Where are you on The Political Compass?

[SlowDownFast]

Just got turned on to this today.

Definitely worth the time to take the test, if you haven't already.

From the site's homepage:

Welcome to The Political Compass™.
There's abundant evidence for the need of it. The old one-dimensional categories of 'right' and 'left', established for the seating arrangement of the French National Assembly of 1789, are overly simplistic for today's complex political landscape. For example, who are the 'conservatives' in today's Russia? Are they the unreconstructed Stalinists, or the reformers who have adopted the right-wing views of conservatives like Margaret Thatcher ?

On the standard left-right scale, how do you distinguish leftists like Stalin and Gandhi? It's not sufficient to say that Stalin was simply more left than Gandhi. There are fundamental political differences between them that the old categories on their own can't explain. Similarly, we generally describe social reactionaries as 'right-wingers', yet that leaves left-wing reactionaries like Robert Mugabe and Pol Pot off the hook.

That's about as much as we should tell you for now. After you've responded to the following propositions during the next 3-5 minutes, all will be explained. In each instance, you're asked to choose the response that best describes your feeling: Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Agree or Strongly Agree. At the end of the test, you'll be given the compass, with your own special position on it.

The test is entirely anonymous. None of your personal details are required, and nothing about your result is recorded or logged in any way. The answers are only used to calculate your reading, and cannot be accessed by anyone, ever.

The idea was developed by a political journalist with a university counselling background, assisted by a professor of social history. They're indebted to people like Wilhelm Reich and Theodor Adorno for their ground-breaking work in this field. We believe that, in an age of diminishing ideology, a new generation in particular will get a better idea of where they stand politically - and the sort of political company they keep.

http://www.politicalcompass.org/index

[GreenEyedLefty]

1. I guess I'm left/libertarian (bottom left)

Like Gandhi, the Dalai Lama and Nelson Mandela.

[SlowDownFast]

5. That's the area I resulted in, also.

Economic Left/Right: -7.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.18

My graph:http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-7.25&soc=-5.18

Good company!

;)

[DKRC]

16. Right there with you

Economic Left/Right: -6.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.79

It's gettin crowded down in the lefthand corner.
:hi:

My graph

[Kip Humphrey]

19. I'm snuggled right up next to the Dalai Lama!

Ooooooommmmmmmm...

[rpannier]

2. economic leftist-social libertarian

Thanks for posting this

[Breeze54]

3. I took this many times.

The last time was on 7/31/06



My results:

The Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -7.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.10

The only thing is this 'test' is based on a Libertarian POV.

Here's my graph.
http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-7.50&soc=-8.10

From the top graph, that would make me a Left Liberal Ghandi-type Anarchist, I think! ;)

[sweetheart]

4. near the arctic circle nt

[TiredTexan]

6. Libertarian Left

Very Libertarian and very Left. Farther to the left and more libertarian than Ghandi!

[tbyg52]

7. *Way* down and left

Economic Left/Right: -6.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.79

[TahitiNut]

8. Economic: -8.38 ... Social: -6.41

Economic Left/Right: -8.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.41




http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-8.38&soc=-6.41

[WorseBeforeBetter]

9. Left Libertarian @ Economic -7.38 and Social -6.36 (n/t)

[RC]

10. Within a few squares of Gandhi

[lvx35]

11. Wild libertarian bias.

I am very much a populist leftist, very much not a libertarian except on issues of government surveillance and sexual rights. But no matter how hard I try, this test always tells me I am a libertarian. I really expect bias here, I'll bet the distribution is way off.

edit: The fact that the opposite of libertarianism is fascism should be taken as revealing as well.

[davekriss]

12. I am -9/-9

It's been a while since I took it, but I was around -9/-9.

[PhilipShore]

13. Economic Left/Right: -8.13 -- Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.95 n/t

[Pushed To The Left]

14. My results: Economic -5.00, Social -4.62

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -5.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.62

Some of the questions didn't seem all that political to me. I think I'm way more socially liberal then this test indicates!

[Quantess]

15. Proud to say my score is similar to Nelson Mandela's.

Which is like, a polar opposite of George Bush's score on the graph.

[WritersBlock]

18. Me, too.

My first thought exactly - Polar Opposite of Dumbya. Very proud of that, I am!




Economic Left/Right: -7.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.31

[Jonathan50]

17. Right on top of the Dalai Lama

Not a bad place to be I guess.

[orleans]

20. where is the midway for some of these answers? or the don't know

response?

[NMMNG]

21. Hanging out with the Dalai Lama

Economic Left/Right: -6.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.38

[orleans]

22. our scores were pretty close

economic left/right; -6.88
social lib/auth: -7.49

[The Anti-Neo Con]

23. Very economically left & proud.

Economic Left/Right: -8.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.38