determining your politcal views/classification?

[cthomer5000]

does anyone have any links to websites where you can answer some basic political questions and have it classify your politcal views/affiliation?

A co-worker and I are looking for something like this....

any help would be appreciated.

[JonInMiddleGA]

There's quite a few of those out there, here's one
http://www.politicalcompass.org/

[albionmoonlight]

Cool. Thanks for the link.

I'm in the lower left quadrant:

Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: -6.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.31

[fantastic flying froggies]

A bit long, but interesting nonetheless.

Results :
Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: -2.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.59

Somewhere on the lines of Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama.

Pretty surprised on the economic side, because that is not really my normal view... Social results sounds about right though...

[JonInMiddleGA]

I didn't note the exact numbers, but it plotted me about right IMO. Upper right quadrant, more Authoritarian than Economic Right. The plot was very close to that of Ariel Sharon.

[Bearcat729]

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -6.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.56

[Calis]

Economic Left/Right: -2.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.08

That was kind of interesting, as I consider myself pretty ignorant when it comes to politics, nice to have some sort of idea where I stand. I'm close to the Dalai Llama's views..I can handle that.

[fantastic flying froggies]

Hmm, I know this is definitely not a representative sample yet, but out of 5 so far, 4 are in the lower left quadrant.

Is the test significant or not, whaddaya think ?

[albionmoonlight]

I would have described myself in the lower left before I took the test, so I think that it is accurate in that sense.

Some of the questions, however, seemed a bit slanted in that direction. Things similar to: "It is more important for multinational corporations to make lots of money than it is for people to be happy." (slight hyperbole) may account for the clustering in the lower left.

I don't imagine that any short internet question list can be really accurate. However, I think that it is fine for what it is. I really wouldn't want to invest the time in a really accurate test.

[ice4277]

Economic Left/Right: -2.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.03


About where I figured I would be for social, but a little to the left of where I anticipated I would be for economic.

[cthomer5000]

Economic Left/Right: -4.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.59

[albionmoonlight]

dola.

For example: questions like "those who stand to personally profit from the investment of capital will put that capital to its most efficient use" may have gotten more responses toward the right.

[The_herd]

-4.00
0.36

I'm a weirdo.

[Bubba Wheels]

Haven't checked the site out for myself, but be carefull that the posers of the questions themselves are not just manipulating things for their own results.

[Tasan]

Odd. This put me at a centrist semi-Authoritarian(not very high up)

This is not where I expected to be. Some of the wording on questions was a little tricky, so I think that may have played into it. This scale put me economicly LEFT of every presidential candidate, and I know I'm not.

[mckerney]

Some of the questions, however, seemed a bit slanted in that direction. Things similar to: "It is more important for multinational corporations to make lots of money than it is for people to be happy." (slight hyperbole) may account for the clustering in the lower left.

Too many questions seemd to be slanted or misworded. For some reason I have to think that what the "Do you think religious schools play an important role is society?" amounted to "Do you think the government should fund religious schools?" when the two are completely different questions.

[Sloan]

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -5.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.62

Lower left, right with Gandhi.

[corbes]

The questions there are not worded well, and, I think, force you into answers you might not necessarily agree with.

There also isn't a "no preference" option.

I find hxxp://selectsmart.com/politics.html to generally offer better such quizzes.

Scroll down the list and you'll find selectors for political philosophy, party, or whatever it is you want to know.

[Peregrine]

I agree about the wording of the questions, some of them are very strange. It's pretty noticeable that many of us seem to be in the same location, when we know that people have FOFC have views that are all over the map.

[JonInMiddleGA]

I find hxxp://selectsmart.com/politics.html to generally offer better such quizzes.
Just out of curiosity, I checked out the site.

Vosem Chart Locator
1: Conservative (100%)
2: Authoritarian (78%)
3: Libertarian (62%)
4: Traditional Societies (58%)
5: Totalitarian (46%)
6: New Labour (41%)
7: Anarcho-syndicalist (28%)
8: Liberal (7%)

Also took the political geography quiz (bottom of the right hand list), luckily it told me I belonged in the South :)

[sterlingice]

I remember doing this one a while back. I tested middle of the road between conservative and liberal but 100% authoritarian. So I decided the best government is, well, ME! ;)

SI

[Bubba Wheels]

I remember doing this one a while back. I tested middle of the road between conservative and liberal but 100% authoritarian. So I decided the best government is, well, ME! ;)

SI

But I thought it was the Corporations and the Shadow Government that secretly ran everything!

[Bearcat729]

Your results for Vosem Chart Locator (United States version)

Rank Item Percent
1: Liberal (100%)
2: New Labour (70%)
3: Anarcho-syndicalist (69%)
4: Totalitarian (67%)
5: Traditional Societies (44%)
6: Libertarian (38%)
7: Authoritarian (32%)
8: Conservative (5%)

[Easy Mac]

1: Anarcho-syndicalist (100%)
2: Liberal (98%)
3: Traditional Societies (66%)
4: Totalitarian (63%)
5: New Labour (60%)
6: Libertarian (59%)
7: Authoritarian (22%)
8: Conservative (22%)

[Desnudo]

I think the results solidify what I've known all along you commies. Go back to Germania.

Economic Left/Right: 4.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.85

Lower right quadrant

[Calis]

I find hxxp://selectsmart.com/politics.html to generally offer better such quizzes.

Scroll down the list and you'll find selectors for political philosophy, party, or whatever it is you want to know.

Dang..I took the Political Idealogy test and my top three matches were Leninism, Socialism, and Anarchism.

Bit shocked at that one, I'm expecting to be arrested shortly.

[Bubba Wheels]

Dang..I took the Political Idealogy test and my top three matches were Leninism, Socialism, and Anarchism.

Bit shocked at that one, I'm expecting to be arrested shortly.

You should be! :p

[Bearcat729]

I took the region test.

It said I should live in Hawaii or the Pacific

[Calis]

You should be! :p

Heh, what's even worse is I'm in the military. I'm sure they've got their eye on me now. ;)

[Bubba Wheels]

Heh, what's even worse is I'm in the military. I'm sure they've got their eye on me now. ;)

Better keep your hands off those classified documents!

[Desnudo]

I took the region test.

It said I should live in Hawaii or the Pacific

I got Rockies/Alaska as #1. New Engand, where I grew up, was last.

[Easy Mac]

I got NYC/New Engerland... I can get drunk with Teddy.

[Fonzie]

Rank Item Percent
1: Liberal (100%)
2: New Labour (73%)
3: Totalitarian (71%)
4: Anarcho-syndicalist (70%)
5: Traditional Societies (50%)
6: Libertarian (46%)
7: Authoritarian (40%)
8: Conservative (15%)

Sounds about right.

[Fonzie]

dola-

Sounds about right.

Or should I say, sounds about left!

*rimshot*

[Cringer]

Vosem:
Rank Item Percent
1: Liberal (100%)
2: Anarcho-syndicalist (79%)
3: Totalitarian (72%)
4: Traditional Societies (63%)
5: New Labour (61%)
6: Libertarian (41%)
7: Authoritarian (28%)
8: Conservative (10%)

Political Compass: Economic Left/Right: -4.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.77

the good news though is that i found out on a couple other selectors that i am indeed Hardcore Punk.....:D

[Bubba Wheels]

Vosem:
Rank Item Percent
1: Liberal (100%)
2: Anarcho-syndicalist (79%)
3: Totalitarian (72%)
4: Traditional Societies (63%)
5: New Labour (61%)
6: Libertarian (41%)
7: Authoritarian (28%)
8: Conservative (10%)

Political Compass: Economic Left/Right: -4.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.77

the good news though is that i found out on a couple other selectors that i am indeed Hardcore Punk.....:D

Betcha mommy was pleased!

[Ben E Lou]

Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: 3.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.33


Heh. There was no one on the international compass in the same quadrant as me (bottom right).

[Easy Mac]

above SD

contrary to popular belief, some people do prefer intelligence as opposed to being a sheep.

[Desnudo]

Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: 3.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.33


Heh. There was no one on the international compass in the same quadrant as me (bottom right).

Milton Friedman. And me. Although I'm not internationally well known yet. :D

[Fonzie]

Milton Friedman. And me. Although I'm not internationally well known yet. :D

Just wait 'til they find the bodies in the basement. Then you'll be on the map.

[Desnudo]

One voice is telling me to ignore that comment. One is arguing more drastic action to quiet the canary. The third is telling me to stay calm and start digging.

[Fonzie]

One voice is telling me to ignore that comment. One is arguing more drastic action to quiet the canary. The third is telling me to stay calm and start digging.

Remember to take the pills. They quiet the voices.

;)

[Bubba Wheels]

Just wait 'til they find the bodies in the basement. Then you'll be on the map.

LOL, don't all future fireman-wannabees travel with an axe in their trunk?

[Ben E Lou]

#1: Texas

#2: Rocky Mountain / Alaska

#3: Desert Southwest

#4: Border States: Virginia, Tennessee & Kentucky

#5: Peripheral South

#6: Deep South

#7: South Atlantic

#8: Upstate New York

#9: Upper Mid-west

#10: Rust Belt

#11: Pacific Coast / Hawaii

#12: Mid Atlantic

#13: NYC / New England

[Chubby]

Economic Left/Right: -4.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.08

[mckerney]

#1 Texas

#2 Border States: Virginia, Tennessee & Kentucky

#3 Desert Southwest

#4 Rocky Mountain / Alaska

#5 Peripheral South

#6 South Atlantic

#7 Deep South

#8 Upstate New York

#9 Rust Belt

#10 Mid Atlantic

#11 Upper Mid-west

#12 Pacific Coast / Hawaii

#13 NYC / New England

[Fritz]

Just out of curiosity, I checked out the site.

Also took the political geography quiz (bottom of the right hand list), luckily it told me I belonged in the South :)



I ended up in the right place as well.

Looking at how many people skew left, I understand why they want to limit magazine size.

[Havok]

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: 1.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.41
Authoritarian

thought i would be a little more to the right, but like alot of people said some of those questions were kinda screwy.

[sabotai]

My political compass:

Economic Left/Right: 7.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.05

[John Galt]

Despite rumors to the contrary, I'm not really a leftist - I'm a downist?!?! :)

Economic Left/Right: -0.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.51

[ISiddiqui]

I've only done the political compass one 230 times, but once more ;).

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: 4.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.79

Who are those people saying I'm a leftist now ;).

Vosem:

1: Libertarian (100%)
2: New Labour (90%)
3: Conservative (75%)
4: Anarcho-syndicalist (68%)
5: Authoritarian (63%)
6: Liberal (54%)
7: Traditional Societies (40%)
8: Totalitarian (24%)

Region:
#1 Rocky Mountain / Alaska
#2 Desert Southwest
#3 Upstate New York
#4 Border States: Virginia, Tennessee & Kentucky
#5 Texas
#6 Deep South
#7 Pacific Coast / Hawaii
#8 Peripheral South
#9 Upper Mid-west
#10 NYC / New England
#11 Mid Atlantic
#12 Rust Belt
#13 South Atlantic

[sabotai]

1: Libertarian (100%)
2: Anarcho-syndicalist (69%)
3: Conservative (67%)
4: New Labour (58%)
5: Traditional Societies (45%)
6: Liberal (31%)
7: Authoritarian (30%)
8: Totalitarian (2%)

[sabotai]

#1 Rocky Mountain / Alaska
#2 Desert Southwest
#3 Mid Atlantic
#4 Pacific Coast / Hawaii
#5 Texas
#6 Border States: Virginia, Tennessee & Kentucky
#7 NYC / New England
#8 Upstate New York
#9 Peripheral South
#10 Deep South
#11 South Atlantic
#12 Rust Belt
#13 Upper Mid-west

[Fritz]

1: Can of Whoop Asser (100%)
2: Pork Whore (82%)
3: Idoloter (67%)
4: Fuck the Poor (62%)
5: Smith and Wesson Turkey Shooter (35%)
6: If it feels good it aint wrong (33%)
7: Tits, Ass, and Shut Up (32%)
8: Momma, can I borrow five dollars? (1%)

[lcjjdnh]

Economic Left/Right: 2.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.74

[lcjjdnh]

I created a nice spreadsheet/chart of the answers to the political compass so far but I'm not quite sure how to get it up for viewing. If someone could help, it would be appreciated.

[Icy]

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -3.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.05

Umm i thought i was more near the right about economics, i agree that this questions are not so well done.

[Leonidas]

Economic Left/Right: 0.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.67

Damn near in the middle of the graph with a slight tendency towards libertarianism. Damn, I thought I was more radical than that.

[JonInMiddleGA]

I can't believe I didn't post this earlier. It's billed as "The World's Smallest Political Quiz" and was the very first online quiz of this type I ever saw.

http://www.self-gov.org/quiz.html

[Karim]

Economic Left/Right: -2.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.31

[miami_fan]

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -2.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.97

[finkenst]

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -4.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.51

[tucker342]

Economic Left/Right: -6.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.49

[tucker342]

About what I expected

[tucker342]

also check out hxxp://www.presidentmatch.com/Main.jsp2?cp=main (change the two Xs to Ts) for another good political thingy

[tucker342]

for the one I posted it listed:

1. Kucinich Score: 100%

2. Sharpton Score: 84%

3. Kerry Score: 79%

4. Dean Score: 76%

5. Clark Score: 73%

6. Edwards Score: 72%

7. Lieberman Score: 60%

8 Bush Score: 4%






I love these things:D

[tucker342]

Just out of curiosity, I checked out the site.

Vosem Chart Locator
1: Conservative (100%)
2: Authoritarian (78%)
3: Libertarian (62%)
4: Traditional Societies (58%)
5: Totalitarian (46%)
6: New Labour (41%)
7: Anarcho-syndicalist (28%)
8: Liberal (7%)

Also took the political geography quiz (bottom of the right hand list), luckily it told me I belonged in the South :)


LOL!

We were almost complete opposites:D

1: Liberal (100%)
2: Anarcho-syndicalist (72%)
3: New Labour (71%)
4: Totalitarian (55%)
5: Libertarian (46%)
6: Traditional Societies (40%)
7: Authoritarian (25%)
8: Conservative (6%)

[CamEdwards]

Economic Left/Right: 1.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.92

I'm right there with Tony Blair, and far to the left of George W. Bush, which is odd. I'd consider myself to be more conservative.

As for the other poll...

1: Traditional Societies (100%)
2: Conservative (96%)
3: Libertarian (83%)
4: Anarcho-syndicalist (78%)
5: Authoritarian (60%)
6: Totalitarian (60%)
7: New Labour (47%)
8: Liberal (42%)

[CamEdwards]

tucker,

For the poll you posted, here are my results.

1. Your ideal theoretical candidate. (100%)
2. Bush, President George W. - Republican (67%)
3. Kerry, Senator John, MA - Democrat (53%)
4. Kucinich, Rep. Dennis, OH - Democrat (52%)
5. Edwards, Senator John, NC - Democrat (50%)
6. Dean, Gov. Howard, VT - Democrat (49%)
7. Gephardt, Rep. Dick, MO - Democrat (44%)
8. Lieberman, Senator Joe, CT - Democrat (40%)
9. Sharpton, Reverend Al - Democrat (35%)
10. Clark, Retired General Wesley K., AR - Democrat (30%)
11. Moseley-Braun, Former Senator Carol, IL - Democrat (20%)
12. Phillips, Howard - Constitution (18%)

Not surprisingly, the answer to the question "What percentage of the time does Cam agree with Dubya?" is the ever popular "two thirds".

[Alf]

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -7.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.85

Right next to Nelson Mandela & Dalai Lama...

[MIJB#19]

Good to know I'm still in the bottom left quarter.
And I'm not surprised to have a Bush Score of 22%...

[BreizhManu]

Economic Left/Right: -7.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.90

Vosem

1: Liberal (100%)
2: Anarcho-syndicalist (72%)
3: Totalitarian (70%)
4: New Labour (68%)
5: Traditional Societies (48%)
6: Libertarian (39%)
7: Authoritarian (33%)
8: Conservative (9%)

[Leonidas]

I have no idea what this means, but I suspect it makes me look much more like Archie Bunker than that other test I scored virtually in the middle of the graph with.

Rank Item Percent
1: Traditional Societies (100%)
2: Anarcho-syndicalist (85%)
3: Totalitarian (81%)
4: Conservative (80%)
5: Libertarian (64%)
6: Liberal (62%)
7: Authoritarian (57%)
8: New Labour (46%)

[Desnudo]

From tucker's post:

1 Bush Score: 100%
2 Lieberman Score: 68%
3 Edwards Score: 63%
4 Clark Score: 60%
5 Kerry Score: 60%
6 Dean Score: 54%
7 Kucinich Score: 52%
8 Sharpton Score: 46%

Bush and Lieberman 1 & 2. That worked out about how I thought it would, although I'm suprised Lieberman popped in at #2. And I'm suprised that G.W. was 100%. Where's Jessie the Body when you need him?