left/right -7.50 libertarian/authoritarian -6.72 (Reply #104)

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104. left/right -7.50 libertarian/authoritarian -6.72

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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
Lower left hand corner. No surprise.	Faygo Kid	Aug 2012	#1
Me too, and I am definitely getting lower as the years pass. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#3
Lower left corner for me, it's always been like that	Warpy	Aug 2012	#201
:^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#217
Economic Left/Right: -10.00; Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.85 nt	Comrade_McKenzie	Aug 2012	#2
You are way down there. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#4
Proudly. :D nt	Comrade_McKenzie	Aug 2012	#12
high five!	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#21
-8.38 & -7.64	rurallib	Aug 2012	#6
Heheh.	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#216
Economic Left/Right: -9.25 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.69.	Vincardog	Aug 2012	#5
Thanks for checking in. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#23
Economic Left/Right-(-6.75); Social Libertarian/Authoritarian-(-4.21)	Va Lefty	Aug 2012	#7
Thanks for posting your numbers. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#24
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 find it more accurate	LWolf	Aug 2012	#159
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
You know, you could have looked it up.	HERVEPA	Aug 2012	#26
Thank you. O wise one. I didn't need to. I concluded I must not understand, because it's WRONG.	Honeycombe8	Aug 2012	#29
If you didn't know who Rocky Anderson is, you could look it up.	HERVEPA	Aug 2012	#114
So what was your score? n/t	Egalitarian Thug	Aug 2012	#136
They updated the questions.	Ruby the Liberal	Aug 2012	#10
Yeah, they do change up the questions from time to time it seems.	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#11
I was directly below you...econ -7.75 soc -4.41	Rowdyboy	Aug 2012	#19
I enjoy these little quizzes, even if they really don't mean anything. I will be posting more as	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#35
thats almost exactly where I ended up	Tribetime	Aug 2012	#143
Teen son took it. Is -7.5, -5.23.	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#13
Conservative hubby took it, also landed in the green square. I find the conservatives in my family	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#16
Fellow Green took it: 8.5, -5.28	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#38
I think it's because	LWolf	Aug 2012	#160
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
Economic Left/Right: -9.38 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.90	Puregonzo1188	Aug 2012	#14
I was surprised the Green and Socialist candidates weren't further down and leftward.	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#17
O.K., I'm not as authoritarian as I thought I was.	ithinkmyliverhurts	Aug 2012	#15
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
Economic: -10.00, Social: -6.33	Odin2005	Aug 2012	#18
A perfect 10, and just in time for the Olympics! (Not that they use those anymore, I guess.)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#41
Economic Left/Right: -6.50//Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.38	CaliforniaPeggy	Aug 2012	#20
Thanks for joining in, Peggy! How are you feeling? hugs	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#42
Hey, my pleasure!	CaliforniaPeggy	Aug 2012	#43
I hope you are back to full-steam-ahead soon! :^D	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#44
Economic Left/Right: -9.62 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.41	TheKentuckian	Aug 2012	#22
Thanks for posting. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#55
Economic Left/Right: -9.88 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.03.	nc4bo	Aug 2012	#27
They do change out the questions, so that might have some effect. At the very least, I guess we	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#45
Economic Left/Right: -8.50 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.62	supernova	Aug 2012	#30
Ah, I too would like the Scandinavian countries! :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#50
economic 0.0 social libertarian -4.05	rdking647	Aug 2012	#34
That's interesting how it didn't match up with what you thought. It just goes to show that	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#53
Hmm. Economic Left/Right: -8.00 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.31	GaYellowDawg	Aug 2012	#188
Economic -7.25; Social -6.87	LeftishBrit	Aug 2012	#36
I agree. You should email them and tell them your idea about adding	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#68
Economic Left/Right: -8.38 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.72	Tierra_y_Libertad	Aug 2012	#37
Thanks for adding your numbers. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#70
I'm at -7.5 and -6.46	Chisox08	Aug 2012	#39
Thanks for posting. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#71
Just below Ghandi	center rising	Aug 2012	#46
Not a bad person to be by. :^D	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#75
Economic left/right .25 and on Social Libertarian/Authoritarian I am -1.28.	crimson77	Aug 2012	#47
Thanks for adding your numbers. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#87
-6.88 on the economic left and -7.69 on the social.	TexasTowelie	Aug 2012	#48
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
Not sure what problem it is that you're having.	Tx4obama	Aug 2012	#60
No, sorry I was unclear. I found the Obama stuff just fine. Just couldn't find	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#67
Of course, this is a different tool,	LWolf	Aug 2012	#161
Economic -6.75 Social -5.59	ibegurpard	Aug 2012	#51
Thanks for adding your numbers. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#74
I'm a -7.1,-6.1	MichaelSoE	Aug 2012	#52
Thanks for taking the quiz. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#76
-5.12, -4.00	cleanhippie	Aug 2012	#54
I resent the first question immensely.	Zorra	Aug 2012	#56
I found several of the questions to be oddly worded. Depending on how you	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#57
I'm pretty sure that's kinda the point of the survey... ;) (nt)	eqfan592	Aug 2012	#62
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
-5.62 & -5.03	ieoeja	Aug 2012	#58
Thanks for adding your numbers! :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#77
-8.12, -7.44	Curtland1015	Aug 2012	#61
Thanks for joining the thread. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#78
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 sure does!	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#81
That's if you buy that he's in that grouping	ProudToBeBlueInRhody	Aug 2012	#86
They justify his grouping here:	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#88
I think there are a lot of flaws in that....	ProudToBeBlueInRhody	Aug 2012	#89
It's a guessing game, for sure. Also, you can't be certain that a presidency necessarily	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#90
-7.62; -6.15	AtomicKitten	Aug 2012	#65
Love your sigpic! :^) I had a kitteh who ate popcorn.	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#94
hey	AtomicKitten	Aug 2012	#107
-9.38, -9.49 - I'm a bit of a political skeptic.	GliderGuider	Aug 2012	#69
I am as well....pretty interesting test, tho!	NRaleighLiberal	Aug 2012	#103
Dam, you beat me! :D	tama	Aug 2012	#155
-9.25 ~ -8.56....Gone beyond left.	Zorra	Aug 2012	#72
Thanks for adding your numbers. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#96
Economic Left/Right: -6.38 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.79	bluedigger	Aug 2012	#73
Really? That's very interesting, considering the changing of the questions. :^) I myself	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#111
Economic Left/Right: -10.00 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.67	hunter	Aug 2012	#79
you and me too!	NRaleighLiberal	Aug 2012	#102
-3.25, -4.10	Prism	Aug 2012	#80
I figure anyone in the green box is a flaming lib, at least as far as	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#112
...	me b zola	Aug 2012	#82
Thanks for adding your numbers! :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#113
Your political compass	Hatchling	Aug 2012	#83
I do too, despite the changing of the of questions.	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#115
Economic Left/Right: -6.12 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.10	Alduin	Aug 2012	#84
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.	Alduin	Aug 2012	#117
Economic Left/Right: -6.62 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.38	bigwillq	Aug 2012	#85
Wow, I though I was a serious lefty	HeiressofBickworth	Aug 2012	#91
That's ok. It's not about comparing ourselves to each other :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#92
Not comparing, really	HeiressofBickworth	Aug 2012	#97
I am too. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#98
Economic Left/Right: -9.62 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.77	alittlelark	Aug 2012	#93
I am too. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#118
no change since the last time I took this	SteveG	Aug 2012	#95
Down to the exact numbers, or more or less same spot on the grid?	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#121
-7's on both last time as well. (nt)	SteveG	Aug 2012	#183
ec=-9.88 & soc=-7.59	Starry Messenger	Aug 2012	#99
Thanks for joining the fun! :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#120
This is fun....	WCGreen	Aug 2012	#100
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
A good person to be by. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#126
very peaceful and quiet.	NRaleighLiberal	Aug 2012	#127
left/right -7.50 libertarian/authoritarian -6.72	TDale313	Aug 2012	#104
Thanks for adding your numbers. :^) Keep an eye out, there are other kinds of quizzes that may get	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#129
My results	DissidentVoice	Aug 2012	#105
Thanks for checking in. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#131
Economic Left/Right: -3.12 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.95	Kaleva	Aug 2012	#106
Thanks for adding your numbers. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#132
Hopefully you'll put these answers into some kind of graph.	Kaleva	Aug 2012	#134
I doubt can pull that together. Are you good at that sort of thing?	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#137
No but somebody here might be.	Kaleva	Aug 2012	#138
Thanks! :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#139
econ -8.62 social -7.23	justabob	Aug 2012	#108
Thanks for adding your numbers. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#140
My results	beveeheart	Aug 2012	#109
Thanks for checking in. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#146
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
I am voting straight Greens myself.	the nite has 1K eyez	Aug 2012	#122
Green Party or candidates in the green quadrant? (Hard to vote a straight Green ticket in most	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#123
Left-Libertarian	Renew Deal	Aug 2012	#124
Thanks for adding your numbers! :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#148
My score: Economic Left/Right: -8.50 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.97	white_wolf	Aug 2012	#128
Thanks for posting. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#149
oooohkay..	AsahinaKimi	Aug 2012	#130
Your poor battleship! LOL	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#150
-6.88, -6.36	Spider Jerusalem	Aug 2012	#133
Economic Left/Right: -5.88 \| Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.10 n/t	Egalitarian Thug	Aug 2012	#135
Thanks for adding your numbers. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#157
LOL is Obama really that far to the right on this test? I sorta don't believe that.	Jamaal510	Aug 2012	#141
I believe it's because the test is euro-centric	Kaleva	Aug 2012	#152
Euro-centric with a libertarian bias.	baldguy	Aug 2012	#168
It looks like I'm the only person here who answered that's in the top half.	Kaleva	Aug 2012	#170
economic left -7.62....libertarian -3.28 nt	Tribetime	Aug 2012	#142
Thanks for posting. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#163
I'm barely hanging on the edge of the table. -9.38, -6.56	Systematic Chaos	Aug 2012	#144
Yeah, you're just clinging there, aren't ya? :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#164
Where I usually am.	Blue_In_AK	Aug 2012	#145
Thanks for checking in. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#166
I'm a -7.88 and a -7.33	immoderate	Aug 2012	#151
:^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#169
Social libertarian aka anarchist	tama	Aug 2012	#153
Thanks for adding your numbers. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#172
Economic Left/Right: -9.62 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.92	limpyhobbler	Aug 2012	#154
Thanks for joining in. I think these things are fun. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#173
-7.12 (left) -2.92(libertarian)	northoftheborder	Aug 2012	#156
My theory is that he is probably more liberal than his presidency has been. There have been times	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#174
Far lower left, every time, every year.	LWolf	Aug 2012	#158
Yeah, even the Socialist and Green aren't down where we are.	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#175
I think I've drifted a bit since last time.....	Wounded Bear	Aug 2012	#165
Thanks for adding your numbers. :^) I keep drifting leftward and downward, probably for	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#178
Thanks for this.....haven't changed much since the last time I took it....	a kennedy	Aug 2012	#167
Thanks for checking in. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#179
I'm almost Smack dab in the middle of everything... -0.62 Left +0.72 Auth (see pic)	OneTenthofOnePercent	Aug 2012	#171
Thanks for adding your numbers! :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#180
Economic Left/Right: -8.00 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.77	SouthernLiberal	Aug 2012	#176
Yeah, there were several questions I had problems with as well.	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#185
Mine's about the same as a few years ago	Chemisse	Aug 2012	#177
Thanks for posting. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#187
Economic Left: -6.50 Social, Libertarian: -5.28	sakabatou	Aug 2012	#181
Thanks for adding your numbers. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#189
Economic Left/Right: -7.88 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.90 n/t	phylny	Aug 2012	#182
Thanks for posting. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#190
Economic Left/Right: -7.38 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.41	Proles	Aug 2012	#184
I think the numbers would be different if politicians took the quizzes for themselves.	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#192
I don't like how some of the questions are set up.	renie408	Aug 2012	#186
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
Thanks for checking in. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#199
My results...	VenusRising	Aug 2012	#193
Thank you for sharing your numbers. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#202
Strongly libertarian left. Where I have always been.	hifiguy	Aug 2012	#195
Thanks for adding your numbers. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#203
As I figured, I am left of Obama	Xyzse	Aug 2012	#196
Thanks for adding your numbers. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#205
Economic Left/Right: -5.38 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.9	Adsos Letter	Aug 2012	#197
Thanks for checking in. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#207
Economic Left/Right: -8.62 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.28 nt	TBF	Aug 2012	#198
Thanks for adding your numbers. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#210
I make Gandhi look like a hardcore rightie.	marmar	Aug 2012	#200
Thanks for checking in. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#211
Standing	NS2012	Aug 2012	#204
Thanks for posting. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#212
Economic: -8.00 Social: -8.10	Ya Basta	Aug 2012	#206
Thanks for adding your numbers. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#213
Hmm.	MyshkinCommaPrince	Aug 2012	#208
I go further and further southwest each time I take it.	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#214
Economic Left/Right: -8.25; Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.38	VOX	Aug 2012	#209
Yeah, you're running out of room! :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#215
Economic Left/Right: -6.38 - Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.95	ellisonz	Aug 2012	#218
Thanks for adding your numbers. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#219
kick for anyone who missed it the first time. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Sep 2012	#220
Like most of us here...	WinstonSmith4740	Sep 2012	#221
Thanks for adding your numbers. :^)	GreenPartyVoter	Sep 2012	#222
This message was self-deleted by its author	littlemissmartypants	Sep 2012	#223
That's the candidate selector quiz chart. The quadrant chart is part of the	GreenPartyVoter	Sep 2012	#224
Which Mitt Romney's views are represented here?	tarheelsunc	Sep 2012	#225
Heaven only knows! LOL	GreenPartyVoter	Sep 2012	#226
Libertarian lefty	James48	Sep 2012	#227
Yes, indeed!	GreenPartyVoter	Sep 2012	#228
Economic Left/Right: -8.75 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.77	Spock_is_Skeptical	Oct 2012	#229
Oh, no. I don't think you need to commit seppuku. LOL	GreenPartyVoter	Oct 2012	#230

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