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Joined: Dec 06 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 11244

So where do you stand on a political compass?

http://www.politicalcompass.org/test

Here is what I got:
Economic Left/Right: -2.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.64

I thought it might be interesting if others tried this out and presented their "scores". We could then make a decent page in the Sydapedia.

I'm not sure how accurate the questions are to the positioning on the chart, but it seems like it is pretty close for me.

Title: Alexz Aficionado Joined: May 21 2008 Posts: 2889

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -2.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.54

Posted: Jan 21 2009 02:04 pm

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -3.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.21

Title: Titlating Joined: Dec 17 2007 Posts: 5042

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -3.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.41

Posted: Jan 21 2009 02:15 pm

I've done this before, but for shits and giggles here's mine:

Economic Left/Right: 3.38

Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.03

Basically says I'm Libertarian, which I knew already.

Posted: Jan 21 2009 02:20 pm

Economic Left/Right: 0.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.13

This test is bullshit. Why the fuck am I on the right? Because I think bottled water is a good idea?

Title: Titlating Joined: Dec 17 2007 Posts: 5042

Tyop wrote:

Economic Left/Right: 0.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.13

This test is bullshit. Why the fuck am I on the right? Because I think bottled water is a good idea?

BOTTLED WATER IS THE OPIATE OF THE MASSES

Joined: Apr 14 2006 Location: Lake Michigan Posts: 3332

I've done this before too. I remember doing it for the fist time for a class freshman year in college and I was way more libertarian back then. Anyway, here's my results:

Economic: 4.25
Social: 2.51

My Youtube Channel · Posted: Jan 21 2009 02:39 pm

-3.38
-4.36

Title: Comic Author Joined: Dec 12 2008 Posts: 1179

Economic Left/Right: -3.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.54

Posted: Jan 21 2009 03:19 pm

Economic= -2.00
Social= -5.74

So effectively a moderate libertarian. It seems As I've gotten older I've gone exactly one point right and like four points upward. I used to be such an anarchist. Sigh.

Posted: Jan 21 2009 03:28 pm

Economic Left/Right: -2.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.97
Could someone help me understand my results? Seems to me I'm slightly left and slightly Libertarian, which sounds about right, but am I interpreting the graph right?

Posted: Jan 21 2009 03:37 pm

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -6.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.03

According to their examples, I'm right there with Gandhi, Mandela and (coolest of all, because he's one of my absolute heroes) the Dali Lama. (Free Tibet!) Not very close to Obama sadly, but not surprising given the fact I do question him on a lot. I'm very close to Ralph Nader though; also not surprising since I've voted for him in the past.

enshinkarateman, you are interpreting your results correct. You and I are pretty close, although I'm a bit farther to the left than you are. Libertarian left both socially and economically.

Awesome site for conversation, and learning about yourself. Thanks for the link GP.

Posted: Jan 21 2009 03:52 pm

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -3.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.03

Title: Alexz Aficionado Joined: May 21 2008 Posts: 2889

SoldierHawk wrote:

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -6.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.03

According to their examples, I'm right there with Gandhi,

Cool

You're close to me.

Joined: Aug 05 2008 Location: CA Posts: 867

Economic Left/Right: -6.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.69

Docinsano's Channel 63 · Posted: Jan 21 2009 04:08 pm

Econ Left/Right -4.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian -4.46

Joined: Apr 09 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 3112

Posted: Jan 21 2009 04:15 pm

It appears that this site is full of leftist tree hugging libertarians all hoped up on Pop Rocks and Crystal Pepsi!

+

=SYDLEXIA FORUM MEMBERS

Joined: Apr 14 2006 Location: Lake Michigan Posts: 3332

Yeah, I feel lonely in this thread....

Docinsano's Channel 63 · Posted: Jan 21 2009 04:19 pm

I think those of you who haven't posted the image should do so. I like to get a visual of the spectrum.... I have no clue what those numbers mean.... I notice most of us seem to linger in the lower left quadrant...

Joined: Dec 06 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 11244

Greg the White wrote:

Should I read this as your score or are you mocking the test?
-3.9 , -5.8

I am creating a scatter plot for the group.

Also, I am really interested to see how the Lexia Bros. score.

docinsano wrote:

I think those of you who haven't posted the image should do so. I like to get a visual of the spectrum.... I have no clue what those numbers mean.... I notice most of us seem to linger in the lower left quadrant...

The chart I post will have all of this data in it, it should be pretty cool.

Edit: Update:

Here is what I have gathered so far. Colors are meaningless, they just help you associate the data point with the data label.

Posted: Jan 21 2009 04:31 pm

Ec: 5.00
Soc: 0.67

I'm sad that Reagan isn't on the grid. I imagine he's close to Thatcher though, as they were BFFs.

The test is crap though. Most of the questions don't warrant a simple yes/no answer.

Title: Comic Author Joined: Dec 12 2008 Posts: 1179

docinsano wrote:

I think those of you who haven't posted the image should do so. I like to get a visual of the spectrum.... I have no clue what those numbers mean.... I notice most of us seem to linger in the lower left quadrant...

Well, I closed the link long ago, and I doubt I could get exactly the same score taking the test again... so here's a close approximation of what mine probably looked like.

Posted: Jan 21 2009 04:34 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

Ec: 5.00
Soc: 0.67

I'm sad that Reagan isn't on the grid. I imagine he's close to Thatcher though, as they were BFFs.

The test is crap though. Most of the questions don't warrant a simple yes/no answer.

I do agree with that, but anyone who takes a test like this and doesn't take it with at least a grain of salt probably shouldn't be taking it in the first place.

I'm curious about Regan too, although your assumption about Thatcher is probably pretty close. He's probably at least in the same quadrant. The guy I really wanted to on there is Al Gore--I'm curious to see if he's in the upper right with most US politicians, or if he's closer to someone like Nader.

Btw, awesome job on the compilation there GP. Cool to see.