Dorkington Posted January 26, 2016 Posted January 26, 2016 (edited) I figured it'd be better to have a topic dedicated to it, rather than continuing to derail the Trump thread. Take the test here: https://www.politicalcompass.org/ My results: Here's what they had to say about the 2012 election: https://www.politicalcompass.org/uselection2012 Edited January 26, 2016 by Dorkington
Azalin Posted January 26, 2016 Posted January 26, 2016 Economic Left/Right: 6.13 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.72
KD in CA Posted January 26, 2016 Posted January 26, 2016 Ugh....these things always suck. The level to which the questions are all loaded is just absurd.
DC Tom Posted January 26, 2016 Posted January 26, 2016 Ugh....these things always suck. The level to which the questions are all loaded is just absurd. I ought to make an idiot compass. First question: "Political compasses are accurate. Strongly agree/agree/..."
TakeYouToTasker Posted January 26, 2016 Posted January 26, 2016 I ought to make an idiot compass. First question: "Political compasses are accurate. Strongly agree/agree/..." They aren't perfect, but they do a reasonable job.
/dev/null Posted January 26, 2016 Posted January 26, 2016 My results from yesterday was about 4x and -3y
Dorkington Posted January 26, 2016 Author Posted January 26, 2016 I ought to make an idiot compass. First question: "Political compasses are accurate. Strongly agree/agree/..." They don't need to be accurate necessarily. I think it's more interesting in the relative sense of comparing with your peers.
drinkTHEkoolaid Posted January 26, 2016 Posted January 26, 2016 +2 to the right. -1.8 libertarian. I'm in bottom right quadrant.
shrader Posted January 26, 2016 Posted January 26, 2016 It needs a neutral option because on a lot of the questions, I just didn't care. I wound up at (-0.75, -2.26). I was hoping for 0,0.
FireChan Posted January 26, 2016 Posted January 26, 2016 I figured it'd be better to have a topic dedicated to it, rather than continuing to derail the Trump thread. Take the test here: https://www.politicalcompass.org/ My results: Here's what they had to say about the 2012 election: https://www.politicalcompass.org/uselection2012 Who did you vote/support in the 2012 election?
unbillievable Posted January 26, 2016 Posted January 26, 2016 "Pornography, depicting consenting adults, should be legal for the adult population." I didn't know this was even an issue. I should run for office.
Azalin Posted January 26, 2016 Posted January 26, 2016 "Pornography, depicting consenting adults, should be legal for the adult population." I didn't know this was even an issue. chart.png I should run for office. According to your chart, you could either be all things to everybody, or not a damned thing to anybody.
Deranged Rhino Posted January 26, 2016 Posted January 26, 2016 Economic Left/Right: -4.88 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.44
keepthefaith Posted January 26, 2016 Posted January 26, 2016 Lower right quadrant. An informed electorate would mostly be there.
Deranged Rhino Posted January 26, 2016 Posted January 26, 2016 Lower right quadrant. An informed electorate would mostly be there. Disagree.
unbillievable Posted January 26, 2016 Posted January 26, 2016 According to your chart, you could either be all things to everybody, or not a damned thing to anybody. I don't feel "strongly" about any issue. But I've been accused of being a righty. My position on many issues is "meh". I'm a candidate in touch with the people!
keepthefaith Posted January 26, 2016 Posted January 26, 2016 Disagree. Then we can agree that you're among the less informed. "Pornography, depicting consenting adults, should be legal for the adult population." I didn't know this was even an issue. chart.png I should run for office. It's not too late. The porn industry hasn't endorsed anyone yet.
Deranged Rhino Posted January 26, 2016 Posted January 26, 2016 Then we can agree that you're among the less informed. Fair. I just don't think there is a universality to politics or personal leanings. Smart people, educated people, can have wildly different politics when it comes down to it. Doesn't mean one is more informed than the other -- though sometimes this is true it's not a universal truth. There are plenty of well informed, smart people whose politics I disagree with. Personal political preferences by and large are formed from experience and information -- neither of which are consistent from person to person let alone culture to culture.
TakeYouToTasker Posted January 26, 2016 Posted January 26, 2016 Link Of course it's flawed, you dope. My point wasn't that that specific website was the end-all be-all. I was using it as an example of the x/y axis political spectrum, and how it accounts for all political leanings; and explaining why a simple left-right linear spectrum model was useless.
Recommended Posts