Find your political compass

[posterboy81]

Here is an interesting test that determines where on the political left-right scales you sit. The results should be quite interesting.

Take the test here: http://www.politicalcompass.org/

Please post your results back here, but don't discuss them or how the test works in to much detail. I will graph them (along with responses from a few other places) and post it later after there are a a few responses.

Mine:
Economic: -2.88
Social: -1.28

[stoid]

Economic Left/Right: -4.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.72

[Leo Hubbard]

I don't trust the test Economic Left/Right: 3.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.97

One of the reasons is it equates libertarianism with anarchy. And well they are not equal. Libertarians believes in laws, they just also believe in individual freedom. Everyone should be free to do what ever they want as long as it does not interfere with another to do the same. That is not anarchy. They still expect speed laws, dui laws, national armies to protect us, national government to regulate trade, etc.

ie this test is made up by a biased individual.

If anything Libertarians are the centrists, the balancing force necessary to keep the extremes of either the left or the right from taking over.

[yellow]

Hey Leo, I bet this makes your toes curl! :)

Economic Left/Right: -5.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.38

Yay.

Pornography, depicting consenting adults, should be legal for the adult population.

Yay!

[question fear]

economic left: -2
Libertarian: -6

So i am mostly econo liberal, with strong bent towards being left alone :)
Pretty accurate.

[Neserk]

(-4, -5)

[IJ Reilly]

pi, infinity

Hardly surprising. I've always believed in taking a second helping of dessert.

[blackfox]

ME:

Economic Left/Right: -4.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.23

[Thomas Veil]

Hey Leo, I bet this makes your toes curl! :)

Economic Left/Right: -5.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.38
Not as much as this:

Economic Left/Right: -7.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.59

:D

[LeeTom]

Economic Left/Right: -6.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.74

A bit wider than most of you, but what can I say, I'm correct!

Lee Tom

[Don't panic]

-6.62
-5.33

same quadrant as ghandi, mandela and dalai lama
opposite quadrant to hitler, bush, berlusconi, sharon.

i can live with that

[skunk]

-6.62
-5.33

same quadrant as ghandi, mandela and dalai lama
opposite quadrant to hitler, bush, berlusconi, sharon.

i can live with that
Frankly, I'm quite surprised they got any of those guys to take the test.

[Neserk]

Frankly, I'm quite surprised they got any of those guys to take the test.


LOL...

[Don't panic]

Frankly, I'm quite surprised they got any of those guys to take the test.

power of the internet....

so skunk, did you get -10/-10?

[King Cobra]

Ha! See, this is why I rarely bother with politics:

Economic Left/Right: -0.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.38

Magnitude is 1.40 after using 2D vectors and the pythagorean theorm.

All right, stepping back out now.

[takao]

Economic Left/Right: -5.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.92

hehe i'm surprised to have only -5.62 ;) i had to mark a lot of questions with 'disagree'

[mischief]

Economic Left/Right: -5.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.26

Egad... I'm more COllectivist/Anarchist than Ghandiji! :eek:

[Lyle]

My results surprised me a little:

Economic Left/Right: 0.00 (No, I'm not kidding!)
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.62

[Lyle]

i.e. this test is made up by a biased individual.I think that's pretty apparent based on how the statements are worded (e.g. "Some people say that the CEOs of large corporations are baby killers, but I think it's more accurate to say that they're satan's minions."). But it was still a fun little diversion for a few minutes. ;)

[mischief]

It makes some generalizations that I have to vote one way on that I would otherwise vote the other on, but for a qualifyer of some kind.

Ex: I feel that there is too much sex on TV BUT I feel that American society is too conservative about sex in general. I think that the conservative attitude leads to the demand for sex-soaked media. Personally I'd like to see the sex trade legalized and regulated. The premise being that without a stigma demand would go down and there would be less stimulus for kink.

Then again I feel the same way about guns and drugs..... And also assume there'd be public health care involved. :p

[gallagb]

Economic Left/Right: -4.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.26

while i know they said they "don't gather any information on the taker of the test" - i'm courious what information they are gathering. ;)

[gallagb]

also courious- if someone would be willing to graph all of our results- on one graph- i'd be interested to see if there was a trend amongst mac rumors web-lackies... (i'm off to go write a paper so i'm out- but any takers?)

[King Cobra]

any takers?
If there are, then here is a link to my results: http://andrej.gadgetgaming.com/images/testresults/polspectrum/thepoliticalcompass.pdf

NOTE: If you haven't taken the test, then do not click... spoiler.

[kuyu]

Economic: 4.00 Yay, straight A's!!!
Social: 0.15 Weird, I consider myself a libertarian and fiscal conservative.

[Leo Hubbard]

Economic: 4.00 Yay, straight A's!!!
Social: 0.15 Weird, I consider myself a libertarian and fiscal conservative.
The author of the test equates libertarians with anarchist so you would have to believe in anarchy to test towards the libertarian end of the scale. :(

[Mike Teezie]

The five people in our office took this test a few weeks back. We were all pretty solid in the same quandrant as Ghandi, except for one of us, who was so far left the little dot was out of the graph!

:D

[Taft]

The author of the test equates libertarians with anarchist so you would have to believe in anarchy to test towards the libertarian end of the scale. :(

Just cause you say it, don't make it so.

From dictionary.com:

Anarchist: 1. The theory or doctrine that all forms of government are oppressive and undesirable and should be abolished.

Libertarian: 1. One who advocates maximizing individual rights and minimizing the role of the state

I personally think that the two movements share A LOT in common. They aren't equivalent, but I don't think the author is asserting they are. Had you read TFA accompanying the results, you would have noticed:

The usual understanding of anarchism as a left wing ideology does not take into account the neo-liberal "anarchism" championed by the likes of Ayn Rand, Milton Friedman and America's Libertarian Party, which couples law of the jungle right-wing economics with liberal positions on most social issues. Often their libertarian impulses stop short of opposition to strong law and order positions, and are more economic in substance (ie no taxes) so they are not as extremely libertarian as they are extremely right wing. On the other hand, the classical libertarian collectivism of anarcho-syndicalism ( libertarian socialism) belongs in the bottom left hand corner.

There are shades of anarchists, just like anything else. He is referencing the type espoused by Rand and Friedman (Two figures held up on a pedestal by most Libertarians, BTW. Just ask Boortz.), not necessarily what YOU think anarchism is. Anarchism is used on his site as an EXAMPLE of a doctrine of Libertarianism.

Do you EVER look past the buzzwords and think for yourself?

Taft

[skunk]

-2.12
-6.15

[gallagb]

If there are, then here is a link to my results: http://andrej.gadgetgaming.com/images/testresults/polspectrum/thepoliticalcompass.pdf

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ok that's awesome that u are totally right down the middle

[King Cobra]

No... Lyle got it right down the middle. I'm just a little upset that somebody other than myself got it right down the middle. :D

So hats [thrown] to Lyle.

[Bobcat37]

Seen this before, the test is lame.

My results:

Economic Left/Right: 2.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.31

I think that places me near Martin and Schroder, LOL... now that's laughable.

Seriously, the answers are insufficient for many questions (agree or disagree is just bad format) and vice versa many questions are worded poorly based on the fact that you only get those choices.

[gallagb]

No... Lyle got it right down the middle. I'm just a little upset that somebody other than myself got it right down the middle. :D

So hats [thrown] to Lyle.


my bad- and "ditto"- kinda cool though- 2 score so close 2 the middle-
however- i'm quite happy w/ my scores...

the test is lame.

so- uh- why'd u do it (again)?

i agree i'm not gonna go jump off the roof top screaming about how awesome this test is- however- it is kinda interesting- i like their deal about how there is not rt and lt- but it is a more multi-faced examination-

had a social studies teacher who explained the political spectrum in terms of a cylinder- implying that it was a 3-d concept- there weren't just 2 sides to it- very similiar to how this site explains it--- (even though they are on a 2-d system still)

[Bobcat37]

so- uh- why'd u do it (again)?

i agree i'm not gonna go jump off the roof top screaming about how awesome this test is- however- it is kinda interesting- i like their deal about how there is not rt and lt- but it is a more multi-faced examination-

I didn't do it again. I went to my other message boards and looked up the old topic about it and found my results.

And I never said the test wasn't interesting, I just said it was lame in the fact that some questions are poorly worded and it's choices are insufficient.

[Taft]

And I never said the test wasn't interesting, I just said it was lame in the fact that some questions are poorly worded and it's choices are insufficient.

THAT, I can agree with. I wish they would have had a fifth choice of "neutral." There were several questions which I didn't either agree or disagree.

I think the wording of many of the questions is designed to force the user to make a choice between two sides. Not everyone wants to choose either side. In that regard, this test fails.

Taft

[posterboy81]

also courious- if someone would be willing to graph all of our results- on one graph- i'd be interested to see if there was a trend amongst mac rumors web-lackies... (i'm off to go write a paper so i'm out- but any takers?)

I have already been making one! Here is the one Excel auto generates for me (http://homepage.mac.com/mcsimpson/desktops/compass.htm). I have been making one in Photoshop (http://homepage.mac.com/mcsimpson/desktops/compass.jpg) , too, but I don't have time to update it right now.

It also doesn't just follow MacRumors forums, but AppleInsider (http://forums.appleinsider.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=45224) and ehMac.ca (http://www.ehmac.ca/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=10;t=002499), too.

[gallagb]

I didn't do it again. I went to my other message boards and looked up the old topic about it and found my results.

And I never said the test wasn't interesting, I just said it was lame in the fact that some questions are poorly worded and it's choices are insufficient.

my bad- figured you had just done it again
- i agree it's not the best survey- and also agree w/ some of the choices as insufficient- however- that's prolly the whole reason behind it- to force us to 'pick' an opinion- ya know?

i too (Taft) desired a 'neutral' choice- however then it wouldn't be a 'forced choice' survey- thus the results wouldn't really be valid- b/c if one has 'no opinion' how can they be alinged to any political direction? -

[Roger1]

Economic Left/Right: -2.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.05

[iLikeMyiMac]

Economic Left/Right: 4.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.82

[Bobcat37]

Economic Left/Right: 4.25

They placed you more right on the economy than kuyu! Interesting... makes me wonder how you answered the questions. I'm sure kuyu would wonder the same thing.

[iLikeMyiMac]

They placed you more right on the economy than kuyu! Interesting... makes me wonder how you answered the questions. I'm sure kuyu would wonder the same thing.
I'm kinda of an Adam Smith The Wealth of Nations Free Trade, Capitalist kinda guy.
Also the "each should work to the best of his ability...pure communism" question I answered strongly against.

[Backtothemac]

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: 3.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 3.90

[posterboy81]

Hello,

I have Excel working for me on these numbers now. I have added all the latest replies, as well as a chart of the sample means.

You can check it out here (http://homepage.mac.com/mcsimpson/desktops/compass.htm)

Are there any analyses that anyone would like to see? Regression lines, etc?

[HeWhoSpitsFire]

Economic Left/Right: -7.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.97

Not very conclusive test, but interesting.

[Neserk]

THAT, I can agree with. I wish they would have had a fifth choice of "neutral." There were several questions which I didn't either agree or disagree.


Taft

A Likert scale is a much better one. It is a 1-5 scale with one end being strongly disagree with and the other being strongly agree with and the 3 being a neutral. At least it wasn't just a true false test...

[Backtothemac]

Hello,

I have Excel working for me on these numbers now. I have added all the latest replies, as well as a chart of the sample means.

You can check it out here (http://homepage.mac.com/mcsimpson/desktops/compass.htm)

Are there any analyses that anyone would like to see? Regression lines, etc?


HA! That is cool. You would know that I am the more right. :P

[King Cobra]

All right, who broke the link (down) and didn't bother to recheck it? I click on that link and I get the following:

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...and there is no Excel sheet.

[iLikeMyiMac]

With a 4.25 it looks like I'm the farthest right guy you had who took the test. :D Looks like that Young Republican Club in high school payed off.

[Chip NoVaMac]

-6.62
-5.33

same quadrant as ghandi, mandela and dalai lama
opposite quadrant to hitler, bush, berlusconi, sharon.

i can live with that

Mine:

Economic Left/Right: -5.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.82

I too was surprised to see that my outlook fit into the same mold as ghandi, mandela and the dalai lama.

[posterboy81]

The graph (http://homepage.mac.com/mcsimpson/desktops/compass.htm), again updated. The link works fine for me in Safari, I can see the web output that Excel generated, not just the code.

[skunk]

I wonder who the two economic extremists are at AppleInsider! :)

[amateurmacfreak]

I'm...

Economic Left/Right: -7.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.69

But in the past, I've remembered being more around -7, -7.

I now feel like a communist or something. Heh. :o

[Peterkro]

Economic -8.75
Social Lib/Authoritarian -9.59

Mind you the questions are couched in a very rightist manner I'm way to the left than the scores would appear to set me.Plus it's bollocks.:rolleyes:

[cslewis]

I'm lazy. Do you have a link to the test you took?

[mactastic]

I'm lazy. Do you have a link to the test you took?
Too lazy to read post #1???

[cslewis]

I'm sorry, I just realized a few minutes ago that the thread jumped to the third page. :o

Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: -3.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.15

[PlaceofDis]

-7.25
-7.25


:d

[Black&Tan]

Economic Left/Right: -6.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.05

I agree with previous posters, there should be a "neither" or "undecided" option. Also, I have to say, I didn't understand all the questions. Dumb American. I must blame it on the poor education system....

[scem0]

phew - way on the opposite side of GWB!

Economic Left/Right: -5.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.21

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[Queso]

Economic Left/Right: -5.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.95

Me, Gandhi and the Dalai Lama :)

[atszyman]

Economic Left/Right: -5.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.97

no real surprises...

[yg17]

Economic Left/Right: -6.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.08

[count chocula]

Economic Left/Right: -5.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.77

[mactastic]

So what prompted someone to dredge up this ancient thread?

[ChrisWB]

Economic Left/Right: -5.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.59

[amateurmacfreak]

So what prompted someone to dredge up this ancient thread?
A different thread on political beliefs in Community Discussion. Someone linked to it, and I wandered aloud if it would be okay to reawaken this way. One person said that he or she was okay with it, so I went for it.

[amateurmacfreak]

I agree with previous posters, there should be a "neither" or "undecided" option. Also, I have to say, I didn't understand all the questions. Dumb American. I must blame it on the poor education system....
Yeah... I've tried to get my friends (13 year-olds) to take it, and only one would stomach it for me. But... he was 14. I took it for the first time when I was 10ish. Now, at 13, I get all but one or two of the questions... I think.... ;)

EDIT: I urge people to read the FAQ (http://politicalcompass.org/faq.php) about the test. I think it is the best test on the web, to my knowledge, for determining ones political viewpoints.

And

This makes it too easy for people to duck difficult issues. By forcing people to take a positive or negative stance, the propositions make people really evaluate their feelings. Often people find they wanted to select 'don't know' mainly because they'd never really thought about the idea.

[gallagb]

The graph (http://homepage.mac.com/mcsimpson/desktops/compass.htm), again updated. The link works fine for me in Safari, I can see the web output that Excel generated, not just the code.

works for me
could you add somewhere the date that u've last updated it?
just on the bottom somewhere
acctually updated data- not just the website

[adroit]

Economic Left/Right: -6.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.31

:D awsome

[it5five]

Economic Left/Right: -6.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.44

[MACDRIVE]

Economic Left/Right: -1.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.18

[mischief]

Economic Left/Right: -6.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.59

Down and to the left of Ghandi.:cool:

[markjones05]

Economic Left/Right: -3.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.54

[iSaint]

another Gahndi-ish person:

[tristan]

Economic: 1.75
Social: -2.62

What would be interesting would be average scores by countries, races, class, religions, etc.

I also liked this quote:
The usual understanding of anarchism as a left wing ideology does not take into account the neo-liberal "anarchism" championed by the likes of Ayn Rand, Milton Friedman and America's Libertarian Party, which couples law of the jungle right-wing economics with liberal positions on most social issues

Which is exactly why this kind of test is needed - I believe that social freedom is impossible without economic freedom, and typical "left/right" scales leave me out in the cold. Still, this test has a lot of gaps - what about foreign policy? The Iraq war is kind of a litmus test now.

[aquajet]

Economic Left/Right: -6.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.59

Economic Left/Right: -5.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.26

I wonder what's changed over the last two years. ;)

[mischief]

I wonder what's changed over the last two years. ;)

kids. and i quit smoking pot.

[OnceUGoMac]

Economic Left/Right: -3.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.90

[solvs]

Not quite Gandhi, but close. Maybe not as close as I'd think. Tests like these are always flawed though. I am left of center in some things, but right leaning in others. Most of the time I just think both are wrong. People suck, government sucks, corporations suck.

Plus I forgot what my score was... I closed the tab.

[hulugu]

Frankly, I'm quite surprised they got any of those guys to take the test.

That was the easy part.

I'm still a pinko leftist.

Economic Left/Right: -3.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.00

[benthewraith]

http://www.politicalcompass.org/images/bothaxes.gif

Economic Left/Right: 4.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 2.41

Socially, I'm a little more to the center area. I'm very open about Homosexuality. :)

[Agathon]

I guess I beat everyone at this.

I took it a while back.

-10/-9

(Yes it is possible to get -10)

[balamw]

kids. and i quit smoking pot.
Interesting, having kids made you a bit less authoritarian? (Or was it the lack of pot ;))

My results now:
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -2.63 (previously ~0)
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.74 (previously ~-5)

When I first took the test a few years ago I was right in the center between left and right, but moderately libertarian ~-5. I understand the slight social shift as my kids get older we've had to have more order and discipline around, but the shift to the economic left is interesting....

B

[blackfox]

hmmm...

Then (8/17/04 post #8):

Economic Left/Right: -4.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.23
__________________

Now (7/12/06):

Economic Left/Right: -4.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.41

[miloblithe]

Economic: -4.88
Social: -7.08

[Mord]

Economic Left/Right: -7.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.33

it's not really all that accurate, as many questions i disagreed with/aggreed with for reasons which push me counter to the way it sounds.

and some questions are just BS wether your left or right wing, hitler believed in astrology.

we should argue some of the questions out, someone more right wing and me (aka most of you) quote a question and say why you chose to answer how you did.

[jelloshotsrule]

Economic Left/Right: -8.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.59

[eva01]

Economic -5.52
Social -5.54

[Lau]

Hmm. Interesting test, if only to ask yourself these questions.

Economic Left/Right -5.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian -5.54

[BakedBeans]

Economic Left/Right: -3.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.26

Good questions... The results are squiffy because it is not broad enough..

[dubbz]

Economic Left/Right: -6.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.74

Not surprised.

[PickledSquirrel]

Economic Left/Right: -7.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.97

I blame it on social welfare indoctrination from early childhood:D

-Squirrel

[satty]

My political compass

Economic Left/Right: -5.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.41

I didn't expect this result, mainly the economy part... anyway, I assume I have to accept it.

Edit:

After I saw this pic, I am happy to be closer to Nelson Mandela and Dalai Lama than all the other people:

[mactastic]

...I assume I have to accept it.
I don't see why you would have to. You could always sue for pain and suffering. ;)

[satty]

I don't see why you would have to. You could always sue for pain and suffering. ;)

Unfortunately, I am not American. Other countries cannot see the suffering I have to go through :p

[Mal]

phew - way on the opposite side of GWB!

Economic Left/Right: -5.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.21

e

phew - way on the opposite side of scem0! ;)

Economic Left/Right: 5.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.10

I wonder on the Libertarian thing. In general, I consider myself fairly libertarian, though not hardcore, but I got the impression that the writers of the test didn't seem to think anyone could be legitimately right-winged and libertarian (just look at the examples). At least they didn't put me any higher than that though.

jW

[aquajet]

Economic Left/Right: -5.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.62

[auxplage]

Economic: 3.25
Social: -4.05

I come out the same on all these tests.

Maybe that is because I really am a Libertarian.

The government needs to get out of our lives both economically and socially!! There I said it! :)

[wmmk]

Economic Left/Right: -7.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.56

Wow! I thought I'd be more moderate, but I'm glad I've gotten a bit more moderate. Socialists usually don't win presidential elections. Well, I can still be the farthest left of the Dems:)

[jelloshotsrule]

Wow! I thought I'd be more moderate, but I'm glad I've gotten a bit more moderate. Socialists usually don't win presidential elections. Well, I can still be the farthest left of the Dems:)

don't worry, stick with the dems and you'll end up in the center. ;)

[wmmk]

don't worry, stick with the dems and you'll end up in the center. ;)
Meh. I don't want to totally be in the center. Would you say Howard Dean was a moderate? I don't think so.

[jelloshotsrule]

Meh. I don't want to totally be in the center. Would you say Howard Dean was a moderate? I don't think so.

he wasn't, originally. ;)

[wmmk]

he wasn't, originally. ;)
So are you suggesting I become a socialist?:D

[jelloshotsrule]

So are you suggesting I become a socialist?:D

i'm not suggesting anything really (though if you mean by joining the socialist party, then i'd probably say no), i'm just saying that, unless something changes with the dems sometime soon (hahaha!), prepare yourself to move right... unless you are one of those freaky democratic critics from inside the party, like kucinich, or the old dean.

[wmmk]

i'm not suggesting anything really (though if you mean by joining the socialist party, then i'd probably say no), i'm just saying that, unless something changes with the dems sometime soon (hahaha!), prepare yourself to move right... unless you are one of those freaky democratic critics from inside the party, like kucinich, or the old dean.
no, I'm kidding about joining the socialist party. at least here in Chicago, there two types of Democrats: 'big machine' dems, and progressive dems. the 'bg machine' democrats like Daley are corrupt and fairly politically moderate. Then, there are thge more progressive ones, who are much further left. unfortunately, the more progressive demorcats haven't gotten into national politics (except for Kucinich and the old Dean, as you said), but I plan to change that in 2028!

[jelloshotsrule]

...but I plan to change that in 2028!

nice to dream, but by 2028, that will all be a moot point (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=23053).

[Lyle]

My scores today (Economic Left/Right: 0.88; Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.21) aren't significantly different from my scores almost two years ago:
Economic Left/Right: 0.00 (No, I'm not kidding!)
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.62

[macbook yes]

Economic Left/Right: 5.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 3.90

[Dave H]

Economic Left/Right: 0.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.46

[Iscariot]

Economic Left/Right: 51 326
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 999 999
High score
Enter initials:
I S T

[.Andy]

Economic Left/Right: 51 326
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 999 999
High score
Enter initials:
I S T
:D!

(I think you also qualify for a night visit from the unmarked black vans)

[noaccess]

Economic Left -2.50
Social Libertarian -6.51

Pretty accurate, I guess.

[OutThere]

Economic Left/Right: -5.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.69
http://www.drien.com/macrumors/random/pcgraphpng.php.png

Right in there with the Dalai Lama. Phish just came on iTunes.

[callmemike20]

I have got to be the only person in this thread with both positive numbers.

Economic Left/Right: 9.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 4.00

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=9.12&soc=4.00

[Counterfit]

Economic Left/Right: -5.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.69
http://www.drien.com/macrumors/random/pcgraphpng.php.png

Right in there with the Dalai Lama. Phish just came on iTunes.

I'm right there with you.
Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: -5.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.85

We should have a party.

[CaptMurdock]

Economic Left/Right: -5.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.67

About what I expected.

[Eanair]

A bit late to the party...but...

Economic Left/Right: -6.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.69

Interesting.

[Counterfit]

A bit late to the party...but...

Economic Left/Right: -6.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.69

Interesting.

Hippie! :p

[Eanair]

Hippie! :p

Like, toooootally man! :p

[Zombie Acorn]

Economic Left/Right: -1.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.03

[NT1440]

Economic Left/Right: -8.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.21

Thats me I guess.

[FreeState]

Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: -8.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.62

EDIT: wow NT1440... were nearly identical...

[ravenvii]

Economic Left/Right: 0.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.36

[NT1440]

Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: -8.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.62

EDIT: wow NT1440... were nearly identical...

Ello matey :cool:

[leekohler]

No surprises here:

Economic Left/Right: -6.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.69

[dukebound85]

Economic Left/Right: 5.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.95

[eMac4ever]

Economic Left/Right: 2.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.77

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=2.88&soc=-4.77

I think that I may have the largest spread—7.65—out of everyone here. I also feel like I had a very high standard deviation on each partition of the above political dichotomy. For example, on one-third of the "Social Libertarian/Authoritarian" questions, I put "strongly agree" for the conservative answer and "strongly disagree" for the liberal answer on the other two-thirds.

[Peterkro]

I thought this compass of US senators interesting, I'm not saying it's necessarily accurate but in my opinion fairly representative of mainstream US political positions:

[Zombie Acorn]

Now that I am on the left I can start spinning my ideas as theirs. :p

[NT1440]

I thought this compass of US senators interesting, I'm not saying it's necessarily accurate but in my opinion fairly representative of mainstream US political positions:

Wow, all grouped in one quadrant, anyone care to show me where our politicians from the left are seeing as we've heard so much about them on this board?:rolleyes:

[philipt42]

Here is my result:

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -9.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.05

[yojitani]

It seems like I have taken this test before but the questions seem to be a little better. This seems about right for me.


Economic Left/Right: -7.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.97

[Don't panic]

-6.62
-5.33

same quadrant as ghandi, mandela and dalai lama
opposite quadrant to hitler, bush, berlusconi, sharon.

i can live with that

I took it and had forgot that i had taken it already 5 years ago.

Economic Left/Right: -6.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.03

i wonder if they are the same questions?
in any case, i guess this directly addresses the one about maturity and questioning authorities...

[Cromulent]

Economic Left/Right: -3.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.74

Seems about right for me I guess. I quite like these kind of sites even if I am a bit skeptical of the results.

[balamw]

the shift to the economic left is interesting....

It's always fun to revisit this one.
~2004: ~(0, -5)
2006: (-2.63,-3.74)
2008: (-4.38,-4.87)
2009: (-4.38,-5.08)

My leftward shift continues, and I've apparently regained my libertarian streak.

B

[Tesselator]

Here's what happened when I took the questionnaire :

Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: 1.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.64
http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=1.88&soc=-5.64

But whoever wrote the questions is an idiot! Almost every question was either purposefully leading, improperly defined, or just stupid - and IMO that should result in dishonest or inaccurate outcomes.

For example just from the first page:

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

Very lame! "economic globalisation" (sic) takes on an almost infinite number of forms. Which one is he talking about? If he's asking about them collectively then it's impossible to answer because some forms should benefit corporations and some should benefit and protect individuals. And what do they mean by "serve humanity"? Serve in what way? If they meant to ask if the global economy should ultimately benefit individuals more than corporations and/or to the exclusion of one or the other then why not ask it that way?

Then there's just asinine questions like "The enemy of my enemy is my friend." Huh? How the hell should anyone honestly approach something like that? I dunno, he might be my friend and he might not be. So what do we do? Disagree because it's a stupid question, agree because it's possible, or try to figure out what he's actually trying to ask and then answer that? Whatever that might be.

I've taken some political compass questionnaires in the past which didn't instill quite the sense of exasperation that this one does. :p

[XnavxeMiyyep]

I've taken this a few times.

Economic Left/Right: -2.something
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.something

[colourfastt]

Economic Left/Right: 3.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.64

[Beric]

Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: 4.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 3.08

Last took this when I was 12, and I didn't even know what some of the words meant back then. :p

[63dot]

Left libertarian, closest to Ghandi.

I guess this explains why I didn't vote for W. :)

In years past I would have been closer to center libertarian not long after b-school, but as a kid my hero was Richard Nixon who probably does not fit on the grid but may be extreme right authoritarian. I had the (then) common belief that the Democrats of the '60s and '70s were against small business, or business in general, and my family had a small retail store. When the store went out of business, the Democrats seemed to be less of a threat. As I grew up into adulthood with Reagan, his big ideas seemed more like empty campaign slogans. Clinton made me believe in the left, and W's Patriot Act made me shy away from authoritarianism. So this test seems to be somewhat accurate as a current snapshot.

[alphaod]

Economic Left/Right: -0.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.62

http://alphaod.com/pics/mr02/mr_politicalcompass-111809.png

[philipt42]

Economic Left/Right: -0.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.62

http://alphaod.com/pics/mr02/mr_politicalcompass-111809.png

Now that is what I call centrist!

[Peterkro]

Now that is what I call centrist!

By U.S. standards that makes you an extreme left winger with authoritarian tendencies .

[63dot]

Economic Left/Right: -0.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.62

http://alphaod.com/pics/mr02/mr_politicalcompass-111809.png

That was me during the Clinton years and W's first term, mainly dead freakin' center, neither authoritarian nor libertarian, neither staunch dem. nor staunch GOP.

I think my anger at the past 8 years (at both parties) put me more on the anti-two party system rant, and a little weary of authority. I notice the libertarian types on the bottom two quadrants are far more common here than authoritarian types high up on the upper two quadrants.

[r.j.s]

Mine:

203762

[Dagless]

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-4.50&soc=-0.62
Seems a bit wrong, but ho hum!