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RF-Wide Political Compass

9-10ths_Penguin

1/10 Subway Stalinist
Premium Member
That upper-right quadrant is looking pretty lonely.

Weird considering that's where almost all American politics resides:

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Flame

Beware
[GALLERY=media, 9356]Chart by Flame posted Oct 13, 2020 at 9:35 PM[/GALLERY]

Economic Left/Right: -8.5
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.46

:D
 

Dawnofhope

Non-Proselytizing Baha'i
Staff member
Premium Member
New Zealand’s main political parties are heading towards our national election in just 3 days. It may be of interest how our parties rate on the political compass.

https://politicalcompass.org/nz2020

I’m quite surprised how left leaning RF is. I knew we had a strong left presence but we have very few social conservatives on the forum who have taken the test so far.
 

Milton Platt

Well-Known Member
Yes, I know a lot of us despise this test for being badly worded, too US based, etc. but it is one of the best tools for the Staff to assess where our membership generally falls. I would be grateful if you could take it and then we will put the results on a crowd-chart to see where we all are in relation to each other. Staff are trying to figure some things behind the scenes right now and it would be good if as many people as possible could take part.

Thanks.

https://www.politicalcompass.org/test


Me :D

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Economic Left/Right: -5.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 2.62
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Stevicus

Veteran Member
Staff member
Premium Member
The site had the presidential candidates, but I also found another survey based on the Senate positions from 2008. I wish they had a more recent one, but it's interesting nonetheless.

https://www.politicalcompass.org/us...=on&ut=on&vt=on&va=on&wa=on&wv=on&wi=on&wy=on

For every state, their senators are in the upper right quadrant, regardless of whether they're Democrat or Republican. My political views (and most here at RF, apparently) are in the lower left quadrant. I guess that might explain why I complain about both parties so much.
 

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Dawnofhope

Non-Proselytizing Baha'i
Staff member
Premium Member
I had the impression most political parties in New Zealand were socially liberal. Does that chart mean most of them oppose premarital sex, same-sex marriage, elective abortion, etc.?

No, not at all. New Zealand is a secular country with half the population identifying with no particular religion and about 37% Christians. However, the majority of Christians are nominal and would only infrequently attend church. So laws permit gay marriage, not marrying at all and abortion. No political party except very small parties on the fringes campaigns to overturn any of these laws. If a major political party tried to campaign on a platform of reinstating traditional family values, it would be considered political suicide.

The ratings on the political compass most likely reflect conservative economic policies and an open market economy that is seen as being one of the most business friendly in the world.
 

lewisnotmiller

Grand Hat
Staff member
Premium Member
What if you have no political compass? What if the politics of any nation is not of any interest to you?

I would describe myself as A-political....or Non-political. Does that fit on any chart?

Sorry to answer seriously but...everyone has a political position. Even those who have no interest or interaction with politics in terms of political parties, governments, etc.

You could be (for example) strongly libertarian, thinking that government is at best a neccessary evil, and that the smaller and less powerful governments are, the better. You could be strongly secular, in terms of thinking government and religion are separate spheres. You could be in favour of theocracy (not talking about you specifically, just general examples).

So, if your position is that government should basically leave you alone, and not impact strongly on your life, or interfere with various aspects of your cultural and religious positions, that's a political position. Even though it might involve thinking all political parties are as bad as each other, and a waste of space.

However....of course...there is absolutely no pressure to take the test. Just thought it worth a quick comment. Ideally we'd love to see diverse views on politics represented.
 

lewisnotmiller

Grand Hat
Staff member
Premium Member
[GALLERY=media, 9357]www.politicalcompass.org by lewisnotmiller posted Oct 13, 2020 at 4:40 PM[/GALLERY]

So, this looks eerily similar to @ADigitalArtist results.
But I assure you, we are different people. Just both clearly right about everything.

:)

Actually, it's looking similar to quite a few people (which I'm guessing is kinda the point!!)
 
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JustGeorge

Not As Much Fun As I Look
Staff member
Premium Member
It would be interesting to see where the majority of populations come out on this.

I do not consider myself too much of a left leaning person, but according to this compass, clearly I am. There were several politicians who I consider much more left leaning than I, but it seems even the US's more liberal candidates are still in the upper right quadrant. Makes me wonder what most of the people around me would score as...
 

ADigitalArtist

Veteran Member
Staff member
Premium Member
The site had the presidential candidates, but I also found another survey based on the Senate positions from 2008. I wish they had a more recent one, but it's interesting nonetheless.

https://www.politicalcompass.org/us...=on&ut=on&vt=on&va=on&wa=on&wv=on&wi=on&wy=on

For every state, their senators are in the upper right quadrant, regardless of whether they're Democrat or Republican. My political views (and most here at RF, apparently) are in the lower left quadrant. I guess that might explain why I complain about both parties so much.
This is what people mean when they say the US doesn't have a far left. They only have a far left from the skewed view of far right.
 

Cooky

Veteran Member
That upper-right quadrant is looking pretty lonely.

Weird considering that's where almost all American politics resides:

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It's weird, because I had to answer every question like a total selfish jerk to be able to be in the blue... I gotta spank my kids, be a total racist and hate the poor and environment... I don't believe the people who created this chart actually understand much about politics, because according to the questions, anyone who ends up in the blue needs psychological help.
 

PoetPhilosopher

Veteran Member
It's weird, because I had to answer every question like a total selfish jerk to be able to be in the blue... I gotta spank my kids, be a total racist and hate the poor and environment... I don't believe the people who created this chart actually understand much about politics, because according to the questions, anyone who ends up in the blue needs psychological help.

Didn't someone post a picture here somewhere showing congress is all in the blue? That could explain a lot of things.

(This wasn't meant as a partisan jab as according to the latest polls, there is disapproval of Congress from both the left and right)
 
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