Michael Hardner Posted July 11, 2010 Report Share Posted July 11, 2010 from The Advocates.org My score: Your PERSONAL issues Score is 60% Your ECONOMIC issues Score is 30% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borg Posted July 11, 2010 Report Share Posted July 11, 2010 (edited) from The Advocates.org My score: I'll bite: Your PERSONAL issues Score is 60% Your ECONOMIC issues Score is 100% Libertarian Borg Edited July 11, 2010 by Borg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hardner Posted July 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2010 Right - I was on the line between centrist and statist. The compass poll put me as liberal/libertarian or somesuch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dre Posted July 11, 2010 Report Share Posted July 11, 2010 Your PERSONAL issues Score is 100% Your ECONOMIC issues Score is 30% Theres something a bit wrong there... The answers I chose would reflect the way things have worked in almost every successful democracy in history (with the exception of ending drug prohibition). Yet it put me way on the left end of the scale. Im wondering how the center is determined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borg Posted July 11, 2010 Report Share Posted July 11, 2010 Ah yes, there MUST be a way to determine why you do not score as you would LIKE. Study harder and you may even be able to rationalize to the point you can explain away anything It seems a very typical canucklehead response Borg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimG Posted July 11, 2010 Report Share Posted July 11, 2010 (edited) The answers I chose would reflect the way things have worked in almost every successful democracy in history (with the exception of ending drug prohibition). Yet it put me way on the left end of the scale.The test is biased against libertarian view by asking people to agree with the most extreme libertarian positions. The results would have been reversed if they had reversed the questions (i.e. ask if you would like to double government spending instead of asking if you would like to cut it in half). Edited July 11, 2010 by TimG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodyminded Posted July 11, 2010 Report Share Posted July 11, 2010 It would seem I'm sort of liberal/leftist. I was astonished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodyminded Posted July 11, 2010 Report Share Posted July 11, 2010 The test is biased against libertarian view by asking to agree with to most extreme libertarian positions. The results would have been reversed if they had reversed the questions (i.e. ask if you would like to double government spending instead of asking if you would like to cut it in half). Exactly. The questions are skewed, if by no more than the brevity of the test itself. Underwhelming, but I still consider it superior to the other test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest American Woman Posted July 11, 2010 Report Share Posted July 11, 2010 My results: Your PERSONAL issues Score is 60% Your ECONOMIC issues Score is 20% According to your answers, the political group that agrees with you most is...Liberal. Liberals usually embrace freedom of choice in personal matters, but tend to support significant government control of the economy. They generally support a government-funded "safety net" to help the disadvantaged, and advocate strict regulation of business. Liberals tend to favor environmental regulations, defend civil liberties and free expression, support government action to promote equality, and tolerate diverse lifestyles. I don't find my results surprising, but for such a short quiz, I have to wonder how many people would feel as if their results are accurate. As for their description of liberals, the only thing I question is the "support significant government control of the economy." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hardner Posted July 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2010 Still - it has to be better than the compass poll, which asks if you believe in astrology, presumably, to determine if you are Republican. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Weber Posted July 11, 2010 Report Share Posted July 11, 2010 Personal 50% Economic 30% Centrist...I always knew I was... If the Righties call me a "Socialist" and the Lefties call me a "neo-con"(some call me a neo-con asshole...I might be an asshole.I'm definately NOT a neo-con!!! )Then I'm right in the middle pissing off the extremes... Perfect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 100 Personal / 40 Economic. Just about as far as you can get from both Big Statists and Right wing Conservatives. Figures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonam Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 70% personal, 90% economic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.Dancer Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 Said I was practically perfect in every way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Weber Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 Said I was practically perfect in every way Describe the perfection please??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToadBrother Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 70% personal, 90% economic I once had a girlfriend that got mad at me because she made me take some stupid quiz in one of her womens' magazines that determined that I was at high risk for cheating on her. I lump these idiotic online political quizzes on the same level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Weber Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 I once had a girlfriend that got mad at me because she made me take some stupid quiz in one of her womens' magazines that determined that I was at high risk for cheating on her. I lump these idiotic online political quizzes on the same level. So did ya' mess around on her???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToadBrother Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 So did ya' mess around on her???? No, I ended up dumping her. She was a little nuts, as the magazine episode demonstrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Weber Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 No, I ended up dumping her. She was a little nuts, as the magazine episode demonstrated. Nuts is tolerable for a short period of time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonam Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 I once had a girlfriend that got mad at me because she made me take some stupid quiz in one of her womens' magazines that determined that I was at high risk for cheating on her. I lump these idiotic online political quizzes on the same level. Yeah lol those are stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlight Graham Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 Your PERSONAL issues Score is 70% Your ECONOMIC issues Score is 30% Liberal: Liberals usually embrace freedom of choice in personal matters, but tend to support significant government control of the economy. They generally support a government-funded "safety net" to help the disadvantaged, and advocate strict regulation of business. Liberals tend to favor environmental regulations, defend civil liberties and free expression, support government action to promote equality, and tolerate diverse lifestyles. Pretty much bang-on i guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borg Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 No, I ended up dumping her. She was a little nuts, as the magazine episode demonstrated. Nah! You dumped her because you wanted to mess around and she had you by the short and curlies! LOL Borg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pliny Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 Personal = 100% Economic = 100% But you all knew that. I tried telling bloodyminded that he was left-wing. Canadian leftwingers normally do think they are centrists. American Woman is a left wing liberal and knows it. But has a confusion about economic control. Healthcare and social security, unemployment insurance all demand some government control over the economy in order for them to collect the money to pay for them. The more social programs like that, the more control is exerted over the economy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yesterday Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 (edited) Personal 70% Economic 40% Centrist..mmm. Maybe....I do have a hard time identifying myself with either left or right so perhaps centrist would work. I prefer the moderationist, I think. I wish these fence posts would stop digging up my a**...butt. Edited August 16, 2010 by Yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodyminded Posted August 18, 2010 Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 (edited) Personal = 100% Economic = 100% But you all knew that. I tried telling bloodyminded that he was left-wing. Canadian leftwingers normally do think they are centrists. ??? I know full well that in most issues (though not all) I fall under the category of what is commonly described as "left wing." And complexities and labelling issues aside, I'm comfortable with that; I am openly "a man of the left." So it's not as if I ever disputed the assessment. The only disputation I recall between us on this issue was your notion that since I'm left wing, I can't recognize that we have a "left-wing media." I disagree with the premise, of course, under the institutional analyses of news media that I have cited multiple times; but more importantly here, this is entirely a separate matter from your odd claim that you "tried telling bloodyminded" what I already know and have never disputed. Edited August 18, 2010 by bloodyminded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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