Political Compass: Test How Liberal You Are

[JackD76]

There is this great quiz out there that tells where you are on the political spectrum both economically and socially. It only takes a few minuets and it is a great way to figure out who you are politically.


When it give you your results, here is how you read them.

There are two scales. Anything that is -10 to -1 is liberal and anything that is +1 to +10 is conservative. The higher the number in each direction, the more extreme you are. Zero is moderate or neutral. For example, my results look like this.

-1.44 Socially
-2.75 Economically

That means that I am a very moderate liberal, in both respects.

One word of advice i have is to really examine and think about each question before you answer, to see how you really feel about it. Don't just answer questions that go along with the democrat's way of thinking.
Here is the link, have fun.
<http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/questionnaire.php>

[TahitiNut]

1. Here's the distribution of DU scores from last year.

[MsTryska]

5. i'm tucked in there with the other 59%

Economic Left/Right: -8.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.64

[Blue_In_AK]

10. When I took this test I was the Dalai Lama. :-)

[WLKjr]

29. same here

[Blue_In_AK]

30. I think we're keeping good company, don't you? n/t

[WLKjr]

56. yes, maybe we are on the right path to

total enlightenment :D!

[TahitiNut]

71. Wouldn't it be a shame if it were possible ...

... and we didn't try? :hippie:

[WLKjr]

75. yes it would be a low down dirty shame

[TahitiNut]

33. Yup. Me too. It is good company.

I can't think of another person (male, at least) on the planet I'd more enjoy accompanying. Add Nelson Mandela and I'd be tickled pink.

[dbonds]

26. My score - Economic -9.50 Social -7.13

Edit to move scores to subject line for easy browsing.

[guitar man]

67. I'm getting more liberal

in my old age :)

Economic Left/Right: -4.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.31

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

2. Wow. It seems I chose my username well.

http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/printablegraph.php?ec=-8.38&soc=-8.05

[atreides1]

3. I've changed a bit since the last time I did this

Economically -9.00
Socially -5.95

[AverageJoe]

4. I'm consistent!

I took this test a few months ago and came away with an almost identical score. I'm a whole lot more liberal that Ghandi, looks like! :-)


Economic Left/Right: -9.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.95

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

8. My social coordinate didn't change from 4-5 years ago but the economic one

Went WAY left.

Perhaps I'm aware now of a few things I wasn't back then.

[Siyahamba]

41. The more I learn, the further lower left I go too.

Economic Left/Right: -5.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.56

[David__77]

6. I'm almost totally left economically, a bit socially.

Economic Left/Right: -9.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.21

I object to the "libertarian" label. I strongly favor a sense of social responsibility.

[toddaa]

12. You can favor both

It's called libertarian socialism and it has nothing to do with the American Libertarian Party, who've hijacked and ruined the word. In Europe, where this poll originates, libertarian has a very different meaning.

[David__77]

28. Yes, but I'm not a libertarian socialist.

I'm on the left and stand for social principles, yes. But I think that centralism and hierarchy have their proper place--discipline is necessary as is freedom.

[toddaa]

59. That's fair

But you might want to recheck your answers. ;)

[satya]

37. Thanks for that explanation. nt

[JackD76]

7. Damn

you people are extream!

[prolesunited]

34. What's even more amazing

is that we even know how to spell EXTREME. See all that book learnin' and college indoctrination to turn us into raging liberals has paid off.

So, what was your score?

[JackD76]

43. Gee

sorry for the typo, i wasn't aware they were so offensive. As for my score, you probably would have seen it in my first post but you were so obsessed with my spelling, that you probably didn't notice.

[prolesunited]

47. Just trying to be helpful

You know, just like it was helpful for you to point out how "extream" we all are.

So, what is the group in your sig line all about?

[livinginphotographs]

49. Maybe this?

http://www.oldamericancentury.org/

I second, "Jeez." Lighten up on the newbie, willya?

[JackD76]

55. POAC

POAC is Project for the Old American Century, a counter to PNAC. That is the correct website. They are a group that watches republican activities and offers daily news, discussions forum, downloads, and anti-war/anti-republican propaganda. It is a great organization and I recommend everyone join.

[livinginphotographs]

51. -5 and -6.

I usually score around that range when I take this.

Welcome to DU. :hi:

[Spider Jerusalem]

9. Economic Left/Right: -8.13; Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.23

[TheFarseer]

11. I got a

social -1.74

economic -4.38

I'm most like Nelson Mandela? Not that I would know what his policies are!

[nickinSTL]

13. I've moved WAY left/libertarian since the last time I took this

Economic Left/Right: -6.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.41

I was moderate left and a lot closer to Authoritarian before.

[UdoKier]

14. I'm a commie, it seems.

Economic Left/Right: -8.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.46

[thereismore]

48. No, commies are -10, +10. Look at Stalin. n/t

[Vladimir]

73. I am a Marxist

and I score -8.5,-6.5. The test doesn't really cater for Marxist/Stalinist/Maoist/Trotskyists, because I think even Stalin would have scored closer to -10,0 on it than -10,+10.

[chipaev]

15. meh, I'll agree.

Economic Left/Right: 3.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.36

*gets ready to be lynched*

[Riding this Donkey]

16. Economic Left/Right: -5.88 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.41

what does it mean?

[Viking12]

17. Consistent with last time I took it

Economic Left/Right: -7.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.69

I thought I've mellowed over the last year or two. Maybe spending so much time at DU just makes me feel more mainstream :)

[VOX]

18. Economic Left/Right: -7.50, Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.72

I seem to be fairly consistent with this, except for a steady leftward drift.
:thumbsup:

[WLKjr]

19. OH YEAH BABY

I'm right up (left down?) there with Ghandi, Nelson Mandela, and The Dalai Lama!

Economic Left/Right: -8.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.85

[toddaa]

20. I'm still an anarchist

Economic Left/Right: -9.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -9.13

[Il_Coniglietto]

64. We have almost the exact same score.

Economic Left/Right: -9.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -9.33

They say you get more conservative as you get older, but I've gotten more liberal. 'Course, I'm 18 in June so that doesn't mean much.

[DireStrike]

21. I was -3 socially, -7 economically BEFORE junior

Now I'm -5, -8.

[jmowreader]

22. -6.5 economic, -5.8 social

This makes me further to the left than the Dalai Lama.

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

23. I'm pretty liberal

and damn proud

Economic Left/Right: -6.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.28

[seventythree]

24. thanks -- I enjoyed that

I'm in that 10% quadrant of other DU'ers, but barely so. Surfing here for a few weeks made me think, I was a republican -- evidently not, just not "mainstream" DU.

[prole_for_peace]

25. I think I am even more liberal than before.

Economic Left/Right: -5.5
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.59

[carnie_sf]

27. I'm with the majority of DUers

-8.00 economic left/right
-6.63 social libertarian/authoritarian
Apparently we're a bunch of anarchists in the tradition of Emma Goldman and Peter Kropotkin

[u4ic]

31. Where I was last time...

Economic Left/Right: -8.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.05

[beyurslf]

32. -8.03 economic and -7.15 social

Like I needed a test to tell me I am a liberal :)

[satya]

35. One of the 59%. Feels odd to be part of the majority for a change.

Economic Left/Right: -8.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.74

(First time I took this, a few months ago, I fell right between Gandhi and Mandela. Hmm...)

[thereismore]

36. I'm among lower left 10% n/t

[ProgressiveConn]

38. Economic Left: -8.75 Social Libertarian: -8.05 nt

[goodhue]

39. Economic Left/Right: -9.13, Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.69

[OneMoreDemocrat]

40. Neat.........

I ended up with a score of Economic Left/Right: -5.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.90, which puts me right in line with Gandhi; a Left leaning Social Libertarian.

This questionnaire is interesting in that the questions are a good way to look at one's position on an issue; to help one to really examine how one feels about something.

Cool, thank you.

[lazarus]

42. I'm more liberal than Ghandi!

Economic Left/Right: -8.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.46

[TahitiNut]

62. Gandhi was a lawyer. Lawyers are innately conservative.

Gandhi did better than most overcoming such a congenital defect. :silly:

[CindyDale]

44. Moderately left, moderately libertarian

-3.13 economic, -4.41 social

According to this chart, there are no leaders with this attitude except for Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama? Is that really true? No wonder everything is such a mess.

[StopAnnCoulter]

45. Political Compass

-6.50 economic
-5.18 social

[LSdemocrat]

46. Economic Left/Right: -3.50, Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.26

[newportdadde]

50. I've taken it before but can't remember what I scored..

Economic Left/Right: -5.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.31

[Craig3410]

52. I've taken it before...

And I was, literally the POLAR OPPOSITE of Bush....

:)

[DefenseLawyer]

53. Economic Left/Right: -5.38, Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.77

Some of those questions are a bit leading, but an interesting little exercise.

[TOOLZ]

54. Economic Left/Right: -6.38, Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.85

Did I do good? Am I DU enough???

[huskerlaw]

57. Economic = -5.25, Social = -6.21

Just a tad to the left of the Dalai Lama

[giant_robot]

58. Economic -5.25 Social -6.67

I guess I'm in the DU mainstream.

[muriel_volestrangler]

60. Economic -1.38; social -5.64

slightly further from the centre than I was last year, I think. Must be hanging around DU ;-)

Though they don't have it up now, they used to have a graph for the UK party leaders. Charles Kennedy was at least in the 'DU' quadrant (about -1/-2, I think), though his party now shows up further right economically (it's true that many are more enthusiastic about private provision of services than he is; though they're still to the left of New Labour).

[sendero]

61. Economic Left/Right: -3.13 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.28

In the Ghandi quadrant :)

[hippywife]

63. I'm to the left of Gandhi

Economic Left/Right: -8.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.00

[BreweryYardRat]

65. -6.4 econ, -4.6 social

[Hissyspit]

66. 5.66 Economic, 8.31 Social Why the hell are so many of you here...

So socially conservative? :P

I distrust these kinds of tests. Many of the questions were falsely dichotomous, and some were hypothetical enough to not have any real-world application. What about questions about which I had no real opinion one way or another? Still, fun to play around with.

[bdot]

68. dang...

another poitical test that has questions with no valid answers.
grrrr.....

[Zinfandel]

69. Seems I'm left of Gandhi.

[Melodybe]

70. Guess I'm pretty liberal then

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -5.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.44

[Vladimir]

72. I actually don't think its such a brilliant test

because the authoritarian axis doesn't really work for me - OK, so I think drugs should be legalised and don't have a problem with abortion or homosexuality etc., but then I also think freedom of speech should be restricted in some cases, private enterprise should be restricted, people should be shot for treason, violence is justifiable in a revolutionary context etc. - that's not just being left economically, that's also being authoritarian (or at the very least, its something other than liberal). For example, it asks the question:

'Should any broadcasting stations recieve public funding'

which is ok, but nowhere does it ask the opposite:

'Should any privately-funded news media be allowed?'

and there are other similar examples.

I think this test doesn't really cater for Marxists for this reason. I should certainly be more neutral than liberal on the vertical axis, but in fact I score a -6.5. Not that I mind being labeled more liberal than Nelson Mandela, but its not realistic. Having said all that, its porbably still the best of its kind. Maybe it just needs a third axis? Hmm...

[Padraig18]

74. I'm to the left of Mandela and the Dalai Lama

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -8.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.64

[Melynn]

76. And I'm to the left of you.

Economic Left/Right: -9.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.97