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The political compass test
The political compass test
I know several people here will have done this test before - it is all over the web, after all.
http://www.politicalcompass.org/test
My result was
Economic Left/Right: -5.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.87
http://www.politicalcompass.org/test
My result was
Economic Left/Right: -5.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.87
Re: The political compass test
It's quite a fun survey, but not, I think, particularly accurate. To all the questions I wanted to say "It all depends. Let's examine that question further..." Apparently, I am economically to the left of Gordon Brown. Hmmm. Thankfully, I am substantially more libertarian than he is
Re: The political compass test
Not sure about this test: what is the real difference between "agree" and "strongly agree"? I don't think I agree with anything weakly!
- Oxfordrocks
- Posts: 674
- Joined: September 10th, 2007, 9:45 am
Re: The political compass test
My results:
Economic Left/Right: -6.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.95
I'm more of a Libertarian than Ghandi.
Still not sure what that means.
Economic Left/Right: -6.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.95
I'm more of a Libertarian than Ghandi.
Still not sure what that means.
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Re: The political compass test
Economic Left/Right: -4.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.56
I did this test less than a year ago and my results then were:
Economic Left/Right: -5.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.28
I don't actually think my views have changed at all since then so I think my answers partly depend on my mood on a given day. On Ninny's point about the difference between agree and strongly agree, I reserved 'strongly agree' (or strongly disagree) for the few issues that make me see red very quickly if I'm talking or reading about them. The older I get, the fewer there are of these.
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.56
I did this test less than a year ago and my results then were:
Economic Left/Right: -5.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.28
I don't actually think my views have changed at all since then so I think my answers partly depend on my mood on a given day. On Ninny's point about the difference between agree and strongly agree, I reserved 'strongly agree' (or strongly disagree) for the few issues that make me see red very quickly if I'm talking or reading about them. The older I get, the fewer there are of these.
Re: The political compass test
Economic Left/Right: -4.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.05
Well I'm obviously not as hard left as some here but I am the most libertarian.
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.05
Well I'm obviously not as hard left as some here but I am the most libertarian.
Re: The political compass test
I was somewhere between Mandela and the Dalai Lama. Surprisingly, my mum (Telegraph reading, hang 'em and flog 'em brigade was distinctly left and libertarian too (although closer to the centre point). How do they calculate this thing?
Re: The political compass test
LeftLibertarian
Same libertarian leaning as Ghandi but only half as left leaning.
I have become less left-wing over the years but it doesn't mean I'm likely to go anywhere other than where I am now; thoroughly disenchanted with New Labour and the Liberals and not that confident of the tories either.
Same libertarian leaning as Ghandi but only half as left leaning.
I have become less left-wing over the years but it doesn't mean I'm likely to go anywhere other than where I am now; thoroughly disenchanted with New Labour and the Liberals and not that confident of the tories either.
The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of adding unnecessarily to its power. - J.S. Mill
Re: The political compass test
Economic Left/Right: -1.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.33
I'm surprised by the lack of economic leftness I scored.
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.33
I'm surprised by the lack of economic leftness I scored.
Re: The political compass test
Economic left/right -7.75
Lib/authoritarian -6.21
Lib/authoritarian -6.21
- Emma Woolgatherer
- Posts: 2976
- Joined: February 27th, 2008, 12:17 pm
Re: The political compass test
Well, I suppose it's as good a way of introducing myself as any ...
Economic Left/Right: -8
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.95
Economic Left/Right: -8
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.95
Re: The political compass test
Hello Emma W, fancy meeting you here!
But hey! I've just gone back and taken a deeper look at this site and came across this analysis...
http://www.politicalcompass.org/extremeright
BNP= Left Leaning
NLP= Right Leaning
'Once you accept that left and right are merely measures of economic position, the "extreme right" refers to extremely liberal economics that may be practised by social authoritarians or social libertarians.'
Oh yeah I hadn't really seen that before, what a dunderhead I am; or, have I just woken up on another parallel earth?
Help someone; am I going nuts?
But hey! I've just gone back and taken a deeper look at this site and came across this analysis...
http://www.politicalcompass.org/extremeright
BNP= Left Leaning
NLP= Right Leaning
'Once you accept that left and right are merely measures of economic position, the "extreme right" refers to extremely liberal economics that may be practised by social authoritarians or social libertarians.'
Oh yeah I hadn't really seen that before, what a dunderhead I am; or, have I just woken up on another parallel earth?
Help someone; am I going nuts?
The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of adding unnecessarily to its power. - J.S. Mill
Political Compass
Here are my results:
Economic Left/Right: -5.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.97
This puts me about where the Dalai Lama is. Not sure if that's good or bad...
Economic Left/Right: -5.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.97
This puts me about where the Dalai Lama is. Not sure if that's good or bad...
Let me dance till my shoes cry
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- Posts: 375
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Re: Does Humanism = Left Wing?
Mine are:
Economic Left/Right: -2.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.62
They are just about right.
Economic Left/Right: -2.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.62
They are just about right.
- snaggletooth
- Posts: 72
- Joined: July 8th, 2008, 9:18 pm
Re: Does Humanism = Left Wing?
Economic Left/Right: -6.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.28
Somewhere between Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama. Further left than I expected.
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.28
Somewhere between Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama. Further left than I expected.
- Parapraxis
- Posts: 117
- Joined: April 21st, 2008, 11:17 am
Re: Does Humanism = Left Wing?
I would imagine that those identifying as humanist would be more liberal in that they would be more tolerant,
Economic Left/Right: -4.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.08
Apparently...
Economic Left/Right: -4.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.08
Apparently...
The poster formerly known as "Electric Angel"
Re: The political compass test
Economic: -3.62
Social Libertarian: -4.10
So I guess pretty much in the same area as everyone else although as Electric Angel says, give the sample selection, you would expect that we would mostly tend towards the Libertarian end.
(Actually, I've just noticed that I am the least liberal of the lot of us - Crumbs!)
*Thinks - Now where did I put that whip?*
Social Libertarian: -4.10
So I guess pretty much in the same area as everyone else although as Electric Angel says, give the sample selection, you would expect that we would mostly tend towards the Libertarian end.
(Actually, I've just noticed that I am the least liberal of the lot of us - Crumbs!)
*Thinks - Now where did I put that whip?*
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. - M Ghandi
- LilacHamster
- Posts: 209
- Joined: August 1st, 2008, 11:54 am
Re: The political compass test
I was less libertarian than any of you only -2 point something (sorry I did not keep a record of it when I did it recently on facebook), but I was about -6 on the left scale. I am happy enough with that and it does explain why the kind of ppl I know tend to find my views authoritarian, cos it's all relative to where they are on the scale, and i am happy as my score was really quite close to Gandhi who I much admire.
Re: The political compass test
I usually score around -7.5, -7.5 on that test. It depends on how I interpret the question.
Re: The political compass test
I found the structure clumsy and the underlying assumptions completely off the wall, but I did the test anyway and it put me way down in the bottom left hand corner..
Pretty accurate, broadly speaking.
Pretty accurate, broadly speaking.