The Political Compass Test

[Dos_Box]

Were do you stand?

 

The Political Compass

 

Me:

[sparkeh]

Wow interesting, learnt something about myself there:

[Dos_Box]

Be warned though, many questions are misleading and an option of 'None' should have been included.

[sparkeh]

Just remembered I did this when at university, ooh 8 years ago I guess, and can see a fair move further in to the left and liberal camp as I get older.

 

Interesting to note that as a young man I remember being very firm and resolute in my answers but now I am more considered and conditional.

[mb2k01]

Hmm! Not sure if this is good or bad in the scheme of things!

[Gonk]

Just completed mine...

[mb2k01]

Interesting we are all on the left so far though..

[Abaddon]

Hmm! Not sure if this is good or bad in the scheme of things!

 

Exactly where I ended up!

[localzuk]

Taken this before, and as always I come out as a giant hippy

[Hightower]

Political Compass Printable Graph

[russdev]

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-6.75&soc=-4.31

 

Yes lefty as I would expect...

 

Russ

[sparkeh]

Taken this before, and as always I come out as a giant hippy

 

Looks like we are sticking flowers in guns together then

 

edit: Oh and Russ as well

[webman]

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-3.12&soc=0.21

[tmcd35]

Nothing surprising there. A center-left libraterian with political views in common with Ghandi and Obama. Meh! Sounds about right. Still voting LD at the election

[kesomir]

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-1.00&soc=-3.85

 

I would have thought I'd placed further right on the economic line, but hey ho

[TechMonkey]

Ok who will be first to deliberately sort an extreme graph?

[leco]

Well it's all good to be in the company of Nelson Mandela and the Dali Lama - isn't it?

[SC-UK]

Although I did feel some of the questions were a little misleading, and agree with Dos_box that their should be a "neutral" answer to each of them, my results surprised me completely.

 

http://img.skitch.com/20100322-e69rm1mk649mji8y8hti1yyhgh.jpg

[kesomir]

Ok who will be first to deliberately sort an extreme graph?

 

I WIN! - ok, ok, I cheated

 

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=10.00&soc=10.00

 

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=10.00&soc=-10.00

 

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-10.00&soc=-10.00

 

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-10.00&soc=10.00

[tmcd35]

Soooo, How meny of you lefties were planning to vote Tory then?

[SC-UK]

I WIN! - ok, ok, I cheated

 

 

Multiple split, and very opposing, personalities?

[webman]

The website FAQ states their reasoning for not having a "none" options:

 

This makes it too easy for people to duck difficult issues. By forcing people to take a positive or negative stance, the propositions make people really evaluate their feelings. Often people find they wanted to select 'don't know' mainly because they'd never really thought about the idea.

 

FAQ ... The Political Compass

[SteveBentley]

Soooo, How meny of you lefties were planning to vote Tory then?

 

I ended up in that corner of the graph too.

 

I actually think a hung parliament could be a good thing for the country at the moment. But as a floating voter, I've emailed the three main parties' candidates in my constituency asking for their thoughts on a particular local issue and hinting that a commitment to resolving the issue might help to secure my X in their box on polling day. I worded it as "would you be prepared to make an election commitment to facilitate a dialogue between [various organisations]", so I'm not asking them to commit to anything too heavy, just to raise the issue and get people talking.

 

I sent that on Saturday, only had a reply from the Labour candidate so far, promising to look into it and get back to me.

[tmcd35]

Gordon Brown - as in the Labour Party - are further right than I'd expected. Is he a Tory in descise?

 

http://www.politicalcompass.org/images/internationalchart.gif

[sparkeh]

Gordon Brown - as in the Labour Party - are further right than I'd expected. Is he a Tory in descise?

 

Disguise? If so its a thinly veiled one, Gordon is practically a Thatcherite!