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Online Quiz - where you stand politically?
Topic Started: May 11 2007, 02:00 PM (323 Views)
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This is a very interesting test/website - that gives an indication of where you stand politically.

http://www.politicalcompass.org/index

I've posted this here so that we can all enjoy it. I'm all too aware that many people don't go to the politics forum. This should be accessible and enjoyable for everyone :)

It goes further than the arguably simplistic scale of being on the left or right of the political spectrum, operating in two dimensions.

- Economic Left/Right (horizontal axis)

- Social Libertarian/Authoritarion (vertical axis)

There are a number of propositions on a wide variety of topics that you give your opinion on through a multi-choice test. You don't need to know about politics - it's interesting and fun, trust me! I've done this with classes of students and its given them a lot of insight - they've really enjoyed it :D It will take you about 20-30 mins.

Advice is that, after reading the homepage, take the test first then read the analysis pages afterwards.

Here's what I suggest:

1. Only do what you feel comfortable with :)
2. If you fancy taking the test, which is very interesting, have a go! If you want to keep the results to yourself, that's great :thmup:. What's important is that you enjoy it and maybe learn something about yourself.
3. If you then want to tell us about what you found out about yourself, well it would be lovely to learn more about you.
4. If you feel really brave and want to show your result, go for it. Just save the chart using Imageshack or something, then paste it on this thread. I'm going to do that in the next post.
- or alternatively, make a note of the x & y axis values and post them instead.
I thought of that all by myself... didn't I Sophie? :whistle: :blush:
5. I suggest we do not use this to criticise or attack each other. People should feel safe if they want to post their charts. I respectfully request that such attacks, or any transgression that might make people feel unsafe be dealt with swiftly and harshly by the moderators here.

Remember this is not in the Politics forum. Many people don't go there. I'd like everyone to enjoy this in whatever way they see fit - that's why its here.

Oh, there's loads of explanation of how it works, analysis of political parties, leaders, historical figures in different countries and a very good FAQ's section.

Enjoy!
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P.S. You're all welcome to use this against me :P I'm a leftie and proud of it :D. I'll be the exception to the rule I made. But not here! In the Politics forum only please.
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Didn't I used to be in the middle?

edit: Ok I'm Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -3.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.87
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Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: 2.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.92

We have done this before somewhere, As I suspected I am near the center of the chart

Edit:

After looking over the information on this webpage I find it lacking credibility. The spectrum of governmental bodies and individuals all appear to be skewed toward the Right/Authoritarian quadrant when common sense tells me most of this can not be correct. Of course the people pinged on the website did not take the test, the test was created by the same people who pinged the governmental bodies and individuals.
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Dandandat
May 11 2007, 08:46 PM
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: 2.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.92

We have done this before somewhere, As I suspected I am near the center of the chart

Edit:

After looking over the information on this webpage I find it lacking credibility. The spectrum of governmental bodies and individuals all appear to be skewed toward the Right/Authoritarian quadrant when common sense tells me most of this can not be correct. Of course the people pinged on the website did not take the test, the test was created by the same people who pinged the governmental bodies and individuals.

That's because you're a young pup ;)

The mainstream view has drifted to the right of centre over certainly the last 2-3 decades - that's a fact.. I think its fairly accurate. The key is to look at this with an historical perspective.

They clearly explain how they arrive at the positions for each individual.

I've never said this was going to be totally accurate. After all, what can be? But it does seem to be well thought out and the reasoning in the FAQ's is sound.

Dandandat I don't want this thread to get swallowed up into an argument about its relative credibility. Its a quiz, and something to help people think about where they stand on issues. Its meant to be interesting and fun. Please don't turn this into an academia-style debate.

If you want to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the questions, the methodology etc by all means start another thread - in the politics forum! Add a link here if you want. Incidentally, some of the questions might make for interesting discussions in the IdeasTrek forum. But I put this up for people to have some fun with and I don't want heavy debate on this thread. Have it elsewhere by all means :)
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I in fact read the FAQ before I made my post, and they do mention this idea that the political spectrum has moved to the right. But again I still question the creditability of their findings, and their fox grading the henhouse explanation does not convince me other wise. According to their findings most of the worlds governments and leaders are situated in a very close cluster to each other and I have only need to look at these individuals and governments to know they could not possibly be positioned as closely as they are.

Further when I couple the above with the fact that my test score puts me to the left of most of these governments and people makes me all the more question the creditability of the test vs their information.

I don’t find a small “who cares” problem with the poll I find a big “Why take it then” problem with it. I could not possible notice small inaccuracies in a bunch of dots on a grid like this, what I notice are gross inaccuracies.

If you do not want discus the strengths and weaknesses of this quiz by all means don’t, I was merely making an observation. You must have thought my observation was important enough to rebut it and so discussion is inevitable

In the future please do not refer to my age as a limiting factor to my knowledge. Age has no baring on the level of knowledge one has on a subject and the eldest of people can be the most ignorant while the youngest the most wise. I am of sufficient age to have been given a worldly and historically sound education.
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If you read my reply I encouraged discussion of the strengths and weaknesses - but the discussion belongs elsewhere.

You're still a young pup ;)
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May 11 2007, 04:31 PM
If you read my reply I encouraged discussion of the strengths and weaknesses - but the discussion belongs elsewhere.

You're still a young pup ;)

I did in fact read your reply. I am not interested in starting another post on this subject. I have said what I think of this quiz in this thread.
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No surprises there.
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Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: 4.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 5.79


how come every different way I try to post the pic i get the tiny cross and nothing else?

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May 11 2007, 11:58 PM
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: 4.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 5.79


how come every different way I try to post the pic i get the tiny cross and nothing else?

I just found the best way was to click PrtScr when on the graphic, save as an image then upload to imageshack or something :)
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rowskid86
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See I tried that and it didn't work. All it uploaded to my photobucket was the small cross. Might just me my internet, my dial up flakes out alot.
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See I tried that and it didn't work. All it uploaded to my photobucket was the small cross. Might just me my internet, my dial up flakes out alot.
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I would've taken this quiz. But my english is not up to par on some of the words used.
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May 12 2007, 02:42 AM
See I tried that and it didn't work. All it uploaded to my photobucket was the small cross. Might just me my internet, my dial up flakes out alot.

same happened to me, so I took a screenshot with my pictureprogram.
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