Post Your Political Compass

[Phigure]

Well ok phigure, I'm left on plenty of the polled issues, some of my views apparently for probably a couple questions put me in the rightist lib side (which makes sense even minus gun control issues), but some of the questions seemed to have a lot more points towards one side.

yeah, i edited my post and elaborated before i saw your reply, i guess i touched on some of that. at the end of the day one shouldnt expect a high degree of accuracy out of an internet quiz like this anyways

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[Phigure]

heres what the site itself has to say

Some of the questions are slanted
Most of them are slanted! Some right-wingers accuse us of a leftward slant. Some left-wingers accuse us of a rightward slant. But it's important to realise that this isn't a survey, and these aren't questions. They're propositions — an altogether different proposition. To question the logic of individual ones that irritate you is to miss the point. Some propositions are extreme, and some are more moderate. That's how we can show you whether you lean towards extremism or moderation on the Compass.

The propositions should not be overthought. Some of them are intentionally vague. Their purpose is to trigger buzzwords in the mind of the user, measuring feelings and prejudices rather than detailed opinions on policy.

Incidentally, our test is not another internet personality classification tool. The essence of our site is the model for political analysis. The test is simply a demonstration of it.

[rickyarbino]

This time I didn't perform as well as I would've liked to.

You are a left social libertarian.
Left: 5.74, Libertarian: 4.98

[deadly_habit]

The race bait and sexism questions were retarded and in some cases asked a couple times.

[scspkr99]

The race bait and sexism questions were retarded and in some cases asked a couple times.

That's a pretty common function in tests to see if your results are consistent.

[deadly_habit]

Id love for these "polls" to toss in a few actual basic education questions and while not PC, since they ask race and sex questions ask them of the users and age, education levels

[particle-jim]

More or less exactly what I expected to get

[Mason]

bunch of communists

[ultraspatial]

Don't think this is meant to be taken too seriously. Most of these are just vague, cliche propositions to see where you stand, without much (or any) knowledge of political philosophy.


Was expecting to be in the upper left corner but w/e.

[rickyarbino]

Don't think this is meant to be taken too seriously. Most of these are just vague, cliche propositions to see where you stand, without much (or any) knowledge of political philosophy.

Isn't that the point of middle-American politics?

[Genevieve]

Not gonna do the test again but I'm as far down and to the right, right in the outter tip of the purple, as you can get. Complete personal and economic liberty (though both are the same, tbh) with no government. Though the way the test is phrased, I'd score closer to the center of the purple sphere.

I think mine went too much into personal responsibility, kids sometimes need disciple/spanking. for bad choices and said corporations while needing regulations they shouldn't be punished for success that pushed me to the right heh.
funny because i'm generally left on most views, but more moderate on some others.

If this test was anything like accurate most people here would be further towards the centre

Word. Slightly libertarian social issues and somewhat authoritarian on economic ones, but for the most part mixed economic liberals.

I think mine went too much into personal responsibility, kids sometimes need disciple/spanking. for bad choices and said corporations while needing regulations they shouldn't be punished for success that pushed me to the right heh.
funny because i'm generally left on most views, but more moderate on some others.

If this test was anything like accurate most people here would be further towards the centre

not really? the dsf userbase has always seemed pretty leftist to me


edit: but it really depends where you draw the center line. this quiz doesn't really assess your placement in terms of modern day politics and policy, moreso in regards to pure left/right and authoritarian/libertarian ideology. some of the questions definitely could be better though

the "center" position has moved so far to the right over the last decade, particularly in america. half of america is yelling that obama is a socialist while really he's a moderate republican of the mid 90s

Reagan is labeled a laissez faire extremist while government expenditure, including for various programs and safety nets, increased by 60% (and the Reagan years weren't even as militaristic as the years following it). The world hasn't gone 'to the right' or 'to the left'. It's just become increasingly more authoritarian overal. The ones in power legislate for those in power and with every new election, that power of the state is increased.

Leftists just like to blame the right for it and people on the right blame the left.

[Vodun]

bunch of communists

just because someone isn't right wing, doesn't mean they're a communist....

[Mason]

sorry mate it does

[Genevieve]

Mason gets it.

[test_recordings]

Not gonna do the test again but I'm as far down and to the right, right in the outter tip of the purple, as you can get. Complete personal and economic liberty (though both are the same, tbh) with no government. Though the way the test is phrased, I'd score closer to the center of the purple sphere.

I thought you were pro-EU?

[Genevieve]

Think you mixed me up with osmeone else? I'm against any form of government. And definitely against the EU :0

[Lye_Form]

[Laszlo]

Think you mixed me up with osmeone else? I'm against any form of government.

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I'm going to read all your posts in his voice from now on.

[Genevieve]

I'm even MORE anti-gov than Ron Swanson, but yes please do.