A good political quiz

[Evangeline]

http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/political-spectrum-quiz.html

This is me!


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I always end up in the same place in all of these quizzes.

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[Evangeline]

Interesting - they have the average results for all of the quiz takers. I'm happy to see the average person is just about where I am! Awesome!

Average quiz taker

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[Donkey]

About where I usually fall on this chart.

<b>My Political Views</b><br>I am a left social libertarian<br>Left: 5.03, Libertarian: 6.57<br><img src="http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/grid/10x33.gif"><br><a href="http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/political-spectrum-quiz.html">Political Spectrum Quiz</a><br>

[Dominick]

I have a lot of problems with this quiz.

First, it's entirely targetted at Americans. Many questions don't make sense outside of it.

The way the questions are phrased is also poor.

Take "A person's morality is between that person and God only. Government should not get involved". The question implies that individual morality can only come from religion. Hello ?

Or "Offensive or blasphemous art should be suppressed". Offensive to whom ?

Or "The state should fine television stations for broadcasting offensive language.". Same problem.

Some questions are based upon unproven assumptions : "Government should do something about the increasing violence in video games."

Some questions are almost propagandistic in nature : "Marriage must be heralded for the important role it plays in society". I mean, "heralded" ?? Does this question translate to : "Should a team of trumpet players travel from city to city orating about the holiness of marriage". And does that include homosexual marriage or not ?

Finally, most questions are so broad they can only be answered by 'Depends'.

[Evangeline]

Donkey post the images....

Dominick - maybe that's when you have to choose neutral.

[partofme]

I agree with Dominick. Most of the questions ask for a black in white answer to questions that require more nuanced answers.

[Evangeline]

You guys are so picky.

:P

[SMadsen]

Needless to say I agree with Dominick and employed the neutral stance to weed out some of the US specific and falsely premised questions, which apparantly got me slightly further right than I would normally expect.

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[Dominick]

I forgot to mention that I'm not picky enough not to take the test :)
I was in the middle of the bottom left square, a left libertarian, which is a completely meaningless term outside the US (or North America ?).

If it's any consolation to you, Evy, there are European elections coming up shortly and all the quizzes concerning them suffer from the same faults. They're too local and the questions are too vague or biased.

For instance: 'The Flemish government should use deficit spending to combat the financial crisis, yes or no?'. Uhmm, how much and most importantly HOW would it be spent ?

Or "People who replace a 10-year old car should get a subsidy, yes or no." Uhm, also if I replace a 10-year old Opel Kadett for a Lamborghini Murcielago ?.

[Michael]

My results are exactly what I expected.

My Political Views - I am a center-left social libertarian
Left: 1.68, Libertarian: 5.03

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My Foreign Policy Views - Score: -6.16

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My Culture War Stance - Score: -5.94

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[SMadsen]

I was in the middle of the bottom left square, a left libertarian, which is a completely meaningless term outside the US (or North America ?).
If one is slightly bold and undaunting couldn't American Libertarianism be conceived of as a kind of European Liberalism?

Or would that put me in the line of a good old clobbering?

[The Drunk Guy]

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That's about what I expected socially, but not fiscally. I guess homophobia, racism and religious fanatacism are now legitimate attributes of the "neo-con." I knew that stuff was already there, but that changes the definition of the horizontal axis when it really shouldn't.

[Dominick]

If one is slightly bold and undaunting couldn't American Libertarianism be conceived of as a kind of European Liberalism?

Or would that put me in the line of a good old clobbering?

I don't think so. I've read quite a few libertarian manifestos on US libertarian websites and most of these people would simply call a European liberal a socialist. They appear to be mostly so-called anarcho-capitalists to confuse the matter further :)

[Multiplum]

My results are exactly what I expected.


Very similar to mine. Slightly less towards the "non-interventionalist", little more to the left on cultural liberal.

Answering this was very hard, though. I don't know what my feelings are on a lot of issues anymore. Human affairs seem so insignificant when I look at the big picture.

[SMadsen]

.. and most of these people would simply call a European liberal a socialist.
Yes, they will freely interchange liberal with socialist :) But I meant European liberalism in continental European terms (classical liberalism).

You're right about the crucial step into anarcho-capitalism, though. That seems quite incompatible with classical liberalism.

[Michael]

If one is slightly bold and undaunting couldn't American Libertarianism be conceived of as a kind of European Liberalism?

Or would that put me in the line of a good old clobbering?

I agree with you - but with one important distinction.

American culture clearly shows two different strains of 'libertarianism'. One is very much a 'rightwing' thing and is best described as 'anarchic-capitalists'. This is the 'mainstream' of libertarianism represented by the political party.

The other form of 'libertarianism' seems to be called 'left-libertarian' and yes, I think this group very much fits into the proper form of 'liberalism' by European standards (i.e. classical liberal). I remember doing one of these quizes a while back and both drgoodtrips and myself scored exactly the same and were labeled "left-libertarians". I see Drunk Guy is showing a similar scores on this test. Clearly drgoodtrips and myself are not lefties by European standards, or very rightwing by American standards - and I've always characterized my core political philosophy as classical liberalism.

[Americano]

Couldn't get the graphic to post but I'm a center-left social libertarian.
Left: 1.51, Libertarian: 3.96

I agree some of the questions are biased and others very vague.

[Michael]

Couldn't get the graphic to post but I'm a center-left social libertarian.
Left: 1.51, Libertarian: 3.96

I agree some of the questions are biased and others very vague.
You have to strip out the HTML commands they have there and use regular BBCode tags instead since that's what the forum software uses to process the command.

[bug]

That was fun!

I was kinda surprised at my results. Not that I wound up nearly at the bottom by libertarian, but that they put me to the right. I guess my affection for the free market and firearms stuck me there, but I felt that those were more libertarian views than right-wing. Predictably, I was on the very far left on the "non-interventionist" and "socially liberal" scale.

The problem with the questions was that on many of them I felt inclined to mark that they mattered a lot, but my answer was "neutral" because it was the closest thing to "a balance needs to be struck." Like the housing market question--it asked if we agree or disagree that we wouldn't be in the trouble we are in if there was more regulation put into place. I certainly agree, but I marked neutral, because saying that I agreed made me feel like I was also saying "quick, put in a bunch of regulation!" It's like a kid on a trike. Certainly you will fall less and get hurt less on a trike, but much more can be accomplished if you take a chance. But that doesn't mean you go from the trike to a Harley, fill it with rocket fuel, and say that goggles, jackets, shoes, and a shirt are for pansies. A trusty Schwinn will do. I think that goes for most things in politics (and life). If something doesn't work, it doesn't mean the dramatic opposite is the solution.

[wphelan]

This is about what I expected. I tend to end up in the same places on these quizzes. I did answer more questions with 'strongly' agree or disagree than usual though. Maybe I'm just feeling a little feisty today.

I am a right social libertarian

Right: 7.08, Libertarian: 8.96

[dilettante]

"I am a center-left moderate social libertarian"
Left: 1.9, Libertarian: 1.15
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My Foreign Policy Views: Score: -2.01
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My Culture War Stance: Score: -0.57
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I'm actually a little surprised. I always end up right at or near the center of these things, but while I was answering the questions I expected to end up a little bit farther to the right. I don't really consider myself to be a libertarian or a "cultural liberal."

EDIT: I just realized that I'm only about a notch away from the "average"; I'm not sure how I feel about that.

[Evangeline]

EDIT: I just realized that I'm only about a notch away from the "average"; I'm not sure how I feel about that.

I feel glad when it seems like most people agree with me.

[The Drunk Guy]

I feel glad when it seems like most people agree with me.
Sheep tend to feel that way.

:ummm:

[Americano]

"I am a center-left moderate social libertarian"
Left: 1.9, Libertarian: 1.15
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My Foreign Policy Views: Score: -2.01
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My Culture War Stance: Score: -0.57
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I'm actually a little surprised. I always end up right at or near the center of these things, but while I was answering the questions I expected to end up a little bit farther to the right. I don't really consider myself to be a libertarian or a "cultural liberal."

EDIT: I just realized that I'm only about a notch away from the "average"; I'm not sure how I feel about that.

In the US, based on that poll definition, you'd be classified as a swing voter. No partisan worship.

[Evangeline]

Sheep tend to feel that way.

:ummm:

Them's fighting words. Take this.

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I think it means my fellow humans are finally coming around to my way of thinking.

;)

[Michael]

Sheep tend to feel that way.

:ummm:
So do leaders.

[Daktoria]

My results:

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I felt that I'd be a little more of a conservative on both of the underneath scales, but I think that the weights I gave to some of the answers associated with them bent my results to the left.

[TheStripey1]

I forgot to mention that I'm not picky enough not to take the test :)
I was in the middle of the bottom left square, a left libertarian, which is a completely meaningless term outside the US (or North America ?).

If it's any consolation to you, Evy, there are European elections coming up shortly and all the quizzes concerning them suffer from the same faults. They're too local and the questions are too vague or biased.

For instance: 'The Flemish government should use deficit spending to combat the financial crisis, yes or no?'. Uhmm, how much and most importantly HOW would it be spent ?

Or "People who replace a 10-year old car should get a subsidy, yes or no." Uhm, also if I replace a 10-year old Opel Kadett for a Lamborghini Murcielago ?.

They still sell Opel Kadettes???

:eek:

[TheStripey1]

Sheep tend to feel that way.

:ummm:

considering how the general republican population blindly follows the idiocy of their leaders, is there any wonder they are commonly referred to as...

sheeple?

:rofl:

got tea bags?

[Non Sequitur]

i'm a center-right moderate social libertarian. A slight cultural liberal and non interventionist.

[TheStripey1]

http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/political-spectrum-quiz.html

This is me!


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I always end up in the same place in all of these quizzes.

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Hmmm, I'm a lot lefter than I used to be... way left of you, Evangeline... :rofl:

so I guess my recovery from my old republicanism seems to be taking hold...

I am a left moderate social libertarian
Left: 7.12, Libertarian: 1.21

[Michael]

i'm a center-right moderate social libertarian. A slight cultural liberal and non interventionist.
I understand that a refusal to 'tar and feather' the homos is a sign of "social liberalism" to the religious set, but do you follow any other moderate liberal stances? Just curious.

[Non Sequitur]

I understand that a refusal to 'tar and feather' the homos is a sign of "social liberalism" to the religious set, but do you follow any other moderate liberal stances? Just curious.

well, in most of the cases you have to distinguish between my religious and political beliefs. I think Abortion is morally wrong in many cases, but I don't think that the government should make a law about it (it's up to the church to argue the ethics of such things). Gay marriage I support because I can't see much Biblical support against it and I can't find a legal reason why they shouldn't marry. Those being the two major issues of the day I usually end up semi-liberal on social issues. I agreed with the statement that morality is between God and the person (or in my case God, the person, and the Church) and not the government.

[Michael]

well, in most of the cases you have to distinguish between my religious and political beliefs. I think Abortion is morally wrong in many cases, but I don't think that the government should make a law about it (it's up to the church to argue the ethics of such things). Gay marriage I support because I can't see much Biblical support against it and I can't find a legal reason why they shouldn't marry. Those being the two major issues of the day I usually end up semi-liberal on social issues. I agreed with the statement that morality is between God and the person (or in my case God, the person, and the Church) and not the government.
Thanks for the clarification! Pretty much what I expected. However, your last line does provide confirmation of a key piece of information that seems 'new' to me. ;)

As a general rule, I never 'ask' anyone's religious affiliation. I pride myself on figuring it out. You are a bit trickier than most. :D