Posted on 08/17/2009 6:28:42 PM PDT by The Right Way 1776
"This chart was constructed on the basis of the speeches, public statements and , crucially, the voting records of each of the candidates. During the election campaign, we'll be tweaking their positions as, inevitably, some of them change. We'll also be adding other charts as the campaign continues.
When examining the chart it's important to note that although most of the candidates seem quite different, in substance they occupy a relatively restricted area within the universal political spectrum. Democracies with a system of proportional representation give expression to a wider range of political views. While Cynthia McKinney and Ralph Nader are depicted on the extreme left in an American context, they would simply be mainstream social democrats within the wider political landscape of Europe."
(Excerpt) Read more at politicalcompass.org ...
He even tried to claim it was somehow "objective" in it's chart.
I might take the test just to see where it places me.
This reminds one of the faked study of speeches that showed GWB to have an IQ near or below 100 based on words used. That story was bounced around by credulous bloggers and emailers for a long time.
Think also of the various “world rankings” that show the U.S. 30, 40, or 50 places down from the top. Many of them have criteria that are decidedly leftist and we don’t score well unless we move left and I mean hard left.
I have a feeling they don’t know what they are doing, everytime I take it I move slowly to the left and slowly upwards.
lol I just realized Brian Moore the SOCIALIST candidate is considered about as libertarian as Ron Paul.
Objective indeed.
I’d have to agree that it does seem left-biased.
Anyway I took the test and got Economic/left-right +5.25 social/libertarian -3.18 which is about right since I basically am a libertarian
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