Argus Posted July 11, 2010 Report Share Posted July 11, 2010 (edited) This quiz is silly. Agreeing or disagreeing with such a question says nothing about my personal beliefs, whether I believe in the one-party state and so on. The compass poll isn't worth anything. This one is better: http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz New thread: http://www.mapleleafweb.com/forums//index.php?showtopic=16747 I agree with all you said except that the one you posted is better. The one by the advocate is far too short, and it too has questions which are open to interpretation. For example " Military service should be voluntary. There should be no draft." Well, I agree, of course - now. But what if we're in a situation where we need a draft. Is this no under all circumstances? " Government should not censor speech, press, media, or internet." Again, I agree. But not in all circumstances. I think you need a test with a far broader range of questions to really get a feel for someone's political leanings. Furthermore, this test, like the other, is American. What an American would consider left wing, like, say, government health care, would not be considered left wing in Canada. In fact, as I've said before, your typical conservative in Canada would probably fall on the left of most American Democratic party members. This one is better, but several years out of date. Canadian political test Edited July 11, 2010 by Argus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hardner Posted July 11, 2010 Report Share Posted July 11, 2010 I agree with all you said except that the one you posted is better. The one by the advocate is far too short, and it too has questions which are open to interpretation. For example " Military service should be voluntary. There should be no draft." Well, I agree, of course - now. But what if we're in a situation where we need a draft. Is this no under all circumstances? " Government should not censor speech, press, media, or internet." Again, I agree. But not in all circumstances. I think you need a test with a far broader range of questions to really get a feel for someone's political leanings. Furthermore, this test, like the other, is American. What an American would consider left wing, like, say, government health care, would not be considered left wing in Canada. In fact, as I've said before, your typical conservative in Canada would probably fall on the left of most American Democratic party members. This one is better, but several years out of date. Canadian political test Not bad - but the 10-question one is focused and none of the questions were stupid. This one also requires you to sign up for a dating site to see your results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argus Posted July 11, 2010 Report Share Posted July 11, 2010 Not bad - but the 10-question one is focused and none of the questions were stupid. This one also requires you to sign up for a dating site to see your results. Yeah but it's the kind of quiz I think would be more realistic in placing your political and social beliefs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lictor616 Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 (edited) ahahhha! what a joke, I got left of center authoritarian, while I didnt select any strongly agree option for ANY question pertaining to government power! and this is clearly a biased source, they place the BNP in exactly the same square as HItler's national socialist, and even bother writing such barefaced biased nonsense such as: "British National Party as "extreme right". The truth is that on issues like health, transport, housing, protectionism and globalisation, their economics are left of Labour, let alone the Conservatives. It's in areas like police power, military power, school discipline, law and order, race and nationalism that the BNP's real extremism - as authoritarians - is clear. It's easy to see how the term national socialism came into being. The uncomfortable reality is that much of their support comes from former Labour voters." uncomfortable?!? but communist groups are all A-OK... ! of course junk this! Edited July 17, 2010 by lictor616 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August1991 Posted July 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 (edited) ahahhha! what a joke, I got left of center authoritarian, while I didnt select any strongly agree option for ANY question pertaining to government power! And yet based on your posts to this forum, I reckon that you're a "left of center authoritarian" so the test is accurate. (Then again, maybe my reckoning is wrong and I'm clueless, or biased.)----- Years ago, I was a friend of a physically attractive (handsome; women would say "easy on the eyes") man who could also draw well. He accepted his drawing talent far more easily than his physical beauty. I never understood why he accepted one but not the other. We are what we are. Sometimes we can change. But the most important is to accept what we are. The Political Compass Test in this thread's OP seems to pose good, irritating questions. If you want to know what others, your friends, acquaintances think of you - it's a good first start. Last point, for fun. Try the test (alone, together) with a new potential girlfriend or boyfriend. Later, compare scores, and answers - but make sure your potential partner understands English, and the moral/political implications of the questions. Edited July 17, 2010 by August1991 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lictor616 Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 And yet based on your posts to this forum, I reckon that you're a "left of center authoritarian" so the test is accurate. (Then again, maybe my reckoning is wrong and I'm clueless, or biased.) please explain how you gathered that I am left of center... i'm interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooster Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 Dropping back in after months of being web-less for lack of a better term, this thread seems as good a place to start as any other- My results: Economic Left/Right: -5.25 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.18 I remember taking this test a while ago and now noticed that, whilst beeing nothing close to switching sides, I've moved ever so slightly to the right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August1991 Posted March 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 (edited) With all the new posters on this forum, it's time to bring this thread to the top again. New here? Click and do the test below. It's fun and takes about five minutes. Then post your results (Economic Left/Right) and (Social Libertarian/Authoritarian) in this thread. Political Compass Test ---- Later, check out the following link to see the mapping of other posters. Post your results here in this thread and you may eventually be added to the graph. Edited March 24, 2011 by August1991 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.Dancer Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 With all the new posters on this forum, it's time to bring this thread to the top again. New here? Click and do the test below. It's fun and takes about five minutes. And after that, go to cosmopolitan.com and find out if your man is right for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakeyhands Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 And after that, go to cosmopolitan.com and find out if your man is right for you. oh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pliny Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 (edited) I just did the test again and was 3.25 Economic Left/Right and -1.95 Libertarian/Authoritarian. My old score was 2.5 Economic left/Right and -3.13 Libertarian/Authoritarian. Not much change but some. Edited March 24, 2011 by Pliny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Weber Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Did it again... I've gone a little more to the left than the last time on the economic front.Most likely because of the Wisconsin issue... Economic left/right -6.75 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian -0.75 Pretty much right down the middle on that... Radical Centrist,I guess? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Weber Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Economic Left/Right: -8.75 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.10. Huh. Commie!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlight Graham Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 Just did this test again after a couple years. I'm: Economic: -4.25 Social: -5.54 Before i think was about -4 / -4.5. I noticed my views have become stronger/solidified, i was answering a lot more "strongly agree/disagree' than before. So i'm almost exactly where the Dalai Lama is, which is dandy by me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakeyhands Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 Economic Left/Right: -5.62 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.33 I remember doing this years ago here, but I guess I didn't post the results. Would have been interesting to see if there had been any significant change. From what i can remember though, I plotted in the same area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTM Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Economic Left/Right: -6.50 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.41 Not sure what happened but I've done this test every couple of years, and this one is much further left/libertarian than previous (by about 3 points each) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegasus Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 http://www.politicalcompass.org/test I took this short test this afternoon and discovered my political ideolgies are close to that of Ghandi This is how I stand: Economic Left/Right: -5.12 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.64 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodyminded Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 Economic Left/Right: -7.75 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.46 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oleg Bach Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 Looks like I am a libertarian - right wing centralist...who likes authority...providing it's me...Jeezz - on the graph I was almost dead centre...but am definitely a rightist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodyminded Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 (edited) Looks like I am a libertarian - right wing centralist...who likes authority...providing it's me...Jeezz - on the graph I was almost dead centre...but am definitely a rightist. I would have guessed you were off the chart completely, in your own unique, poetic world. On the other hand...maybe that's exactly what "centrists" are! Edited June 12, 2011 by bloodyminded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keepitsimple Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 Economic Left/Right......-2.62 Libertarian/Authoritarian......0.10 Didn't like some of the questions/choices but soldiered through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodyminded Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 Economic Left/Right......-2.62 Libertarian/Authoritarian......0.10 Didn't like some of the questions/choices but soldiered through it. No, I always have issues with every questionnaire, so I take the results with a big rock of salt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oleg Bach Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 I would have guessed you were off the chart completely, in your own unique, poetic world. On the other hand...maybe that's exactly what "centrists" are! EC- centrists...or eccentrics might be classed by some as kind of nuts...but that would be like the one fly that lights on a trud and exclaims - "this stuff is terrible" - that one fly in a swarm of a thousand would be considered the evil one! It was odd answering the questions because the older I get the more I think in black and white. "Do I like this or NOT?" Being honest with yourself and not being swayed by political correctness...for instance is abortion an unfavourable thing in the over all? I would say yes....do we execute people? - well NO...because killing is simply bad. At the same time where does real power dwell? Any body with any sense knows that the way the universe is designed we have positive and negative forces - it is better to be a solid body that uses the left and right hand equally and with great skill - the centre body is the core of power.....I guess I might be more balanced in the mind than I thought..extremist thinking always runs you into a hard wall...whether that wall be on the left or right....and who needs to have an accidental collision with an unmovable object? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oleg Bach Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 No, I always have issues with every questionnaire, so I take the results with a big rock of salt. Road salt....or if you remember those big blocks of blue salt that farmers put out for the cows to lick...yah I know what you mean - you can see where they are going with the questions and why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evening Star Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 (edited) These were my scores the last two times I took this test: Economic Left/Right: -6.38 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.69 Economic Left/Right: -6.75 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.64 These numbers seem really dubious to me. If completely unregulated capitalism is +10 on the economic scale and absolute collectivism is -10, I would think that social democracy and a mixed economy (the model towards which I tend to lean - and not even that aggressively) should be about dead centre. Edited June 12, 2011 by Evening Star Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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