Where do you fit politically?

[Sir_Winston54]

My 30+ year best friend, now in Oz, sent me a link to "The World's Smallest Political Quiz," which seems to have gained a fair amount of respect from various places. My result:

The political group that
agrees with you most is...

LIBERTARIAN​

LIBERTARIANS support maximum liberty in both personal and economic matters. They advocate a much smaller government; one that is limited to protecting individuals from coercion and violence. Libertarians tend to embrace individual responsibility, oppose government bureaucracy and taxes, promote private charity, tolerate diverse lifestyles, support the free market, and defend civil liberties.

The RED DOT on the Chart shows where you fit on the political map.

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x95/Sir_Winston54/libertarian.png

Your PERSONAL issues Score is 90%.
Your ECONOMIC issues Score is 80%.
(Please note: Scores falling on the Centrist border are counted as Centrist.)​

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So where do you fit politically? (At least according to this quiz, which I felt gave a surprisingly accurate reflection of my political beliefs...)

 

[RawHumor]

If I recall correctly, it's a Libertarian site, meant to help convince the masses that we're all Libertarians.

According to that, I'm Libertarian but more to the right than you are.

 

[LilyBart]

FWIW, I scored as a Centrist. But I think I'm really further left.

Frankly, I thought it had far too few questions to render a reasonable judgment. But it was a fun little diversion.

 

[Homburg]

If I recall correctly, it's a Libertarian site, meant to help convince the masses that we're all Libertarians.

According to that, I'm Libertarian but more to the right than you are.

Yes, it is a libertarian site. I don't think it is intended to convince everyone that they're libertarian, but more to show that libertarian views aren't all that crazy. The wording is blatantly skewed towards libertarian views though.

I'm Libertarian, but more to the left. So wierd to say that.

Try this one as well. It's a nice one, working on a multi-axis model. I believe that this has been posted here before, but I think it is good enough to merit another mention.

In my case, I am:

Economic Left/Right: -0.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.49

Which puts me center vis a vis left/right, and relatively deep into Libertarian/anarchism. Which is about right. I used to be more fiscally conservative, but have since modified those views.

 

[snowy ciara]

I was a dead center centrist. Seriously, my big red dot was right in the middle. I noticed that this one is extremely skewed to the US political situation, too. IIRC, the second one that Homburg listed, that was posted before gives a broader view that pertains to international issues.

 

[LilyBart]

Well, now I'm relieved!

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii156/lotus3273/pcgraphpngphp.png

According to the second test, I'm sitting right next to Ghandi.
Much better than sitting next to Hitler.

Economic Left/Right: -4.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.03

 

[FurryFury]

Today, at this minute I scored as a:

CENTRISTS espouse a "middle ground" regarding government

control of the economy and personal behavior. Depending on

the issue, they sometimes favor government intervention

and sometimes support individual freedom of choice.

Centrists pride themselves on keeping an open mind,

tend to oppose "political extremes," and emphasize what

they describe as "practical" solutions to problems.

 

[Etoile]

I'm a goddamn liberal. I ain't taking no test!

 

[Yasashii_Kaze]

I'm dead in the middle of Libertarian.

 

[Homburg]

I'm a goddamn liberal. I ain't taking no test!

Ah, worried, I see.

 

[Etoile]

Ah, worried, I see.

Not at all. Actually, I did take it. I was rather appalled that it only had six questions. And then it told me I was extremely conservative. So, yeah. Not trusting that shit. It's like that test we took in my Sex & Gender class a couple of weeks ago, the one that told me I'm prejudiced against gay people. Riiiiiight.

 

[Homburg]

Not at all. Actually, I did take it. I was rather appalled that it only had six questions. And then it told me I was extremely conservative. So, yeah. Not trusting that shit. It's like that test we took in my Sex & Gender class a couple of weeks ago, the one that told me I'm prejudiced against gay people. Riiiiiight.

Oh, I was talking about the political compass one. It's more useful.

 

[DeservingBitch]

Bwahahahah.

According to this test, I'm conservative. This would make me a self-hating conservative then.

 

[Etoile]

Oh, I was talking about the political compass one. It's more useful.

Oh, that one was too wordy, I took a look at the first question and gave up. http://www.amanita.net/images/smilies/blush.gif

 

[DeservingBitch]

It's like that test we took in my Sex & Gender class a couple of weeks ago, the one that told me I'm prejudiced against gay people. Riiiiiight.

I always knew you hated me.

 

[Homburg]

Oh, that one was too wordy, I took a look at the first question and gave up. http://www.amanita.net/images/smilies/blush.gif

*blinks*

Liberals, sheesh.

 

[Etoile]

I always knew you hated me.

Well, yeah. Because I'm a big scary homophobe, yanno.

I put about as much faith in the OP's test as I do in the "Which one of my cats are you?" test I made in 2001.

 

[Etoile]

*blinks*

Liberals, sheesh.

Well, I had to go clean up the bleeding, see.

 

[LadyAria]

ACCORDING TO YOUR ANSWERS,

The political group that
agrees with you most is...

http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz-score/draw.php?p=5&e=2

CENTRIST



CENTRISTS espouse a "middle ground" regarding government

control of the economy and personal behavior. Depending on

the issue, they sometimes favor government intervention

and sometimes support individual freedom of choice.

Centrists pride themselves on keeping an open mind,

tend to oppose "political extremes," and emphasize what

they describe as "practical" solutions to problems.

Your PERSONAL issues Score is 50%.
Your ECONOMIC issues Score is 20%.
(Scores falling on the Centrist border are counted as Centrist.)

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-2.38&soc=0.00
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -2.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.00

 

[Homburg]

Well, I had to go clean up the bleeding, see.

There are poor people in the streets that could use that blood, y'know.

 

[WriterDom]

My dot was right in the middle too. I think we need a draft, with other options. I'd like to see an army of young people picking up trash from the side of the road and around the lake. I'd like to see another 20,000 on border patrol. And 50,000 more in the peace corp. It wouldn't hurt anyone to serve for 2 years before college. Doing something, not just the military.

 

[minx1]

Liberal....pretty much to the left.


Just where I like to be

 

[Shankara20]

*blinks*

Liberals, sheesh.

I'm a fraken` LIBERAL.

"usually embrace freedom of choice in personal matters" except when I have someone tie up

 

[minx1]

I'm a fraken` LIBERAL.

"usually embrace freedom of choice in personal matters" except when I have someone tie up

*giggles* now thats my kind of liberal

 

[secretgarden07]

Far left liberal score on several of the tests. No shock there!