The Political Compass Quiz.......are you like Stalin, Gandhi or bush???

[RedEarth]

Take this short quiz and find out where you are on the Political Compass. I took this quiz several months ago and again this evening and scored basically the same both times(opposite of George Bush, maybe that's why I have such disdain for him).

The Political Compass

Welcome to The Political Compass.

There's abundant evidence for the need of it. The old one-dimensional categories of 'right' and 'left' , established for the seating arrangement of the French National Assembly of 1789, are overly simplistic for today's complex political landscape. For example, who are the 'conservatives' in today's Russia? Are they the unreconstructed Stalinists, or the reformers who have adopted the right-wing views of conservatives like Margaret Thatcher ?

On the standard left-right scale, how do you distinguish leftists like Stalin and Gandhi? It's not sufficient to say that Stalin was simply more left than Gandhi. There are fundamental political differences between them that the old categories on their own can't explain. Similarly, we generally describe social reactionaries as 'right-wingers', yet that leaves left-wing reactionaries like Robert Mugabe and Pol Pot off the hook.

My Results.....

Economic Left/Right: -4.12
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.62



http://www.politicalcompass.org/

[Fixated]

1. .....

I think I moved a little to the right socially since I last took this...

Economic Left/Right: -4.38
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.08

[Goldmund]

2. My results...

Economic Left/Right: -8.00
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.77

[George_Bonanza]

3. .

[legin]

4. mine

Economic Left/Right: -7.50
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.56

[JNelson6563]

5. Cool

I'm like Ghandi and Mandela!

Economic Left/Right: -8.00
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.15


Julie

[Dob Bole]

12. me too nt

[dudeness]

28. me too..

:)

[poskonig]

6. Economic LR = -3.50; LA = -3.74

eom

[ComerPerro]

7. -8.00, -7.44

Economic Left/Right: -8.00
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.44

[Fixated]

8. ....

Holy shit I feel like a centrist you commies! ;-)

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. I Took The Test A Long Time Ago

It said I was at the same place on the plane as Jean Paul Chretien....

I wouldn't mind being the Candian PM but I would have to worry about an American attack... -:)

[RainDog]

10. my tally

-6.25

-6.77

I am apparently more liberal and libertarian than the Dalai Lama and Nelson Mandela?

I hate questionaires which don't have the "it depends" or "maybe" answer.

:)

[LeahMira]

37. You aren't alone!

I am apparently more liberal and libertarian than the Dalai Lama and Nelson Mandela?

LOL. I'm right in there with you.

Economic Left/Right -7.00
Libertarian/Authoritarian -7.18

Perhaps, as my outspoken son is fond of telling me, I'm so broadminded that I've become flatheaded.
I often wonder about my outspoken son.

:shrug:

[Redneck Socialist]

11. Interesting site

I scored -5.4 and -3.54.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

13. a more Libertarian Dalai Lama

i guess that means i puff the Tibetan funk a little more than he does.

-4.75
-6.62

[SteveG]

14. mine

Economic Left/Right: -7.00
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.54


I'm further left/libertarian than most.

[ronzo]

15. here's mine.. guess I'm not as moderate as I thought...

Economic Left/Right: -5.00
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.41

I took it towards the begining of the year, with similar results.
Neat test- Glad to see I'm diametrically opposed to shrub.

[kwolf68]

16. Is anyone more Leftist than Me?

Im more LEFT than Ghandi, but he was more Libertarian than me.

-8.50 Leftist
-5.54 Libertarian

[Cat Atomic]

17. Guess I'm a fringe wacko after all.

Economic Left/Right: -8.62
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.28

[kwolf68]

19. LOL...You beat me...You beat me

Im not the most leftist in here.... :bounce:

If this was a freeper board I'd want that, but no way in here. I'm actually damn Conservative on an issue or two. :hurts:

[Alenne]

18. My results

Economic Left/Right: -6.62
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.90

[Room101]

20. My father met Gandhi ............

And saw him in person many times. Also met Martin Luther King, I wonder why I rage against the machine. :smoke:

[tridim]

21. Nice quiz

Economic Left/Right: -6.12
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.10

and I support Dean.

I really don't think I'm as left as the results show, but I'm certainly proud to be in the 'Good' quadrant.

We should test and graph the current 9 candidates.

[RainDog]

22. these tests miss the nuance

and the way questions are stated, or the connections you make with certain statements can make a difference in your answer.

and only having the four choices you are given also makes a difference in how I, at least, answered some questions.

[leanings]

26. Ya think?

Yeah, whoever wrote this test might be a bit less than objective. Wonder how I should answer this one?

"If economic globalisation is inevitable, it should primarily serve humanity rather than the interests of trans-national corporations."

Nah, screw humanity. I love trans-national corporations, tho!

[Book Lover]

23. How much fun is this!

The Political Compass



Economic Left/Right: -7.00
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.21

[Kitsune]

24. I score about -8.5, -8.5 every time I take this.

Which means I'm apparantly more leftist than Gandhi.

Whatever that means.

[IndianaGreen]

33. My scores haven't changed since I first took this test

Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: -9.75

Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.31

Keep in mind that this is a test of one's own personal preferences.

[Selwynn]

25. -8.62, -5.90

[Nevernose]

27. They've changed many of the questions

Since the last time I took it, a couple of years ago.

And I'm still more liberal than Gandhi or the Dalai Lama, at -8.00, -6.41.

[Il_Coniglietto]

29. -7.88, -7.85

Do y'all get more conservative with age? I've got a ways to go yet.

[LWolf]

30. I always end up in about the same spot.

I've taken it several times.

Economic Left/Right: -7.75
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.44


A little further to the left and south than Gandhi.

[VTMechEngr]

31. My results.

E L/R -5.38
A/L -6.15

About the same as last year.

[WoodrowFan]

32. I was Yoda

Oops, wrong quiz..


I was Economic Left/Right: -6.50
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.41


Mandala. cool.

[reachout]

34. Results

Economic Left/Right: -10.00
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -9.69


It had been at least a couple of years since I took this, and I like some of the updated questions.

I also enjoyed the Iconochasms quiz.

Thanks :)

[messiah]

35. Here's Mine

That's the first time I actually read the test thoroughly. I guess I have moved a little to the left in the past year.

Economic Left/Right: -10.00
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -9.54

[Capt_Nemo]

36. I suppose I'm a sort of an extremist...

Economic Left/Right: -7.38
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.05

On edit:
After seeing the other posts I think I´m mote mainstream than I
thought. ;-)

[Cosmic_Latte]

38. A moderate here

Economic Left/Right: -3.12
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.72

Nearest to my beliefs was Jean Chretien. I have taken this test some time ago and haven't changed much... I'm really a tough one to sway! :-)

[VTMechEngr]

39. Had a friend take the test who is a Conservative.

I'd actually say he's almost a fundy, but in engineering, so the science has paid off by saving his brain.

Remember, science may not save ones soul, but it will save your brain!

He scored a 0.23 on L/R economic, and a 1.05 on auth scale.

Interesting.

[RedEarth]

40. I saw this quiz posted on a extreme right board and

the majority of the people that posted their results were 5 to 7.00 range. If your friend would have posted his results on their board he would have probably been called a communist(at the very least). Sounds like your friend might be able to saved from the evil empire of the extreme right, if he continues to use his brain.

[FlashHarry]

41. This is a terrible quiz!

(I'm a liberal libertarian, by the way).

It was very poorly worded, IMHO--lots of qualifiers. Plus, there wasn't any 'no opinion' option.

I loved this question, by the way: Astrology accurately explains many things. Er, what, exactly, does that tell you about a person's political bent?