Comments on: Political Quiz

By: David LaCivita

David LaCivita — Mon, 22 May 2006 11:13:18 +0000

I found the questions to be quite leading and somewhat limited. I came out Libertatian leaning to conservative, though I feel I lean more to the left.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sun, 21 May 2006 13:24:41 +0000

Liberal. The right has made this term a dirty word. Given the current political scandals, I’m happy to say that I scored to the left.

I took another longer quiz a while back, and scored ‘Left Libertarian’ which is probably more descriptive of my views in general.

By: Ellie Gioumousis

Ellie Gioumousis — Tue, 16 May 2006 17:02:19 +0000

I came out as a liberal which is how I would classify myself and I think the test was quite accurate as I agree with their descriptions. I move away from the libertarians on issues such as environmental protections and help for disadavantaged people. I do not always agree with just how these things are done but I agree with the concept and particularly agree with the endangered species act. We shoud not knowingly exterminate the last surviviors of a species. Humans have wreaked enough havoc on the earth that we could exterminate ourselves if we do not control it. There are good reaons to control the worst excesses of individuals and organizations.

By: S McGee

S McGee — Sun, 14 May 2006 12:17:56 +0000

It missed pretty badly on me – put me as a statist, and when I read it just about none of it fit my beliefs or voting record. But I did agree with some restrictions on free speech, on the theory that some of what is being said is so repulsive. I was thinking in particular of the sites that promote anorexia, child porn, bestiality, etc. So maybe that is what caused it.

By: KAZ

KAZ — Fri, 12 May 2006 10:28:13 +0000

I find it surprising that you hadn’t heard of this quiz…it’s been pretty famous for at least a dozen years.

On the other hand, I am surprised to see that it’s been changed. It once had, for example, a question about a society having the right to control its borders. I’m pretty sure it did, because I’m torn on that question and it’s the one which kept me from scoring purely libertarian.

I suspect that, and one other, question were removed because this did indeed make it easier to score libertarian on the test. Those two (I don’t recall the other, but am pretty sure another is missing) were more arguable than the rest, from a libertarian perspective.

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By: cherico

cherico — Wed, 10 May 2006 11:26:19 +0000

Well – I guess I’m the token lefty! Pretty accurate.

By: David Ellis

David Ellis — Wed, 10 May 2006 11:21:29 +0000

I found PoliticalCompass.org.

link-
http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/

By: Alcinda Moore

Alcinda Moore — Tue, 09 May 2006 23:08:13 +0000

Liberal Libertarian….yep I guess that’s a good label for me!

By: David Ellis

David Ellis — Tue, 09 May 2006 14:41:07 +0000

Whoops! I just checked the link. I was guessing that you were linked to political compass.org, you were not.

I don’t know what is up with the Polical Compass, I visted it two weeks ago, but now it is apparently down. Google has a cache from May 3rd. I have known about the site for over 4 years, very surprised that it is down now. And on my recent visit, the site had been updated.

The site had a six page questionaire and measures people on two axis, the first, authoritarian-zero-libertarian. The second axis, left,zero,right. The axis were plotted by differences from the center(zero).

You can not expect much information with only 10 questions. TheAdvocates.org site does not offer enough information to understand politcal positions. And I strongly suspect that it does not recognize the left leaning libertarian. My reason for feeling so is that politicalcompass.org mapped me 8 clicks from center, libertarian and two clicks left(very close to Ghandi). So I am 4 times as strong libertarian as I am lefty. I should add up to a libertarian, but I did not-so I am unimpressed with the test. Political compass had a 6 page questionaire, with answers graduated in strength from (as I remember)
1. Strongly agree
2. Agree
3. Neutral
4. Disagree
5. Strongly Disagree

With 6 pages of questions sliced 5 ways, political compass has enough data to map a persons political views. Hitler was close to center on the left-right axis, but unsurprisingly had a high authoritarian score.

I am disappointed that Political Compass is not up at the moment. Using two axis to explain politics is more useful than the old “left vs right” map. Many right wingers and lefties are authoritarian – and for a libertarian like me they are anathema. And I imagine that authoritarians are offended by libertarian ideas. But the differences between authoritarians and libertarians are hardly ever discussed. And a label like liberal or conservative doesnt mean much unless it is quantified. Most of us are at the center and the division between left and right is meaningless. There is not enough difference to prevent bipartisan negotiation from coming up with a solution that will satisfy most.

By: Dan Cunningham

Dan Cunningham — Tue, 09 May 2006 12:44:38 +0000

I was mostly libertarian, which is kind of accurate. I think this site has a pretty accurate quiz also (go to Party Matchmaking Service):

http://www.3pc.net