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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-16-07 09:14 PM
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Political compass orientation?
Economic Left/Right: -9.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.95

http://www.politicalcompass.org/

The potus candidates aren't up over there yet but I will be checking back every so often in expectation of seeing them.
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-16-07 09:26 PM
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1. okay
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -7.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.59
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Nite Owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-16-07 09:29 PM
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2. Think I took this a while ago
and still in the same area

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -6.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.69
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-16-07 09:30 PM
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3. I took it a few years back. It has changed several questions, so I think that is what
what pushed me down and over even further.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-16-07 11:43 PM
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17. That and BushCo is radicalizing the heck out of some of us.
:shrug:
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-16-07 09:32 PM
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4. Right next to Gandhi
Economic Left/Right: -5.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.54
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silverweb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-16-07 09:37 PM
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5. New questions.
Interesting, but no real change from before:

Economic Left/Right: -6.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.00


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More Than A Feeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-16-07 09:38 PM
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6. Mine.
Economic Left/Right: -4.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.49

Now THAT'S fair and balanced!
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SteveG Donating Member (833 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-16-07 09:39 PM
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7. ok, here's mine
Economic Left/Right: -7.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.15

left Libertarian (no I won't vote for Ron Paul)
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pnorman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-16-07 09:53 PM
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10. Ron Paul would be considerd a RIGHT-libertarian.
But he's HONEST, which makes what he has to say, worth listening to. But an awful lot of people call themselves "libertarians" these days; it's sorta fashionable. But underneath, they're not only RIGHT, but AUTHORITARIAN. Crypto-Fascists!

pnorman
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Warren DeMontague Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 06:49 PM
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44. As long as Ron Paul is anti-separation of church & state & wants to put women in jail for getting
abortions, I have trouble buying him as ANY kind of "libertarian".
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pnorman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 07:18 PM
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47. I didn't know that.
If correct, he can no longer be considered a "Libertarian" in my books. But he's brutally HONEST, and for that reason alone, he should be listened to.

pnorman
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Warren DeMontague Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 07:23 PM
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48. For a Republican, he makes sense-- on Iraq. But he's still anti-choice, etc.
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pnorman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 07:39 PM
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49. Thanks for the informative links.
No, Ron Paul is NOT a "Libertarian" as you or I might construe that term. And I stand corrected. But HONESTY trumps almost anything. That includes our attempts to sort people into neat little boxes. I've been doing such "sorting" all my life, and will continue to do so. But I need occasional reminders of its limitations.

pnorman
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pnorman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-16-07 09:42 PM
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8. Here's mine from about 3 years ago:
Economic Left/Right: -7.50
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -4.92

I believe that with tests of this nature, only the FIRST test is really "meaningful". And that should be taken BEFORE reading the rest of the webpage. Otherwise, your perceived self-image might subconsciously "color" your answers.

pnorman
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 11:04 AM
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25. Try it again anyway. A lot of new questions have been added.
But I agree, there is always a risk of skewing your results. :)
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hellbound-liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-16-07 09:51 PM
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9. Looks like were all in the same quadrant. here are my scores:
Economic Left/Right: -7.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.26

The only surprise is that I seem to be to the left of Gandhi and more Libertarian than he was. I don't have much use for any of the people found in the first two quadrants.
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-16-07 10:00 PM
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11. Economic Left/Right: -5.50, Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.31. I'm The Dalai Lama LOL

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sicksicksick_N_tired Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 12:14 PM
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31. Yeah, me too.
I wasn't expecting that.
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Warren DeMontague Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 06:44 PM
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42. Ditto.
I'm in the same neighborhood.
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-16-07 10:02 PM
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12. There are different questions.


Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -8.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.87
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HawkerHurricane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-16-07 10:08 PM
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13. Same place I was in 1999
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -6.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.92

I think it was 1999 when I first took this.
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-16-07 10:12 PM
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14. Economic: -8.50; Social: -5.95
n/t
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nosmokes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-16-07 11:27 PM
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15. Economic Left/Right: -9.25 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.23

low and outside, ball one? ;)
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-16-07 11:42 PM
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16. Just a LITTLE outside, ball two.
Economic Left/Right: -8.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.00

:)
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Pushed To The Left Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-16-07 11:59 PM
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18. I think there are some new questions! Here are my results this time:
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -5.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.92

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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 12:59 AM
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19. The supermajority of DUers are to the lower left of Kucinich!
Edited on Sun Jun-17-07 01:02 AM by TahitiNut
How's that for irony??? :eyes:

Here's the distribution from a DU poll I ran a couple of years ago, gathering between 200 and 300 DUer's scores.





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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 11:06 AM
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26. I remember when you scored that for us. Yah, crazy how people won't vote for what
they really believe in.
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sanskritwarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 02:41 AM
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20. Just left of Center
Exactly where I thought I would be.........Being in the military makes me a tad authortarian, I freely admit it, but that's exactly where I thought I would be.


Economic Left/Right: -2.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.00
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 07:43 PM
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35. My RW family all complain that this test is skewed. They get so mad that they are not
where they thought they would be, up in the upper right hand corner. LOL

So kudos to you for knowing where you would show up. :)
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magellan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 02:53 AM
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21. Economic Left/Right: -8.00, Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.87
Not surprisingly, many of us seem to be the polar opposite of where Bush** is on the graph.
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Solon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 03:05 AM
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22. I think I'm the leftist most person on the board...
Economic Left/Right: -10.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.41

I was going for -10/-10, but some of the questions have to do with PERSONAL opinions that have no relation to policy, which I find rather stupid.
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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 03:32 AM
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23. and I am almost the rightist
but still left of center

-3.63; -2.26.

I remember last time being -7 on economics, so I am not sure how I slipped to the right on that. Maybe by not being freaked out by bottled water.
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Solon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 03:48 AM
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24. I'm not freaked out by bottled water, I just find it to be a waste of resources...
Edited on Sun Jun-17-07 03:50 AM by Solon
I never did understand the point of buying the same water you get from the tap separately in little plastic bottles. They claim its "mountain spring" or whatever BS they are peddling, but it goes through the same treatment as tap water, so what is the gain?

Not to mention the many residents of areas whose aquifers supply these bottled water companies are having their water being rapidly drained to meet demand, much faster than the hydro cycle can replenish the aquifers.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 06:23 PM
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40. Yes, that is the case here in Maine. Too much water leaving the area
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davekriss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 07:59 PM
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39. No
Your two scores total -18.41. I scored -9.5/-9.03, which totals -18.53. I've got you beat by 0.12 points!! ;)
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MedleyMisty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 11:14 AM
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27. Bottom Left Represent!
Economic Left/Right: -9.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.51
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LeftishBrit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 11:19 AM
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28. Economic - 7.0; Social/Libertarian -6.62
Similar to when I took it a couple of years ago.
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NeedleCast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 11:37 AM
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29. Least Left? I guess I am so far
I'm only -1.50, -7.13

About what I expected. I'm the diet coke of the left. I didn't look very hard, but was there a scoring system discussed on the page (how far each question moves you on the chart)? I used agree/disagree a lot more than I used strongly agree/strongly disagree.
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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 11:49 AM
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30. Economic Left/Right: -8.25 • Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.21
Dang, I'm farther to the left than Ghandi! :wow:
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 12:28 PM
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32. -9.3 & -9.3 Anarchist.
I guess I'll keep my avatar.
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Jonathan50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 01:14 PM
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33. Don't remember the numbers..
But me and the Dalai Lama, we're bestest buddies..
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RB TexLa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 01:24 PM
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34. Economic 1.63 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian -3.74
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Liberal Veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 07:53 PM
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36. I'm pretty left.
Economic Left/Right: -7.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.13
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davekriss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 07:56 PM
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37. -9.5/-9.03 here (nt)
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GreenInNC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 07:58 PM
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38. -7.50, -7.54
pretty good company
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ulysses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 06:42 PM
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41. heh - I was worried that I might have gotten more conservative.
Still moving the other way. :)

Economic Left/Right: -8.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.44
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Warren DeMontague Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 06:47 PM
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43. Economic Left/Right: -4.38 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.97. left-libertarian all the way.
Nevermind that some folks here react like you waved a poo sandwich under their nose when they hear the "l" word...

left-libertarian! left-libertarian! left left left left...
left-libertarian!
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 06:53 PM
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45. Left/Right -.25, Libertarian/Authoritarian -4.95
Very close to my historic scores on the test.
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porphyrian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 07:05 PM
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46. -6.5, -7.28 today. - n/t
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mondo joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 07:50 PM
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50. Economic -2.63; Social -6.77 -- close to Gandhi, but usually closer.
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