Political Compass

Torvald Von Mansee · 11-30-09, 08:23 AM

Go here:

http://politicalcompass.org

and post your score!!

(Sorry if this is a repeat)

(This is somewhat of a followup to this thread: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=158727
)

Torvald Von Mansee · 11-30-09, 08:24 AM

Hmmm...I just noticed in the first question that it is a bit biased towards the liberal answers being the "right" ones.

Torvald Von Mansee · 11-30-09, 08:27 AM

This might be a better test:

http://www.okcupid.com/tests/the-politics-test

Torvald Von Mansee · 11-30-09, 08:52 AM

Well, here's how I did on the second test:
Social Liberal

You scored 70% Personal Liberty and 31% Economic Liberty!

A social liberal believes in little to moderate government intervention on personal matters and moderate to high government intervention on economic matters. They tend to be opposed to war, police powers, victimless crimes, and what they may consider to be a corporate state or rogue capitalism. They generally support personal liberty and believe in a social safety net or welfare state. They support self-ownership and privacy. Social liberals are essentially the "mainstream" left and left of center.

Shearwater · 11-30-09, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Torvald Von Mansee

Hmmm...I just noticed in the first question that it is a bit biased towards the liberal answers being the "right" ones.

According to them, almost every politician seems to be gravitating towards 'right wing authoritarian' (including Obama, btw).
The site appears to be pretty anti-right, if you will - you have to be pretty on the left until they say you're 'left'. And note that I scored in the bottom left when I answered the questions (i.e. Libertarian Left, and I'm quite comfortable with that). Being left is perfectly fine, but they have some strange definitions of being left ...

That's the result for all of the US Senators' positions. All of 'em neatly crammed in the upper right square.
Seems like the center of US politics is pretty much off-center

Sailor Steve · 11-30-09, 04:44 PM

Of course it's a repeat, and one was done here about a month ago.

Here's my result from that one.

nikimcbee · 11-30-09, 05:06 PM

Now that's a long test with a handful of weird questions

. It would be fun to do that test with interperating the Constitution.

Sailor Steve · 11-30-09, 05:14 PM

Paleo-Liberal

You scored 70% Personal Liberty and 57% Economic Liberty!

A paleo-liberal believes in low to moderate government intervention on personal matters and moderate government intervention on economic matters. They tend to be opposed to war, police powers and victimless crimes. They believe in a social safety net, but to a lesser extent then most leftists. They generally believe in protecting personal liberty. They support self-ownership and privacy. Some Paleo-liberals may lean towards embracing capitalism as an economic system. Paleo-liberals are reminiscent of the attitude of the "new left" of the 60's and 70's. Strong Paleo-Liberals border on Libertarianism.

Some of that is close, some not even a little bit. I'm not against victimless crimes - I think there should be no laws against drug use and prostitution. Some of the rest is fairly close. You think this may be a "better test"?

Skybird · 11-30-09, 05:25 PM

Ah, is it that time of the year again...?

onelifecrisis · 11-30-09, 05:51 PM

Well I did the test from the OP and it came out roughly where I expected:

antikristuseke · 11-30-09, 06:16 PM

Paleo-Liberal

You scored 71% Personal Liberty and 43% Economic Liberty!
A paleo-liberal believes in low to moderate government intervention on personal matters and moderate government intervention on economic matters. They tend to be opposed to war, police powers and victimless crimes. They believe in a social safety net, but to a lesser extent then most leftists. They generally believe in protecting personal liberty. They support self-ownership and privacy. Some Paleo-liberals may lean towards embracing capitalism as an economic system. Paleo-liberals are reminiscent of the attitude of the "new left" of the 60's and 70's. Strong Paleo-Liberals border on Libertarianism.

Stealth Hunter · 11-30-09, 06:47 PM

Haha, I got dibs on Gandhi.

11-30-09, 06:50 PM

I tryed to copy the picture, and set it in here, but it wouldn't take. (I still have much to learn). The link to the picture, however, did take.

http://politicalcompass.org/facebook...1.00&soc=-1.38

From the center, they placed me 1 line left, and 1 and a third lines down.

Hmmm. And I always seem to be labeled Far Right. Very interesting.
Perhaps the Far Left is a little to fast to label people as "right wing extremests"?

Stealth Hunter · 11-30-09, 07:15 PM

Paleo-Liberal

You scored 70% Personal Liberty and 44% Economic Liberty!

A paleo-liberal believes in low to moderate government intervention on personal matters and moderate government intervention on economic matters. They tend to be opposed to war, police powers and victimless crimes. They believe in a social safety net, but to a lesser extent then most leftists. They generally believe in protecting personal liberty. They support self-ownership and privacy. Some Paleo-liberals may lean towards embracing capitalism as an economic system. Paleo-liberals are reminiscent of the attitude of the "new left" of the 60's and 70's. Strong Paleo-Liberals border on Libertarianism.

11-30-09, 08:02 PM

OK. Here's the second test.

Here's how I show up on the graph:
http://cdn.okcimg.com/php/load_okc_i...20581412517319

Total Result:
http://www.okcupid.com/quizzy/result...yid=1391298482

The results are quite different from the first quiz!

Darn, I can't upload the graph pictures.
If anyone can, and would be kind enough to, post both of my result graphs, from these links, I'd be very grateful. I guess it could be titled "Snestorm Results".

About 82% on both personal and economic freedom!
And right up the center of Left and Right? Interesting.

11-30-09, 08:23 AM	#1
Torvald Von Mansee Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: CA4528 Posts: 1,693 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Political Compass Go here: http://politicalcompass.org and post your score!! (Sorry if this is a repeat) (This is somewhat of a followup to this thread: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=158727 ) __________________ "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you" - Leon Trotsky

11-30-09, 08:24 AM	#2
Torvald Von Mansee Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: CA4528 Posts: 1,693 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Hmmm...I just noticed in the first question that it is a bit biased towards the liberal answers being the "right" ones. __________________ "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you" - Leon Trotsky

11-30-09, 08:27 AM	#3
Torvald Von Mansee Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: CA4528 Posts: 1,693 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	This might be a better test: http://www.okcupid.com/tests/the-politics-test __________________ "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you" - Leon Trotsky

11-30-09, 08:52 AM	#4
Torvald Von Mansee Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: CA4528 Posts: 1,693 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Well, here's how I did on the second test: Social Liberal You scored 70% Personal Liberty and 31% Economic Liberty! A social liberal believes in little to moderate government intervention on personal matters and moderate to high government intervention on economic matters. They tend to be opposed to war, police powers, victimless crimes, and what they may consider to be a corporate state or rogue capitalism. They generally support personal liberty and believe in a social safety net or welfare state. They support self-ownership and privacy. Social liberals are essentially the "mainstream" left and left of center. __________________ "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you" - Leon Trotsky

11-30-09, 04:44 PM	#6
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Of course it's a repeat, and one was done here about a month ago. Here's my result from that one. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

11-30-09, 05:06 PM	#7
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Now that's a long test with a handful of weird questions. It would be fun to do that test with interperating the Constitution. __________________

11-30-09, 05:14 PM	#8
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Paleo-Liberal You scored 70% Personal Liberty and 57% Economic Liberty! A paleo-liberal believes in low to moderate government intervention on personal matters and moderate government intervention on economic matters. They tend to be opposed to war, police powers and victimless crimes. They believe in a social safety net, but to a lesser extent then most leftists. They generally believe in protecting personal liberty. They support self-ownership and privacy. Some Paleo-liberals may lean towards embracing capitalism as an economic system. Paleo-liberals are reminiscent of the attitude of the "new left" of the 60's and 70's. Strong Paleo-Liberals border on Libertarianism. Some of that is close, some not even a little bit. I'm not against victimless crimes - I think there should be no laws against drug use and prostitution. Some of the rest is fairly close. You think this may be a "better test"? __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

11-30-09, 05:25 PM	#9
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,620 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Ah, is it that time of the year again...? __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

11-30-09, 05:51 PM	#10
onelifecrisis Maverick Modder Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: England Posts: 3,895 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 3	Well I did the test from the OP and it came out roughly where I expected:

11-30-09, 06:16 PM	#11
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Paleo-Liberal You scored 71% Personal Liberty and 43% Economic Liberty! A paleo-liberal believes in low to moderate government intervention on personal matters and moderate government intervention on economic matters. They tend to be opposed to war, police powers and victimless crimes. They believe in a social safety net, but to a lesser extent then most leftists. They generally believe in protecting personal liberty. They support self-ownership and privacy. Some Paleo-liberals may lean towards embracing capitalism as an economic system. Paleo-liberals are reminiscent of the attitude of the "new left" of the 60's and 70's. Strong Paleo-Liberals border on Libertarianism.

11-30-09, 06:47 PM	#12
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Haha, I got dibs on Gandhi.

11-30-09, 06:50 PM	#13
Snestorm Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I tryed to copy the picture, and set it in here, but it wouldn't take. (I still have much to learn). The link to the picture, however, did take. http://politicalcompass.org/facebook...1.00&soc=-1.38 From the center, they placed me 1 line left, and 1 and a third lines down. Hmmm. And I always seem to be labeled Far Right. Very interesting. Perhaps the Far Left is a little to fast to label people as "right wing extremests"? Last edited by Snestorm; 12-01-09 at 01:30 AM.

11-30-09, 07:15 PM	#14
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Paleo-Liberal You scored 70% Personal Liberty and 44% Economic Liberty! A paleo-liberal believes in low to moderate government intervention on personal matters and moderate government intervention on economic matters. They tend to be opposed to war, police powers and victimless crimes. They believe in a social safety net, but to a lesser extent then most leftists. They generally believe in protecting personal liberty. They support self-ownership and privacy. Some Paleo-liberals may lean towards embracing capitalism as an economic system. Paleo-liberals are reminiscent of the attitude of the "new left" of the 60's and 70's. Strong Paleo-Liberals border on Libertarianism.

11-30-09, 08:02 PM	#15
Snestorm Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	OK. Here's the second test. Here's how I show up on the graph: http://cdn.okcimg.com/php/load_okc_i...20581412517319 Total Result: http://www.okcupid.com/quizzy/result...yid=1391298482 The results are quite different from the first quiz! Darn, I can't upload the graph pictures. If anyone can, and would be kind enough to, post both of my result graphs, from these links, I'd be very grateful. I guess it could be titled "Snestorm Results". About 82% on both personal and economic freedom! And right up the center of Left and Right? Interesting. Last edited by Snestorm; 12-01-09 at 03:26 AM.