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Where are you on the political compass?

sparc872

sparc872

Active Member
Someone included this link in a post in another thread and I was wondering where everyone stands in their political views according to this website.

My coordinates were:
Economic Left/Right: -5.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.97

Which put me right in with the Dalai Lama and Nelson Mandela.

Here's the website: http://politicalcompass.jpagel.net/index.php
 
Smoke

Smoke

Done here.
I've taken it before; I don't remember the numbers, but I'm pretty far left and pretty far libertarian. I view Hillary as a right-wing authoritarian. :D
 
Feathers in Hair

Feathers in Hair

World's Tallest Hobbit
Wow! I didn't get 'dirty rotten commie' like I was expecting! *grin*

Mine was:

Economic Left/Right: -6.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.85


The international chart was:

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Arrgghhh! I can't seem to post my chart. *sad sigh* But I'm in the the same section as two of my heroes!
 
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evearael

Well-Known Member
Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: -4.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.44

I'm hanging out with Gandhi.
 
Mathematician

Mathematician

Reason, and reason again
Economic Left/Right: -2.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.46


I'm slightly more of a Libertarian than the Dalai Lama.
 
Matt88

Matt88

Member
I' about two spaces away from the Pope (on Feather's international chart), pretty much in the center
 
Katzpur

Katzpur

Not your average Mormon
I'm so politically naive, I don't even know what the words mean. That's why I didn't bother taking the quiz. I probably couldn't have answered the questions and the results would have meant nothing to me.
 
sparc872

sparc872

Active Member
From what I've seen, it appears that most everyone so far has been in the bottom left corner of the charts, with only a handful elsewhere. I wonder if that is just a phenomenon on this forum or if it is more widespread throughout our cultures.
 
Feathers in Hair

Feathers in Hair

World's Tallest Hobbit
sparc872 said:
From what I've seen, it appears that most everyone so far has been in the bottom left corner of the charts, with only a handful elsewhere. I wonder if that is just a phenomenon on this forum or if it is more widespread throughout our cultures.
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I think the most politically vocal people on RF do tend to be 'on the left'. Oddly enough, I think the cross-section of the 'administration' (the mods, smods and admins) is more politically balanced than if one were to take a sampling for all members. (Which doesn't mean that most of the administration isn't liberal- just that the percentage seems to be more balanced.)
 
ProudWiccan

ProudWiccan

Member
sparc872 said:
From what I've seen, it appears that most everyone so far has been in the bottom left corner of the charts, with only a handful elsewhere. I wonder if that is just a phenomenon on this forum or if it is more widespread throughout our cultures.
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Lower right corner myself. :D
 
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niceguy

Active Member
I am rather far out in the lower left corner. I also note a problem for people with strong Libertarian view, a severe lack of political options (parties), especially if you are a right wing Libertarian.

I am aware that many forum members, like me, are not Americans but many are. What the US really lacks are some more parties to choose from. What is needed are a party in the middle and at least one in each of the fields. This of course require a proportional election system to work or smaller parties will not be able to win any seats, thus leaving many people without representation.

My "score" on the test...
Economic Left/RIght: -8.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.97
 
Smoke

Smoke

Done here.
niceguy said:
I am aware that many forum members, like me, are not Americans but many are. What the US really lacks are some more parties to choose from. What is needed are a party in the middle and at least one in each of the fields. This of course require a proportional election system to work or smaller parties will not be able to win any seats, thus leaving many people without representation.
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I think there are several reasons a parliamentary system is preferable to the American system, and it would be nice if we could make the switch. But it doesn't seem likely.
 
ProudWiccan

ProudWiccan

Member
niceguy said:
I am rather far out in the lower left corner. I also note a problem for people with strong Libertarian view, a severe lack of political options (parties), especially if you are a right wing Libertarian.
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I am a moderate, slightly right-wing, Libertarian and a member of the Libertarian party. While we may be a small party, we are still the largest "third-party" in the country. :)

Plus, all parties must start somewhere.;)
 
c0da

c0da

Active Member
Economic Left/Right: 3.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.67

In terms of economy, I'm breaking the trend there. I'm a small government kind of guy. Close to the Lib Dems according the UK election 2005 chart on thats site.
 
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