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| Quick quiz to determine your political persuasion |
| 2008-06-09 |
| Click the link. Answer these ten questions (two groups of five) to see where you fall on the political spectrum. I just found out that I am hovering between Libertarian and Centrist (60 Personal and 70 Economic). Maybe I'm not so bad after all! :-) |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #34 Solid Libertarian. 90% on both. You're a piker DB. 100% X 2. |
| Posted by: Formerly Dan 2008-06-09 21:56 |
| #33 Libertarian, just like I've been telling everyone for most of my adult life. Whoda' thunk it??? |
| Posted by: WolfDog 2008-06-09 20:00 |
| #32 WOT? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-06-09 19:57 |
| #31 I scored the solid Conservative that I always claimed to be. And in economic terms I was pretty Libertarian. No surprises, I guess. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2008-06-09 19:50 |
| #30 I FAILED to make it all the way to the RIGHT by four boxes. I feel ashamed. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-06-09 19:43 |
| #29 Centrist, although I wasn't keen on the answer choices, either. Not really a surprise -- I'm a single issue voter these days. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-06-09 19:35 |
| #28 Oh, my - I came out a libertarian, too. I hope my neighbors will still speak to me, if they knew! |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2008-06-09 19:13 |
| #27 That should have read, There is a fundamental relationship between quality of IDs and security (including crime). |
| Posted by: phil_b 2008-06-09 17:42 |
| #26 I redid the quiz and switched my response to the National ID question from agree to disagree and I became a Libertarian. I happen to think ID is a topic that most Libertarians are dead wrong on. Security is a direct function of how good the IDs we use are (I use ID in a broad sense here, e.g. including for example a persons DNA). There is a fundamental relationship between quality and security (including crime). I used to debate this topic at length at the Libertarian site Samizdata. I maintain that most people would unquestionably choose better IDs in exchange for better security. And I predict they will. Wireless technology will make security similar to secure industrial locations feasible for homes and neighbourhoods. Its already happening. And as a practical matter governments can produce much better IDs than any private organization (although the Internet/Google may change that) |
| Posted by: phil_b 2008-06-09 17:39 |
| #25 As far as "electoral Compas" goes, my position is apparently: "Error on page" |
| Posted by: Grereger Lumplump5506 2008-06-09 17:33 |
| #24 That's Lib as in Libertarian, not Liberal |
| Posted by: Whaper etc 2008-06-09 17:29 |
| #23 Jeez, if I were any farther in the Lib corner I'd be Robinson Carusoe before Friday came along.... |
| Posted by: Whaper Sforza7061 2008-06-09 17:27 |
| #22 The survey neglected to ask an important question: Do you favor voluntary or involuntary repatriation of muslims currently residing in the Western Hemisphere? |
| Posted by: MarkZ 2008-06-09 16:00 |
| #21 Hmmmmmmmm, seems I'm a Centrist, Fancy that? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-06-09 14:29 |
| #20 50 personal, 90 economic, on the cusp of Libertarian and Conservative. No surprise there. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2008-06-09 14:00 |
| #19 The Electoral Compass had me pegged - said I was closest to McCain (than Obama and Ron Paul). But the picture it was pointing to was... FRED THOMPSON. LOL! (It didn't assign me to him because he is dropped out of the race). |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-06-09 13:39 |
| #18 Ima 10 question centrist. |
| Posted by: RD 2008-06-09 11:57 |
| #17 I took the test, and it said I was a total loser. Either something went wrong in my responses, or it IS a very finely tuned test, I dunno. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-06-09 11:45 |
| #16 Was there ever any doubt? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-06-09 11:34 |
| #15 Finally, I'm a liberal! |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-06-09 11:28 |
| #14 Centrist 60 40 for me, and I consider myself conservative. Chose 'maybe' on all but two questions, cut taxes (agree) and no national ID (disagree). Rest were mainly mushy or loaded questions. Likely biased, given how the questions are worded. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2008-06-09 11:10 |
| #13 Don't let Howard Dean see my test score. Geez, 30% on personal issues and 100% on economic issues...that makes me a GASP!!!!...........closet conservative......... |
| Posted by: James Carville 2008-06-09 10:51 |
| #12 That's Perth. I was full Libertarian. Perhaps I'll move there and you can have a real wingnut to whom you may introduce your friends. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-06-09 10:14 |
| #11 It scored me a Centerist (I was almost exactly in the middle) and I am the most Rightwing person I know. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2008-06-09 10:09 |
| #10 Since it's a "Libertarian" website, maybe the questions/answers/data outputs are somewhat skewed. They may want you to believe you are more of the same philosophy than you might actually be. Just saying...... |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2008-06-09 09:48 |
| #9 Electoral Compass |
| Posted by: ed 2008-06-09 09:42 |
| #8 60 personal 90 economic, on the fence between libertarian and conservative. Put some war questions on there and I'll probably be squarely conservative. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-06-09 09:40 |
| #7 Alan, you're correct in your observation that the test skews libertarian. It also seems to score "maybe" the same as a "no." I managed to come out Conservative anyway. |
| Posted by: Mike 2008-06-09 09:26 |
| #6 70%, 70% Biased questions leading to the answers that will tend libertarian. Too simplistic to mean anything. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2008-06-09 09:08 |
| #5 Libertarian. Don't like that poll. Although, I strongly support the Christian Zionist position on Israel, I oppose the religious right on most social issues. But, I am with Goldwater on security over liberty, in lifeboat ethics times. |
| Posted by: McZoid 2008-06-09 08:55 |
| #4 ID card is a no-brainer for national security, anti-illegal-immigration, and anti-voter fraud. 80%/100% |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-06-09 08:42 |
| #3 The results surprised me. I came out CENTRIST. ( how did that happen) because on the War I am MarineCorps and somewhere to the right of Attila the Hun. My son took it and he's Libertarian. He's also six five and works as a Bouncer. I dont even dare to sit in his chair. My daughter took it and was a Conservative. But she's also a Carmelite Nun. I get to see her once a year and we talked on the phone about this Poll. My wife was a Centrist but that's pretty good for her since her backround is Asian and all her family are a bit Fascist. Her brothers are all tatooed SAT(kill)CONG. |
| Posted by: Angleton 9 2008-06-09 08:25 |
| #2 Solid Libertarian. 90% on both. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2008-06-09 07:18 |
| #1 I'm a libertarian, gorb. 70% on both. |
| Posted by: Chinegum McGurque5166 2008-06-09 03:55 |