be a bit further to the right and down, religion and sex questions must have put me here. :hmm2:

Trucker owners/operators are coming in close.

[ikalugin]

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-3.50&soc=-0.92
Dammit, I must be turning into a traitor to the Motherland :(

[Jimbuna]

The same location as Alexis Tsipras :hmmm:

http://i.imgur.com/mVVFEuJ.jpg

[ikalugin]

The same location as Alexis Tsipras :hmmm:

http://i.imgur.com/mVVFEuJ.jpg
Dear Lord!

Atleast my credit rating is good and I don't have any outstanding depts.

[Betonov]

The same location as Alexis Tsipras :hmmm:



And someone even more important :03:

[ikalugin]

And someone even more important :03:
Who that may be?

[Betonov]

Who that may be?

Center, leaning to libertarian and left

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-4.88&soc=-1.38

Where Alexis Tsipras is :haha:

Who else :)

[Jimbuna]

And someone even more important :03:

The cheque is in the post :)

Who that may be?

http://i.imgur.com/Knq9D7x.gif

[STEED]

The Political Compass


Economic Left/Right: -6.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.05

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-6.00&soc=-0.05


Looks like I have moved but this is not accurate result. Looking at some questions I found them too loaded or misleading and no option for I don't know. http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-6.00&soc=-0.05

[Stealhead]

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=1.38&soc=0.51

Thought I'd be a bit further to the right and down, religion and sex questions must have put me here. :hmm2:

Trucker owners/operators are coming in close.

I'm on the other end of the spectrum and I owner/operate.

[mapuc]

Most of us, is in the green area, that makes me wonder-are we all leftis ?

Markus

[Dowly]

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-5.25&soc=-1.79

[Schroeder]

Most of us, is in the green area, that makes me wonder-are we all leftis ?

Markus
From a US point of view yes. From a European point of view we're mostly center.

[em2nought]

I'm on the other end of the spectrum and I owner/operate.

Well at least you're south of it instead of north. :up:

[Onkel Neal]

I think a lot of the results stem from the way the test is structured and the nature of the questions.

For example:
I'd always support my country, whether it was right or wrong.
Who says Strongly Agree with that? Probably no one. But since the other choices are Strongly Disagree, Disagree, and Agree, who puts Strongly Disagree? For me, I support my country until the level of "wrong" hits a certain line, so I marked down Disagree.


"from each according to his ability, to each according to his need" is a fundamentally good idea. Seriously? That's mental, have to Strongly Disagree.

It's a sad reflection on our society that something as basic as drinking water is now a bottled, branded consumer product. Agree, but again, I'm old school, I see buying drinking water as foolish in most situations.

It is regrettable that many personal fortunes are made by people who simply manipulate money and contribute nothing to their society. Agree. Regrettable, but not illegal. It's just as regrettable that people like Justin Beaver make millions of dollars doing whatever they do.

[STEED]

Most of us, is in the green area, that makes me wonder-are we all leftis ?

Markus

Cup a tea in the Russian Tea Room? :)

[Schroeder]

"from each according to his ability, to each according to his need" is a fundamentally good idea. Seriously? That's mental, have to Strongly Disagree.

And here we might even hit another obstacle and that's how we interpret the questions. I read this one as if someone has a lot of money he can be taxed higher than someone with little money and I agree. Bill Gates can pay a few % more and still be stinking rich. To me it didn't mean to take everything away from them and make them poor too. On the other hand I support to give help to people in need. Those who can't work because of medical conditions for example or those who have lost everything in a disaster (Katrina anyone?). So I checked "I agree" with that question.

Did you interpret the question as I did or did you see it in a different light?

[Onkel Neal]

Yeah, I guess I saw that question and instantly thought of Dr. Zhivago. That question is parroting Marxist doggerel, and I won't go along with it. The way you interpreted the question, you put it nicely, and I would be inclined to agree, in those terms.

[em2nought]

Did you interpret the question as I did or did you see it in a different light?

I pictured the guys I loaned money to so they could buy a travel trailer to live in. They were sitting back watching the satellite TV they recently installed and smoking reefer. In the meantime I'm out working several jobs, and they have yet to pay me back a single dime of their own free will. Live and learn! :nope:

[BrucePartington]

Wow! I had no idea.

Smack in the middle of lower left quadrant.

[Schroeder]

Yeah, I guess I saw that question and instantly thought of Dr. Zhivago. That question is parroting Marxist doggerel, and I won't go along with it. The way you interpreted the question, you put it nicely, and I would be inclined to agree, in those terms.
This is what I had expected and what explains some of the difference in European and American results. It's how we interpret the questions.

I pictured the guys I loaned money to so they could buy a travel trailer to live in. They were sitting back watching the satellite TV they recently installed and smoking reefer. In the meantime I'm out working several jobs, and they have yet to pay me back a single dime of their own free will. Live and learn! :nope:
The question is were they really in need or did they just fool you. I'm not for supporting people who don't want to work and I don't think the question in the poll was meant to take away from the working to give to the lazy but to give to people in need. it's all about interpretation.

[Bilge_Rat]

I'm Gandhi ??!? :hmmm:



http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-4.00&soc=-3.44

[em2nought]

The question is were they really in need or did they just fool you.

They were in need because they spend everything the gov't gives them and then some(just like most people in need). My mistake was to put myself in their place and figure what I was doing for them would let them get ahead and they would be appreciative. Make improvements to the trailer, get a license, get a car, but nope buy reefer, buy satellite, buy steaks(I'm guessing on that one). ...and never even say thank you. LMAO

[MH]

As said some questions are too general yet I agree with the score more or less although it should be a notch more toward libertarian.

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-1.38&soc=-0.56

[Lionclaw]

I did this test a couple of years ago, and I seem to have moved more to the left compared to then. I don't have the old result anymore though.


Political compass 2015.

http://i.imgur.com/U69bRAM.png

[Moonlight]

Oh bugger, I've got more in common with Plaid Cymru than any other british political party. :D

http://i.imgur.com/IWHc3W1.jpg

[Rockstar]

OMG I'm on the Left. This must be some kind of leftie commie plot to try and convince us real true red white and blue gun totin' right wingers that we are really pacified left leanning liberal commie pinkos like they are. :D

http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa408/jky242/ed1e787dd38e9e85c2db900b25ae16e5.jpg



Took it a second time, which one is the real me?

http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa408/jky242/ef273c49185fcaf04cc6199627309e55.jpg

[Wolferz]

As I find left or right leaners tend to capsize the boat.:timeout:

Lean forward then lean back on the oars and we all get somewhere other than wet.

[August]

So far I find myself closest to dead center. :hmmm:

[Rockstar]

No matter how times I took the test and answered without trying to force the result like I did above. I kept finding the little red dot floating around the same place each time. I guess its time quit fooling myself and turn in my NRA secret decoder ring. :O:

http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa408/jky242/ed1e787dd38e9e85c2db900b25ae16e5.jpg

[Torvald Von Mansee]

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-8.12&soc=-3.49

Btw, I thought some of those questions were terribly leading.