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The Political Compass ^

Posted on 10/09/2010 3:10:19 PM PDT by Abin Sur

With the election coming up, I thought it would be fun to post this to get a feel for everyone's numbers. I'll start with mine:

Economic Left/Right: 8.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.23

Smack-dab in Milton Friedman territory. Cool!

Some of the questions are a bit odd...what does one's belief in astrology or opinion of abstract art have to do with anything? That being said, it's still one of the better quizzes out there. An X/Y axis is a much better way of describing political viewpoints than the traditional left/right scale.


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: leftright; politicalcompass; politics

1 posted on 10/09/2010 3:10:23 PM PDT by Abin Sur
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2 posted on 10/09/2010 3:25:14 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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This test is quite biased from the left. They have that nonsensical slant that reveals this.

For instant, there are many questions asking if multinational corporations are exploiting people but I see few asking about government entities overcontroling people.


3 posted on 10/09/2010 3:26:43 PM PDT by I still care (I miss my friends, bagels, and the NYC skyline - but not the taxes. I love the South.)
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To: I still care
This test is quite biased from the left.

It must be because I am actually an off the scale right wing extremist without the bias.

4 posted on 10/09/2010 3:29:13 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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Well, to be fair it’s supposed to be a test that applies to the politics of any country, and the mainstream of (for instance) European politics is considerably to the left of American politics.


5 posted on 10/09/2010 3:31:42 PM PDT by Abin Sur
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Oh, this is interesting.

And, it shows exactly how the Tea Party, for instance, is different from anything else on the political scene: I'm Libertarian Right BTW.

6 posted on 10/09/2010 3:38:23 PM PDT by SuzyQue (Remember to think.)
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Okay, on their scale, pretty much every current day European leader sits squarely in the center-right portion of their graph. The scale is created by a group of Scottish socialists and their origin is skewed far to the left. It seems avowed communists are the only group which find themselves in the 2nd or 3rd quadrant of the political compass. Not to mention their vertical scale is completely messed up.


7 posted on 10/09/2010 3:38:23 PM PDT by eclecticEel (Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: 7/4/1776 - 3/21/2010)
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Correct. A lot of the questions were "loaded" to imply a authoritarian POV rather than a POV of personnel responsibility.


8 posted on 10/09/2010 3:38:47 PM PDT by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians)
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9 posted on 10/09/2010 3:54:02 PM PDT by HangnJudge
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To: Abin Sur

Although I think the questions were loaded, they probably are for both sides.
I ended up being about 2 to the right, and -1 toward libertarian.
But some of this was personal opinion, and I don’t really want to impose my personal opinion on others.
I also think we on the right are probably going to find our selves leaning more and more to the libertarian side of the chart.


10 posted on 10/09/2010 4:40:17 PM PDT by Colvin (Proud Owner '66 Binder PU, '66 Binder Travelall,)
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To: Abin Sur

Too many strangely worded questions.


11 posted on 10/09/2010 4:58:34 PM PDT by bgill (K Parliament- how could a young man born in Kenya who is not even a native American become the POTUS)
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This test was given to me by an ex-girlfriend who was taking a sociology class at UT. I think that it was an indoctrination test used to make young students challenge their own upbringing and beliefs. I just took the test in a Cheney-like fashion. It had me just right of center.
12 posted on 10/09/2010 6:27:24 PM PDT by BOATSNM8
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