Quiz on Political Stance

[5stringJeff]

In my signature, I have the results of my quiz from this link:

http://politicalcompass.jpagel.net/

It mesaures your standing on two scales:

Economic freedom. The larger a number (up to 10, I think), the more of a free-market/capitalist you are. The lower a number (down to -10), the more of a socialist you are.

Social freedom. The larger a number, the more socially authoritarian you are. The smaller a number, the more libertarian you are. A hardcore communist would be -10/10, whereas a radical libertarian would be 10/-10.

Anyway, I thought others might like to see where they score. Actually, I'd like to see where others score.

[Mr. P]

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: 4.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.21

:dunno: Close I guess.

[manu1959]

Economic Left/Right: -0.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.56

in a "i dont give a flying fuck mood" guess it shows

[Abbey Marie]

Economic Left/Right: 0.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.44

[DannyR]

Figured there would be a thread somewhere on the board about this. Just adding my info:

L/R: -2.25
A/L: -3.44

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-2.25&soc=-3.44

[5stringJeff]

Here's mine in a graph:

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=9.38&soc=-2.51

[Kathianne]

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=7.00&soc=-3.03

No surprise:

The Political Compass

Economic Left/Right: 7.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.03

[Yurt]

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: 3.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.13

[PostmodernProphet]

Figured there would be a thread somewhere on the board about this. Just adding my info:

L/R: -2.25
A/L: -3.44


I consider it amusing that your only a couple little squares southwest of me.....

[DannyR]

I consider it amusing that your only a couple little squares southwest of me.....The questionaire doesn't measure religion or belief in God, which is primarily what we've argued over. I don't see your score?

[hjmick]

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=2.12&soc=-3.54

[Kathianne]

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=7.00&soc=-3.03

No surprise:

The Political Compass

Economic Left/Right: 7.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.03

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/8691/pcgraphpngphpr.png (http://img6.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pcgraphpngphpr.png)

[Mugged Liberal]

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -4.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.69

[Noir]

I did one about a year ago, I'd guess it's pretty much the same as now

Economic left/right -3.12
Social left/right. -2.62

[LiberalNation]

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg256/Nikki6103/e6555455.png

[emmett]

Economic [B]Right[B]1.12
Social / Libertarian -2.10

Hmmm! A little suprised i didn't show as being a bit more radical on Economic but then again........ hmmmmmm!

[Kathianne]

Economic [B]Right[B]1.12
Social / Libertarian -2.10

Hmmm! A little suprised i didn't show as being a bit more radical on Economic but then again........ hmmmmmm!

:laugh2: I'm more 'Libertarian' than either you or Jeff.

[5stringJeff]

:laugh2: I'm more 'Libertarian' than either you or Jeff.

Not by much!!! :)

[Kathianne]

Not by much!!! :)

True for you, but still... :laugh2:

[Little-Acorn]

Is this the old, tired "quiz" that says you can be "right" and "authoritarian" at the same time? Or "left" and "libertarian" at the same time?

Garbage in, garbage out.

That "quiz" resurfaces every few months, it's been around for years. One of the sillier pieces of political fakery, every now and then new people surface who believe it, without thinking very hard about the impossibility of what it's saying.

[PostmodernProphet]

Is this the old, tired "quiz" that says you can be "right" and "authoritarian" at the same time? Or "left" and "libertarian" at the same time?

Garbage in, garbage out.

That "quiz" resurfaces every few months, it's been around for years. One of the sillier pieces of political fakery, every now and then new people surface who believe it, without thinking very hard about the impossibility of what it's saying.

this is a new tired quiz....but yes....

[Little-Acorn]

this is a new tired quiz....but yes....

Second verse, same as the first? :lame2:

[5stringJeff]

Is this the old, tired "quiz" that says you can be "right" and "authoritarian" at the same time? Or "left" and "libertarian" at the same time?

Garbage in, garbage out.

That "quiz" resurfaces every few months, it's been around for years. One of the sillier pieces of political fakery, every now and then new people surface who believe it, without thinking very hard about the impossibility of what it's saying.

By "left" and "right," the quiz refers to how people view economic liberties. By "authoritarian" and "libertarian," it refers to social freedoms. I personally woould put the labels on the corners, i..e the bottom right corner is libertarian, the top right corner would be "Right-Wing," the top left would be "authoritarian," and the bottom left "Left-Wing." But you get the point.

[Little-Acorn]

By "left" and "right," the quiz refers to how people view economic liberties. By "authoritarian" and "libertarian," it refers to social freedoms. I personally woould put the labels on the corners, i..e the bottom right corner is libertarian, the top right corner would be "Right-Wing," the top left would be "authoritarian," and the bottom left "Left-Wing." But you get the point.

Apparently, if the quiz redefines "left" and "right" as something they're not, then they can come out with all kinds of strange results... such as, I guess, "you can be either far-left, or far-right, and still be libertarian".

As I said, garbage in, garbage out.

As a result of their bizarre (read: wrong) definitions, this "quiz" is useless, and even misleading.

[sgtdmski]

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: 5.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 3.90

[Noir]

I did one about a year ago, I'd guess it's pretty much the same as now

Economic left/right -3.12
Social left/right. -2.62

I thought I'd of changed a fair bit since the last time I took this (in 2008) and it seems so, am now...
Economic Left/Right: 1.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.51

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j176/jonathan-mcc/5218c3d9.jpg

Even if tr test in itself isn't accurate, I'm guessing comparing results is, as the tests bias/inaccuracy cancels itself out.

[Little-Acorn]

Can't see it due to a firewall at work.

There's a "political quiz" that's been around for years, don't know if this is it. It resurfaces every few months, and purports that people who want to control others via economic constraint, religious constraints, etc. are somehow "on the right". It regularly gets ignored or laughed into obscurity, until the next crop of newbies rediscovers it and have to be debunked again.

Garbage in, garbage out.

[Agnapostate]

It's been some time. But I'd expect that my score remains fundamentally the same:

http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo18/Dolgoff/a7899002.png

I think rightists tend not to like this quiz because they receive higher social authoritarian scores. There's also this business of "voluntary regional collectivism."

http://www.politicalcompass.org/images/bothaxes.gif

"While the former involves state-imposed arbitrary collectivism in the extreme top left, on the extreme bottom left is voluntary collectivism at regional level, with no state involved. Hundreds of such anarchist communities exisited in Spain during the civil war period." Frankly, I don't believe that many rightists are willing to admit the possibility of such a paradigm. I dislike only some of the labeling:

http://www.politicalcompass.org/images/axeswithnames.gif

I think it represents a step up from one-dimensional political psychology categorization, though.

[revelarts]

Apparently, if the quiz redefines "left" and "right" as something they're not, then they can come out with all kinds of strange results... such as, I guess, "you can be either far-left, or far-right, and still be libertarian".

As I said, garbage in, garbage out.

As a result of their bizarre (read: wrong) definitions, this "quiz" is useless, and even misleading.

Only if you hold your a particular or broader definition of "left and right"
here they are referring to left economics and it's relationship to gov't and right economics and it's relationship to gov't. Gov't managed biz for the good of all vs Free Markets left alone for the good of all. in this sense there the assessment isn't really off it seems to me.

I have a little problem with some of the questions. There's no way they can be nuanced enough to really get the sense of peoples views on certain issues they way they are asked.