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In reply to the discussion: UPDATE to the 2012 Political Compass check-in. Take the candidate quiz and add those results too! [View all]Hatchling
(2,323 posts)83. Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -9.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.97
I get further to the left each year.
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UPDATE to the 2012 Political Compass check-in. Take the candidate quiz and add those results too! [View all]
GreenPartyVoter
Aug 2012
OP
Economic Left/Right: -10.00; Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.85 nt
Comrade_McKenzie
Aug 2012
#2
I don't even understand what this means. And who are all those people. Rocky Anderson? nt
Honeycombe8
Aug 2012
#8
They are all candidates for 2012. What it means is a system of plotting where you (and they) land
GreenPartyVoter
Aug 2012
#9
There is no way semi-realistic answers to that quiz would put Obama where they put him
Orangepeel
Aug 2012
#25
That's what lead me to conclude that I must not understand it, because it's wrong. nt
Honeycombe8
Aug 2012
#28
I think he should have come out more in the middle. As I was saying before, my conservative
GreenPartyVoter
Aug 2012
#31
this quiz might actually be valid for all I know; it's the chart with politicians I take issue with
Orangepeel
Aug 2012
#32
At the very least it was intriguing to see what (some) people from England think about our politics.
GreenPartyVoter
Aug 2012
#33
Thank you. O wise one. I didn't need to. I concluded I must not understand, because it's WRONG.
Honeycombe8
Aug 2012
#29
I enjoy these little quizzes, even if they really don't mean anything. I will be posting more as
GreenPartyVoter
Aug 2012
#35
Conservative hubby took it, also landed in the green square. I find the conservatives in my family
GreenPartyVoter
Aug 2012
#16
Probably, esp since we have a couple of specific wedge issues acting as
GreenPartyVoter
Aug 2012
#162
12 yo son took it: Economic Left/Right: -5.88 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.05
GreenPartyVoter
Aug 2012
#119
I was surprised the Green and Socialist candidates weren't further down and leftward.
GreenPartyVoter
Aug 2012
#17
LOL It is very easy to make it come out closer to where you want. I think that's why they insist
GreenPartyVoter
Aug 2012
#40
A perfect 10, and just in time for the Olympics! (Not that they use those anymore, I guess.)
GreenPartyVoter
Aug 2012
#41
They do change out the questions, so that might have some effect. At the very least, I guess we
GreenPartyVoter
Aug 2012
#45
That's interesting how it didn't match up with what you thought. It just goes to show that
GreenPartyVoter
Aug 2012
#53
But 'overall' President Obama is rated as a hard-core Liberal - see chart below
Tx4obama
Aug 2012
#49
Having trouble finding it. Is it possible for an everyday person to score themselves there?
GreenPartyVoter
Aug 2012
#59
No, sorry I was unclear. I found the Obama stuff just fine. Just couldn't find
GreenPartyVoter
Aug 2012
#67
I found several of the questions to be oddly worded. Depending on how you
GreenPartyVoter
Aug 2012
#57
LOL Well, yes, but what I meant is that my very liberal Green friend took the quiz, with
GreenPartyVoter
Aug 2012
#66
For sure. The fact that the very first question places the phrase "economic globalisation"
Zorra
Aug 2012
#64
It's kinda sad that so many of us are on the exact opposite end of the spectrum from the President..
eqfan592
Aug 2012
#63
It's a guessing game, for sure. Also, you can't be certain that a presidency necessarily
GreenPartyVoter
Aug 2012
#90
Really? That's very interesting, considering the changing of the questions. :^) I myself
GreenPartyVoter
Aug 2012
#111
A few of the questions were worded weirdly to me, and had me taking a stab in the dark for
GreenPartyVoter
Aug 2012
#116
Yeah, I love doing these things. I really enjoyed having my kids participate too. :^)
GreenPartyVoter
Aug 2012
#125
I remember this! Economic -7.88 Social -9.03 - one again, near Gandhi!
NRaleighLiberal
Aug 2012
#101
Thanks for adding your numbers. :^) Keep an eye out, there are other kinds of quizzes that may get
GreenPartyVoter
Aug 2012
#129
Well here I am. Actually moved a little to the upper right since I last took this test a ways back.
eqfan592
Aug 2012
#110
Do you think the last time you took the test was before the most recent
GreenPartyVoter
Aug 2012
#147
Green Party or candidates in the green quadrant? (Hard to vote a straight Green ticket in most
GreenPartyVoter
Aug 2012
#123
My score: Economic Left/Right: -8.50 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.97
white_wolf
Aug 2012
#128
Economic Left/Right: -5.88 | Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.10 n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2012
#135
LOL is Obama really that far to the right on this test? I sorta don't believe that.
Jamaal510
Aug 2012
#141
My theory is that he is probably more liberal than his presidency has been. There have been times
GreenPartyVoter
Aug 2012
#174
Thanks for adding your numbers. :^) I keep drifting leftward and downward, probably for
GreenPartyVoter
Aug 2012
#178
I'm almost Smack dab in the middle of everything... -0.62 Left +0.72 Auth (see pic)
OneTenthofOnePercent
Aug 2012
#171
I think the numbers would be different if politicians took the quizzes for themselves.
GreenPartyVoter
Aug 2012
#192
Yes, my younger son wasn't sure about some. He's 12 and was concerned that how you answer
GreenPartyVoter
Aug 2012
#194
Economic Left/Right: -5.88; Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.00 n/t
R. P. McMurphy
Aug 2012
#191
That's the candidate selector quiz chart. The quadrant chart is part of the
GreenPartyVoter
Sep 2012
#224