Political Compass Test.

[white_wolf]

I saw this posted on another forum and I thought it might be interesting to see the where various DU members are on it. Here is the link to the test: http://www.politicalcompass.org/

Here is my score:http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-9.12&soc=-6.56

[socialshockwave]

1. I hope I'm not banned...

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=1.38&soc=-0.92

[socialshockwave]

4. Most of mine

came from economics. Socially i'm a big left-winger. It's just on economics where I'm more to the centre.

[bigwillq]

9. You don't have to defend yourself on a message board.

You are what you are. No biggie.

[Taverner]

45. Do you think a Keyensian solution would fix the economy?

[Renew Deal]

20. A moderate.

It's OK. We need varying points of view here. :pals:

[socialshockwave]

87. ^^

Yay! I'm loved!

:hug:

[bigwillq]

2. Me

Damn. Copied the wrong link.

My score:

Left quad, 2 lines up from bottom, two lines over from left side.

Closed out of the results page, but that's where I remember my score being.

[tammywammy]

3. Here's mine

[trayfoot]

58. Mine EXACTLY like yours!

[Fumesucker]

5. Me and the Dalai Lama are like peas in a pod politically, man..

Took this one years ago, there are OPs analyzing the average DUer's scores around here somewhere too..

[bobbolink]

73. Well, then.... EAT. Your. PEAS.

:rofl:

[Fumesucker]

77. Well, hi..

:hi:

Some people around here have been worrying about you..

I don't mind peas, not my favorite but if they're on the plate I'll eat 'em.

[Liberalynn]

78. I personally like peas

especially the pea dishes with the pearl onions mixed in.

[Blue_In_AK]

85. That's where I always end up, too, Fumesucker.

I think we're in good company. :)

[Lyric]

6. 9.62/8.46

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-9.62&soc=-8.46

[socialshockwave]

7. Wow!

Never seen that score before EVER! :P

I feel like I'm the odd man out in this thread. XD

[white_wolf]

8. We got almost the excat same score it seems.

You're a bit more libertarian than me it seems,but it looks like we match on economic issues.

[socialshockwave]

10. ANd here I am...

according to my test I'm the first right winger in this thread.

:P

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=1.38&soc=-0.92

[Shagbark Hickory]

11. ...

This should clear up any doubt about my political leanings.

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-9.62&soc=-1.08

[rbnyc]

12. mine

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-6.25&soc=-6.77

Economic Left/Right: -6.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.77

[Lucian]

13. -8.10, -8.10

[Blue_In_AK]

89. You and I are close.

-8.2, -7.9

[elocs]

14. I'm almost in the very middle of the lower left quadrant:

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-5.88&soc=-5.38

[bananas]

15. Results from 2007

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=1548942&mesg_id=1549018

[Odin2005]

16. Economic: -9.62 Social: -7.64

[ejpoeta]

17. for some reason i am very surprised to see my answer

I guess I am more liberal than I thought I was. Hmm. Interesting.
http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-8.50&soc=-7.95

[white_wolf]

18. That scores goes well beyond liberal.

On economic issues you are much further left than even Kucinich or Nader.

[ejpoeta]

22. my husband took it and was right about dennis kucinich area. wonder how he'd take that news?

hmm.

[Blue_In_AK]

91. You're almost exactly where I am. n/t

[ejpoeta]

99. :)

[DevonRex]

19. -9.88 and -8.10. I do not know what it means tho.

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-9.88&soc=-8.10

[Renew Deal]

23. No Soros sponsored re-education camp necessary for you.

:D

[DevonRex]

24. I guess not. I'm barely clinging to the left side of the graph!

And almost falling through the bottom. I still don't know exactly what it means since I closed that window and can't get back to it.

[nc4bo]

34. If you're using Firefox you can choose "Undo Close Tab" if you right click

on the tabs showing all your open windows.

[DevonRex]

39. I'm just on my iPhone. So no luck + embarrassing spelling replacements. Nt

[Renew Deal]

21. More to the left than I expected.

I think my views on some of those questions have changed through the years.

Economic Left/Right: -7.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.95

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-7.25&soc=-3.95

[DevonRex]

25. I think that's what most peoPle are seeing here.

Except for the first guy who's in shock.

[TheWraith]

Most of DU thinks we're a bunch of mainstream Dems.

We aren't. We're the way-off-to-the-left people. :)

[DevonRex]

38. Yes we are.

:hi:

[Liberalynn]

26. My results

7.5 left/right economic
6.05 social

[Ruby the Liberal]

27. I came out more left than I would have thought. Wow.

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-7.62&soc=-2.72

[Angry Dragon]

28. Economic -9.25 Social -5.59

[white_wolf]

29. The results of this are very interesting.

Most of the posters here are to the Left of Kucinich and Nader. If we assume those two to be democratic socialists in the vein of Sanders(which does seem to match up with their views) then we also know that the a lot of the posters on DU are to the left of even Sanders. That is getting into various degrees of socialism and in some cases even Marxist socialism.

[DevonRex]

32. I'm very far left yet my party is the Dem Party. I do support socialist/Marxist

ideals. Marx had a beautiful vision.

[TheWraith]

30. Here I am: -7.50, -6.05.

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-7.50&soc=-6.05

[Liberalynn]

33. We came out with exactly the same score

I confess though I was never very good at interpreting graphs (my strength was always in history and language) so where does that put us on the political scale?

[TheWraith]

35. Well, way the hell off to the anti-authoritarian left of anyone in office, that's for sure.

Although apparently we're not quite as much a pair of communists as some of the other DUers here. :D

[Liberalynn]

76. Thanks.

:) :toast:

[white_wolf]

37. Well if you look at the graph I posted showing the candidates from the 2008 election

it shows that you are both to the left of Ralph Nader and Dennis Kucinich who would likely be considered social-democrats or democratic socialists in Europe. Though I've read Nader would be considered a moderate social democrat in Europe, so perhaps in the left wing of a democratic socialist party?

[TheWraith]

41. It's my feeling that most DUers fall into two main categories.

"Social democrats" and socialists/Trotskyites.

[Liberalynn]

74. I can live with that.

:toast:

[nc4bo]

31. Oh dear -9.75/-5.69

I've taken one of these a few years ago and I do believe I've gone even further to the left as time goes by.

Whoopsie :D

[saras]

36. Not a bad test - only a couple of questions where I wanted different answers

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-9.50&soc=-7.38

I'm not surprised by my score so much as I'm surprised by how rightwing the "left" is. I'm nowhere NEAR as left as European leftists, or even American academic leftists.

[Bladian]

40. Hmmmmm. Here's mine.

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-6.12&soc=-4.00

Not too bad. Could be better, could be worse.

[sakabatou]

42. OK

Economic Left/Right: -7.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.67

I'm around the Dalai Lama.

[white_wolf]

43. I'm curious to know what people put in response to these questions:

""from each according to his ability, to each according to his need" is a fundamentally good idea." and "Land shouldn't be a commodity to be bought and sold."

[stevenleser]

46. I put strongly disagree to the first and disagree to the second. n/t

[DevonRex]

54. Strongly agree with both. Nt

[BobbyBoring]

64. Commie!

:sarcasm:

[DevonRex]

65. I've always agreed with it in theory. It's a beautiful

concept.

[LeftishBrit]

70. 'Strongly agree' to first; 'Disagree' to second

[Blue_In_AK]

92. I said agree on the first,

and disagree on the second.

[Lucian]

105. Strongly agree for the first...

and strongly agree for the second.

[stevenleser]

44. Economic -4.38, Social -5.74

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-4.38&soc=-5.74

[SteveG]

47. Economic Left/Right: -6.62 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.79

nt

[Chan790]

48. I'm much more surprised to discover that I'm libertarian than left.

Well, quite a but...though I'd debate their interpretations of the labels, based upon the reading lists for the 4 quadrants.

To wit, I'm pretty sure that Thomas Hobbes is not a RW Authoritarian and there is a great deal of Left Authoritarianism that has nothing to do with Marxism or Stalinism or Maoism; to be precise it would be inclusive of most of the staunchly-left anti-communists of the 20th century such as Dag Hammarskjold, John Dewey, all three Kennedy brothers, Boris Yeltsin and John Maynard Keynes.

[stevenleser]

50. The problems you listed are only the beginning. First...

I think it is helpful to point out that it was the Libertarians who came out with this authoritarian & economic graphing on two axes. Which isn't a bad idea, except that every questionaire seems geared towards proving that everyone is Libertarian. The questions are all written from a Libertarian's perspective.

And if that isn't concerning enough, anyone who comes up with a website to display the poll and results can put their own spin on the questions and weigh the responses however they please. We dont see the methodology here so we do not know how each answer affects the placement on the graph.

These are cute but ultimately pretty meaningless.

[JanMichael]

67. I agree with your take on the test. nt.

[AsahinaKimi]

49. This is me..I guess

Economic Left/Right: -5.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.85
http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-5.50&soc=-7.85

[ladywnch]

51. -8.12/-6.26 here. n/t

[Kaleva]

52. Economic Left/Right: 0.12-Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.90

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=0.12&soc=1.90

[MicaelS]

53. Midway between Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-7.25&soc=-4.62

Economic Left/Right: -7.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.62

Wow, have my views changed from 30 years ago.

[lonestarlib]

55. Mine & hubby's

Economic Left/Right: -8.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.46

hubby: Economic Left/Right: -7.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.36

[Spider Jerusalem]

56. -7.62, -5.90

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-7.62&soc=-5.90

[66 dmhlt]

57. Economic Left/Right:: -5.25; Social Libertarian/Authoritarian:: -5.08

Looks like I'm in there with Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama ... that's company I'd be glad to mingle with.

[cordelia]

59. My score.

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-5.62&soc=-6.41

[DCBob]

60. Looks like Ghandi and I would agree on most everthing.

Economic Left/Right: -5.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.41

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-5.38&soc=-2.41

[Proles]

61. Here's mine.

Though it periodically may change throughout time. Apparently I'm almost identical to Nelson Mandela, lol:

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[Donnachaidh]

62. here's mine --

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-8.38&soc=-6.87

[BobbyBoring]

63. Here's mine

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-8.00&soc=-4.26

[JanMichael]

66. My scores on this somewhat basic quiz.

Economic Left/Right: -9.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.28

[BiggJawn]

68. My needle spins around and around and around...

And lands pretty far over in the libertarian left corner.

Libertarian? how can this be? I have a brain.

[LeftishBrit]

71. I think 'libertarian' is used here to mean 'anti-authoritarian'...

And does not imply libertarianism in the economic sense. Most of us on this board come out as both economically left-wing, and socially anti-authoritarian.

However, it's noticeable that some things aren't on the quiz; for example, very little directly on public services, welfare state, healthcare, etc. (most of my key issues!)

[white_wolf]

79. I'll admit it's not a perfect quiz.

I'm trying to find a better one,but so far no luck.

[BiggJawn]

84. Well, that's good

I noticed I was out in the same neighbourhood as the Dali llama...

[stevenleser]

94. Thats because these quizzes were created by Libertarians to further their cause.

See my earlier posts on the subject. While fun, these graphs are pretty meaningless.

[LeftishBrit]

69. Economic - 6.62; Social -7.03

I've taken this a few times and always come close to -0.7 for both.

[TheKentuckian]

72. Economic Left/Right: -7.12 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.72

Still a lil governmentish, I reckon.

[MrSlayer]

75. I'm to the left of Ghandi.

I've done this before.

[Dappleganger]

80. Moving left in my old age: -8.88/-7.69

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-8.88&soc=-7.69

[Skidmore]

81. I always score as a Left Libertarians on these tests and I did again.

The Political Compass

Economic Left/Right: -6.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.23

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-6.12&soc=-5.23

[surrealAmerican]

82. -8.00 , -7.38

I didn't think I was more liberal than the Dalai Lama. Then again, for some of the questions I would have chosen a "neutral" option, had there been one.

[Kaleva]

83. It'd be interesting if someone could graph all the responses.

[BNJMN]

115. I agree.Edit: Oh wait, someone posted the 'Results from 2007' already. Cool. [nt]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=1548942&mesg_id=1549018

[Blue_In_AK]

86. Interesting.

The last time I took a political compass test, I was the Dalai Lama. Now I've gone even further left libertarian. My score is Economic left/right = -8.2
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian = -7.9


Am I becoming more of a radical lefty in my old age or is the scale constantly moving to the right?

[Fire1]

88. Right between Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama. n/t

[Diclotican]

90. white_wolf

white_wolf¨

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -8.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.54

Not sure what it meant.. But solid on the left it looks like... not really communist, but dam close..

Diclotican

[NMMNG]

93. Mine

Typical for me

[joshcryer]

95. And yet you believe in the dictatorship?

What the fuck?

[Amaya]

96. not surprising

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-6.62&soc=-7.03

[Obamanaut]

97. I disagree with the choices of answers. I think a simple agree/disagree

is similar to a yes/no.

If stopped by the police for speeding and he asks was I speeding, and I say I was - if ten miles over the limit is a 'yes', would 25 over be a 'hell yes'?

Do I agree that the world is flat? yes. If I say I strongly agree, does that make the world less flat?

[dawg]

98. Economic -4.75; Social -4.41

A little further from the center than I expected.

[GliderGuider]

100. Every time I take this test it comes out about like this: -10.0/-9.79

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-10.00&soc=-9.79

[socialshockwave]

101. Took it again just now.

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=0.50&soc=-0.62

True centrist almost, I'd say?

[Zorra]

102. 8.0 and 6.77

[Doremus]

103. -7.25 and -7.08

Almost down in the left corner. :headbang:

[Proles]

104. I find that this.

I find that this quiz is also pretty good as well: http://www.uselectionatlas.org/TOOLS/POLMTX/thetest.php

[LeftishBrit]

107. Just did it; -7.74 for Economic; - 6.63 for Social

[LetTimmySmoke]

106. -4.6 on Left/Right, -5.7 on Lib/Auth

[cali]

108. gad. not this hoary old chestnut again.

this has been posted dozens of times.

[anAustralianobserver]

109. Dalai Lama area

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-4.75&soc=-6.31

[Pushed To The Left]

110. Haven't taken this in a while..still on the left!

Economic Left/Right: -7.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.26

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-7.12&soc=-6.26

[cherokeeprogressive]

111. Veiled attempt at a purity test. Unrec. n/t

[Nostalgic]

112. For me:

Economic Left/Right: -8.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.18

I also took the "Political Matrix" test and got these results:

Economic score: -6.71
Social score: -5.04

[LadyLeigh]

113. I always find my self in the social libertarian/ economic leftist corner.

[BNJMN]

114. (-8.8 , -4.6) ....Whew! I saw that 1st graphic and thought, 'Well, durn.'

I thought my spot was where the two purpley lines intersected.


A Mini-Stalinist! Say it ain't so!

Anyways, it feels like 'the center' to me,
no matter where I'm at so....

:D

Some of those questions were bunk though.
Tra-la-la, fortune cookies are fun as well.