Where are you on the 'Political Compass'?

[Stop_the_War]

http://www.politicalcompass.org/


Here's my score:

Economic Left/Right: -6.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.03

[MrSlayer]

1. I'm just left of Ghandi.

I always end up in the same spot everytime I take it.

[HamiltonHabs32]

27. My Compass

Economic Left/Right: -3.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.72

I posted my answears too

http://metronewsnet.homelinux.com:81/boards/showthread.php?t=727

[slay]

44. Me too

Pretty much.

Economic Left/Right: -7.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.77

[MrSlayer]

46. I'm a Socialist borderline Democrat on this other cool political test.

http://www.okcupid.com/politics

This one has some cool detail and tell your political party.



Edit: spelling.

[kdmorris]

2. Mine

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -8.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.59

It says I'm further left than Ghandi... go figure!!

[Melynn]

50. I was further left than Ghandi too

Mine was Economic Left/Right: -9.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.85

Which means that I'm further left than you!

[kdmorris]

51. You commie pinko liberal, you!!!

:P

[Melynn]

52. And proud of it!

:evilgrin:

[jdj]

3. I think that's about where I ended up.

I'm kind of confused to be called a social libertarian, since I don't know what that is.

I guess it means, get the gov't out of the bedroom, put permanently install them in the boardroom.

[Burma Jones]

4. For Me,

Economic Left/Right: -5.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.23

[BayCityProgressive]

5. here is mine.

Economic Left/Right: -7.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.21

[uppityperson]

6. I've moved more to the middle than last yr

Economic Left/Right: -6.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.33

[Angry Girl]

7. That was fun!

I had to read some of the questions with double negatives in them twice though.

Economic Left/Right: -5.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.59

Hey, we're in the same quadrant!

[aneerkoinos]

8. Mine

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -8.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.21

Left of Nelson Mandela, more libertarian than Dalai Lama. But in a good company... :)

[Xithras]

9. I'm a centrist.

Economic Left/Right: -1.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.77

Compared to most of the country, that puts me right in the middle where most people are, and waaaay to the left of the Republicans. Compared to everyone else here on DU, I'm practically a right winger ;)

[More Than A Feeling]

37. Hail, fellow right winger!

Maybe there should be a special group for those of us with similar scores:-)

Economic -1.5
Social 4.31

[faithfulcitizen]

41. me too! i think?

Economic Left/Right: -3.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.79

[Lone_Wolf_Moderate]

60. Me too. I'm right there with you.

The only thing is, it seems we're to the Left of John Kerry! Is he that far right?

[cidliz2004]

67. Whats a Eco L/R -3.00 & Social Lib/Auth -0.97

It is pretty close to Ghandi and Mandela & the Dali Lama...Not bad company!

Oh!!!!! Pretty opposite of W!!!!!!!

[upsidedown]

10. Here's mine:

Economic Left/Right: -6.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.23

[cynatnite]

11. I'm sending this to my freeper mom

Economic Left/Right: -5.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.97

[The Revolution]

16. Last time I took it...

Economic Left/Right: -8.62
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.10

[K to the YLE]

12. hmm...I don't know what to think of this...

Economic Left/Right: -5.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.85

*edit* oh, I thought the pic of a graph at the top of the page was me...never mind...it actually says I am closer to a communist and anarchist which is pretty much right on.

[deadparrot]

13. here we go,

Economic Left/Right: -6.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.36

Near Mandela and the Dalai Lama.

Not bad company, I say. :)

[JAbuchan08]

14. -8.38 economic left/right Social Libertarian/Authoritarian -4.87

I guess I'm a little more authoritarian than I thought, but I had some issues with some of the questions.

Like the "women can have careers, but should maintain homemaking as their primary concern" If you strongly disagree does that mean you don't think they should have careers? I wanted to agree because I think BOTH men and women should should put their families first, but I didn't want to limit it to women and imply that its okay to be a work-a-holic man as long as you have a wife to sacrifice her career and back you up.

[khashka]

23. I had a few problems too

And that particular question bugged me. So we're evaluating women's choices. We can't do the same thing to men? Are they kidding?

But I think the real problem is that we have to get rid of right/left politics. There's also up/down. So let's look at it in three dimensions, not two.

Some of us want a revolution (me), but it should be a revolution of ideas and thinking It should fundamentally change us.

Ain't gonna happen soon, but we can lay the groundwork for it.


Khash.

[khashka]

15. Fun but...

Ididn't need anyone to tell me I'm a far left libertarian.

Economic Left/Right: -7.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.28

But I do like stuff like that.

Khash.

[LondonAmerican]

17. mine's a lot less libertarian than last year

Economic Left/Right: -5.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.26

[98geoduck]

18. Dalai Lama = Polar opposite of (*)

Economic Left/Right: -6.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.87

[sakabatou]

19. Up and right of Nader

[Lautremont]

20. I (naturally) tried not to exaggerate anything to be more what

I thought I was supposed to be, and still got -9.75 economic and -8.92 social.

[chicofaraby]

21. Left -4.63, Libertarian -7.28

I've always thought of myself as farther left than that....

Cool site.

[ashmanonar]

22. woohoo!

Economic Left/Right: -8.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.46

i'm to the left and down of gandhi. wheee! i'm a liberal libertarian!

[Democrat Dragon]

24. A little left of Dalai Lama

Economic Left/Right: -5.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.90

[LeftofU]

25. well this was expected

econ left /right -8.88
social libertarian left\ right -8.15
oh well here comes commie hell.

[Dark]

26. Economic Left/Right: 8.63 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 7.18

:evilgrin:

[pabloseb]

28. Am I the leftiest/most libertarian so far?

My results:

Economic Left/Right: -9.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -9.33

O8)

[aneerkoinos]

29. Congrats!

With between 8 and 9, I'm beginning to feel like moderate... :D

[taught_me_patience]

30. Economic Left/Right: -4.25, Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.95

anything opposite of * is good enough for me.

taught.

[ClassicDem]

32. Wrong Post Sorry.

[Blue_In_AK]

31. I could be the Dalai Lama

Economic -4.88
Social -6.36

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[Penguin31]

63. I wonder where Grovelbot would score? :-P (nt)

[Stand and Fight]

34. Well, the verdicts in...

Economic Left/Right: -6.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.51
ME:


A COMPARISON:

[never_get_over_it]

35. Well no surprise for me

Economic Left/Right: -5.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.15

[More Than A Feeling]

36. My score is

Economic: -1.5
Social: -4.31

Still the left wing libertarian, but slightly more conservative that usual.

[Spider Jerusalem]

38. Way down in the bottom left corner.

Forget the exact -x and -y values.

[verdalaven]

39. I love tests!

Economic Left/Right: -4.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.44

[JohnnyCougar]

40. Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: -5.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.36

Right in between Mandela and Ghandi

[libodem]

42. I'm between ghandi and mandella

I ended over in the greens...I thought I was just liberal. That compass is pretty interesting. I liked it. Educational, too.

[tokenlib]

43. Same neighborhood as a few months ago....

Economic Left/Right -6.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian -5.18

These tests and surveys are always interesting. I know it's WAY TOO EARLY, but I look forward to the surveys comparing your views with the 2008 Presidential candidates. The 2004 ones were so much fun. I pride myself on agreeing 100% with the socialist candidate--whoever it may be--name unknown. It was sort of funny.

[applegrove]

45. I right on top of the Dali Lama! Next door to Ghandi. Winking at Mandela

[TahitiNut]

47. Here's the distribution of about 200-250 DUers from last summer.

[Sgent]

48. I'm a right winger

For DU -- flaming leftie to the repubs...

Economic +1.88
Libertarian -3.38

On the OKCupid test I score as a sold Democrat, with a tendancy towards moderate.

Both of these seem fairly accurate.

[Tracyjo]

49. I did this during the primaries

when they compared you to the candidates. This time my
economic left/right was -7.38
and my social libertarian/authoritarian was -6.36
I was way over to the bottom left, AGAIN!

[greenbriar]

53. I am left like Ghandi

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -6.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.41

[donheld]

54. I am

Economic left/right -7.00
Social Libertarian/authoritarian -5.13

[flaminbats]

68. "..my clone"

Economic left/right -7.25
Social Libertarian/authoritarian -4.72

well almost..:pals:

[Wheaty]

55. me

Economic Left/Right: -5.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.00

[liberal43110]

56. About where I thought I'd be

Left: -7.13
Libertarian: -8.15

[ghostsofgiants]

57. -6.62 social; -7.54 economic

[entanglement]

58. Hmmm, I have

Economic Left/Right: -5.88
and Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.15

And that puts me in the same quadrant as Saddam Hussein :pals: :evilgrin:

[Lone_Wolf_Moderate]

59. Well, here we go.

Economic Left/Right: -2.38
Soc. Lib./Authoritarian: -1.33

BTW, if anyone knows, the question on "Our race having superior qualities," was that talking about the human race, or specific races?

[Penguin31]

61. Economic Left/Right: -7.50; Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.15

I seem to move farther to the Left/Libertarian side as more and more time goes by...

[phusion]

62. Someone recommend this on freerepublic.

I'm just below Gandhi..

It doesn't look like anyone in this thread is + on the authoritarian.

I'd like to see results of this quiz from freepers. Anyone care/dare to post a thread there encouraging it? :evilgrin:

[Hardrada]

64. My Scores Also- for the record

Economic Left -8.88
Social Libertarian -5.95


But I have been anarchist-oriented for ages!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

65. I fit right in here.

Economic Left/Right: -7.45
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.69

:D

[bling bling]

66. Good. I'm the polar opposite of George W. Bush.

And my dot is aligned almost exactly with Nelson Mandela.

[American Tragedy]

69. Are our leaders out of step with the public?

I find it incredibly disturbing how comparatively authoritarian contemporary politicians are on both sides of the political spectrum. I wonder how a large sample size would score on average? Surely most citizens aren't so eager to have the government rule their lives.

Of course, once again, the section on U.S. presidential candidates seems to confirm my strong belief that John Kerry was the more appropriate candidate for libertarian-leaning voters.


Me:

Economic Left/Right: -2.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.30