The Political Compass

[miss_s_b]

It's been a while since I did this, and I was leafing through OneExWidow today and found his, so here we go:



Economic Left/Right: -9.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.87

I appear to have become very slightly less liberal and even more left wing in my old age. I still make Ghandi look like General Pinochet though LOL. How about you lot? Take the test here.

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Comments

[etoile]

Economic Left/Right: -7.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.69

Yeah, fuck Gandhi.

[andrewhickey.info]

I've taken this about a thousand times, but today I get:
Economic Left/Right: -7.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.77

I usually get about -8.5 for both, so I'm slightly more liberal and right-wing this week than I am on average. I think though that it depends on how exactly I choose to interpret ambiguous or badly-worded questions from session to session.

Jock linked to a better one of these a while ago on some anarchist website, can't remember it now...

[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

I've done this a few times before, but don't seem to have kept any record of my previous results. Anyway, I think they were much like what I got today:

Economic Left/Right: -1.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.69
(Visible here in pretty graph form)

I tend to come out as economically centrist because I believe that the poor and vulnerable should be helped and protected, but I also believe that one of the most effective ways of putting ourselves in a position to do that is to ensure a generally healthy, prosperous, growing economy. This makes me sceptical of a lot of truly left-wing policies, because I'm concerned that they will ultimately stifle economic growth, and end up harming the very people they are meant to help.

[burkesworks]

Economic Left/Right: -8.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.23

And people wonder why I told Clegg to do one.

[draigwen]

Economic Left/Right: -6.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.36

I think from memory I'm probably getting more liberal and maybe slightly less left... but it's been so long I can't remember

[gominokouhai]

I'm imagining Harry Enfield telling us that he is considerably more centrist than yow.

I did mine: Economic Left/Right: -6.62 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.36. And only because a couple of the questions weren't fair.

whoops

[marahmarie]

damn style=mine - didn't scroll up far enough and replied in wrong spot

Lookit me being all Gandhi-ish

[missdiane.livejournal.com]

Economic Left/Right: -4.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.56

Still don't like the questions, though since there's SO much grey area

[mcgillianaire]

Interesting! I've taken this test a squillion times as well and every time I remember why I didn't like it - too many grey areas! Anyways, you're a lot more of a Left-liberal than I am:

Economic Left/Right: -4.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.38

Oh and sorry to be a pedant but I always get annoyed when I see Gandhi spelt incorrectly. I promise most misspellings don't bother me enough to call someone up on it. :)

[miss_s_b]

Never apologise for being a pedant! Thank you.

[ponygirl72]

Economic Left/Right: 2.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.85

Huh. I'm usually more economically right than that. Perhaps I am mellowing in my old age?

[darthcorrie]

Economic Left/Right: -8.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.46

Yeah, that sounds about right.

[ggreig.livejournal.com]

Economic Left/Right: -7.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.33

unpossible

[marahmarie]

Economic Left/Right: -6.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.36

If you look at my chart and the one with Gandhi's compass position on it? Almost identical. I'm not Gandhi - am I? *ponders possible re-incarnation - wigs out*

[po8crg]

Economic Left/Right: -6.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -9.28

Which sounds in the ball-park. I wonder what I missed out on the -10 for libertarian on - I've hit -10 before.

Tend to find I'm not as ideologically left as, say, Epps or Graham, but am still well to the left of Clegg (never mind Gideon) but intensely libertarian.

The big question this misses is "which axis is more important to you" - lots of Labourites and Lib Dems are in the same quadrant, but the Labourites tend to prefer the Economic and the Lib Dems the Social axis.