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31. I think he should have come out more in the middle. As I was saying before, my conservative

Sun Aug 12, 2012, 10:16 AM

Aug 2012

friends and relatives seem to land in the green quadrant or near to it, so it seems odd that Obama doesn't make it at least to the cross-hairs in the middle. (It would be cool if the President would take the quiz, just to see where he lands in comparison, but I am sure he is a bit busy just now.)

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UPDATE to the 2012 Political Compass check-in. Take the candidate quiz and add those results too! [View all] GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 OP

Lower left hand corner. No surprise. Faygo Kid Aug 2012 #1

Me too, and I am definitely getting lower as the years pass. :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #3

Lower left corner for me, it's always been like that Warpy Aug 2012 #201

:^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #217

Economic Left/Right: -10.00; Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.85 nt Comrade_McKenzie Aug 2012 #2

You are way down there. :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #4

Proudly. :D nt Comrade_McKenzie Aug 2012 #12

*high five!* GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #21

-8.38 & -7.64 rurallib Aug 2012 #6

Heheh. GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #216

Economic Left/Right: -9.25 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.69. Vincardog Aug 2012 #5

Thanks for checking in. :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #23

Economic Left/Right-(-6.75); Social Libertarian/Authoritarian-(-4.21) Va Lefty Aug 2012 #7

Thanks for posting your numbers. :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #24

I don't even understand what this means. And who are all those people. Rocky Anderson? nt Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #8

They are all candidates for 2012. What it means is a system of plotting where you (and they) land GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #9

There is no way semi-realistic answers to that quiz would put Obama where they put him Orangepeel Aug 2012 #25

That's what lead me to conclude that I must not understand it, because it's wrong. nt Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #28

I find it more accurate LWolf Aug 2012 #159

I think he should have come out more in the middle. As I was saying before, my conservative GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #31

this quiz might actually be valid for all I know; it's the chart with politicians I take issue with Orangepeel Aug 2012 #32

At the very least it was intriguing to see what (some) people from England think about our politics. GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #33

You know, you could have looked it up. HERVEPA Aug 2012 #26

Thank you. O wise one. I didn't need to. I concluded I must not understand, because it's WRONG. Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #29

If you didn't know who Rocky Anderson is, you could look it up. HERVEPA Aug 2012 #114

So what was your score? n/t Egalitarian Thug Aug 2012 #136

They updated the questions. Ruby the Liberal Aug 2012 #10

Yeah, they do change up the questions from time to time it seems. GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #11

I was directly below you...econ -7.75 soc -4.41 Rowdyboy Aug 2012 #19

I enjoy these little quizzes, even if they really don't mean anything. I will be posting more as GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #35

thats almost exactly where I ended up Tribetime Aug 2012 #143

Teen son took it. Is -7.5, -5.23. GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #13

Conservative hubby took it, also landed in the green square. I find the conservatives in my family GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #16

Fellow Green took it: 8.5, -5.28 GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #38

I think it's because LWolf Aug 2012 #160

Probably, esp since we have a couple of specific wedge issues acting as GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #162

12 yo son took it: Economic Left/Right: -5.88 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.05 GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #119

Economic Left/Right: -9.38 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.90 Puregonzo1188 Aug 2012 #14

I was surprised the Green and Socialist candidates weren't further down and leftward. GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #17

O.K., I'm not as authoritarian as I thought I was. ithinkmyliverhurts Aug 2012 #15

LOL It is very easy to make it come out closer to where you want. I think that's why they insist GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #40

Economic: -10.00, Social: -6.33 Odin2005 Aug 2012 #18

A perfect 10, and just in time for the Olympics! (Not that they use those anymore, I guess.) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #41

Economic Left/Right: -6.50//Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.38 CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2012 #20

Thanks for joining in, Peggy! How are you feeling? *hugs* GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #42

Hey, my pleasure! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2012 #43

I hope you are back to full-steam-ahead soon! :^D GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #44

Economic Left/Right: -9.62 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.41 TheKentuckian Aug 2012 #22

Thanks for posting. :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #55

Economic Left/Right: -9.88 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.03. nc4bo Aug 2012 #27

They do change out the questions, so that might have some effect. At the very least, I guess we GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #45

Economic Left/Right: -8.50 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.62 supernova Aug 2012 #30

Ah, I too would like the Scandinavian countries! :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #50

economic 0.0 social libertarian -4.05 rdking647 Aug 2012 #34

That's interesting how it didn't match up with what you thought. It just goes to show that GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #53

Hmm. Economic Left/Right: -8.00 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.31 GaYellowDawg Aug 2012 #188

Economic -7.25; Social -6.87 LeftishBrit Aug 2012 #36

I agree. You should email them and tell them your idea about adding GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #68

Economic Left/Right: -8.38 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.72 Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2012 #37

Thanks for adding your numbers. :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #70

I'm at -7.5 and -6.46 Chisox08 Aug 2012 #39

Thanks for posting. :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #71

Just below Ghandi center rising Aug 2012 #46

Not a bad person to be by. :^D GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #75

Economic left/right .25 and on Social Libertarian/Authoritarian I am -1.28. crimson77 Aug 2012 #47

Thanks for adding your numbers. :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #87

-6.88 on the economic left and -7.69 on the social. TexasTowelie Aug 2012 #48

But 'overall' President Obama is rated as a hard-core Liberal - see chart below Tx4obama Aug 2012 #49

Having trouble finding it. Is it possible for an everyday person to score themselves there? GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #59

Not sure what problem it is that you're having. Tx4obama Aug 2012 #60

No, sorry I was unclear. I found the Obama stuff just fine. Just couldn't find GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #67

Of course, this is a different tool, LWolf Aug 2012 #161

Economic -6.75 Social -5.59 ibegurpard Aug 2012 #51

Thanks for adding your numbers. :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #74

I'm a -7.1,-6.1 MichaelSoE Aug 2012 #52

Thanks for taking the quiz. :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #76

-5.12, -4.00 cleanhippie Aug 2012 #54

I resent the first question immensely. Zorra Aug 2012 #56

I found several of the questions to be oddly worded. Depending on how you GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #57

I'm pretty sure that's kinda the point of the survey... ;) (nt) eqfan592 Aug 2012 #62

LOL Well, yes, but what I meant is that my very liberal Green friend took the quiz, with GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #66

For sure. The fact that the very first question places the phrase "economic globalisation" Zorra Aug 2012 #64

-5.62 & -5.03 ieoeja Aug 2012 #58

Thanks for adding your numbers! :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #77

-8.12, -7.44 Curtland1015 Aug 2012 #61

Thanks for joining the thread. :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #78

It's kinda sad that so many of us are on the exact opposite end of the spectrum from the President.. eqfan592 Aug 2012 #63

It sure does! GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #81

That's if you buy that he's in that grouping ProudToBeBlueInRhody Aug 2012 #86

They justify his grouping here: GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #88

I think there are a lot of flaws in that.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Aug 2012 #89

It's a guessing game, for sure. Also, you can't be certain that a presidency necessarily GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #90

-7.62; -6.15 AtomicKitten Aug 2012 #65

Love your sigpic! :^) I had a kitteh who ate popcorn. GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #94

hey AtomicKitten Aug 2012 #107

-9.38, -9.49 - I'm a bit of a political skeptic. GliderGuider Aug 2012 #69

I am as well....pretty interesting test, tho! NRaleighLiberal Aug 2012 #103

Dam, you beat me! :D tama Aug 2012 #155

-9.25 ~ -8.56....Gone beyond left. Zorra Aug 2012 #72

Thanks for adding your numbers. :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #96

Economic Left/Right: -6.38 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.79 bluedigger Aug 2012 #73

Really? That's very interesting, considering the changing of the questions. :^) I myself GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #111

Economic Left/Right: -10.00 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.67 hunter Aug 2012 #79

you and me too! NRaleighLiberal Aug 2012 #102

-3.25, -4.10 Prism Aug 2012 #80

I figure anyone in the green box is a flaming lib, at least as far as GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #112

... me b zola Aug 2012 #82

Thanks for adding your numbers! :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #113

Your political compass Hatchling Aug 2012 #83

I do too, despite the changing of the of questions. GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #115

Economic Left/Right: -6.12 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.10 Alduin Aug 2012 #84

A few of the questions were worded weirdly to me, and had me taking a stab in the dark for GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #116

Yeah. Alduin Aug 2012 #117

Economic Left/Right: -6.62 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.38 bigwillq Aug 2012 #85

Wow, I though I was a serious lefty HeiressofBickworth Aug 2012 #91

That's ok. It's not about comparing ourselves to each other :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #92

Not comparing, really HeiressofBickworth Aug 2012 #97

I am too. :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #98

Economic Left/Right: -9.62 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.77 alittlelark Aug 2012 #93

I am too. :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #118

no change since the last time I took this SteveG Aug 2012 #95

Down to the exact numbers, or more or less same spot on the grid? GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #121

-7's on both last time as well. (nt) SteveG Aug 2012 #183

ec=-9.88 & soc=-7.59 Starry Messenger Aug 2012 #99

Thanks for joining the fun! :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #120

This is fun.... WCGreen Aug 2012 #100

Yeah, I love doing these things. I really enjoyed having my kids participate too. :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #125

I remember this! Economic -7.88 Social -9.03 - one again, near Gandhi! NRaleighLiberal Aug 2012 #101

A good person to be by. :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #126

very peaceful and quiet. NRaleighLiberal Aug 2012 #127

left/right -7.50 libertarian/authoritarian -6.72 TDale313 Aug 2012 #104

Thanks for adding your numbers. :^) Keep an eye out, there are other kinds of quizzes that may get GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #129

My results DissidentVoice Aug 2012 #105

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Economic Left/Right: -3.12 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.95 Kaleva Aug 2012 #106

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Hopefully you'll put these answers into some kind of graph. Kaleva Aug 2012 #134

I doubt can pull that together. Are you good at that sort of thing? GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #137

No but somebody here might be. Kaleva Aug 2012 #138

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econ -8.62 social -7.23 justabob Aug 2012 #108

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My results beveeheart Aug 2012 #109

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Well here I am. Actually moved a little to the upper right since I last took this test a ways back. eqfan592 Aug 2012 #110

Do you think the last time you took the test was before the most recent GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #147

I am voting straight Greens myself. the nite has 1K eyez Aug 2012 #122

Green Party or candidates in the green quadrant? (Hard to vote a straight Green ticket in most GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #123

Left-Libertarian Renew Deal Aug 2012 #124

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My score: Economic Left/Right: -8.50 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.97 white_wolf Aug 2012 #128

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oooohkay.. AsahinaKimi Aug 2012 #130

Your poor battleship! LOL GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #150

-6.88, -6.36 Spider Jerusalem Aug 2012 #133

Economic Left/Right: -5.88 | Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.10 n/t Egalitarian Thug Aug 2012 #135

Thanks for adding your numbers. :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #157

LOL is Obama really that far to the right on this test? I sorta don't believe that. Jamaal510 Aug 2012 #141

I believe it's because the test is euro-centric Kaleva Aug 2012 #152

Euro-centric with a libertarian bias. baldguy Aug 2012 #168

It looks like I'm the only person here who answered that's in the top half. Kaleva Aug 2012 #170

economic left -7.62....libertarian -3.28 nt Tribetime Aug 2012 #142

Thanks for posting. :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #163

I'm barely hanging on the edge of the table. -9.38, -6.56 Systematic Chaos Aug 2012 #144

Yeah, you're just clinging there, aren't ya? :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #164

Where I usually am. Blue_In_AK Aug 2012 #145

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I'm a -7.88 and a -7.33 immoderate Aug 2012 #151

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Social libertarian aka anarchist tama Aug 2012 #153

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Economic Left/Right: -9.62 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.92 limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #154

Thanks for joining in. I think these things are fun. :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #173

-7.12 (left) -2.92(libertarian) northoftheborder Aug 2012 #156

My theory is that he is probably more liberal than his presidency has been. There have been times GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #174

Far lower left, every time, every year. LWolf Aug 2012 #158

Yeah, even the Socialist and Green aren't down where we are. GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #175

I think I've drifted a bit since last time..... Wounded Bear Aug 2012 #165

Thanks for adding your numbers. :^) I keep drifting leftward and downward, probably for GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #178

Thanks for this.....haven't changed much since the last time I took it.... a kennedy Aug 2012 #167

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I'm almost Smack dab in the middle of everything... -0.62 Left +0.72 Auth (see pic) OneTenthofOnePercent Aug 2012 #171

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Economic Left/Right: -8.00 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.77 SouthernLiberal Aug 2012 #176

Yeah, there were several questions I had problems with as well. GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #185

Mine's about the same as a few years ago Chemisse Aug 2012 #177

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Economic Left: -6.50 Social, Libertarian: -5.28 sakabatou Aug 2012 #181

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Economic Left/Right: -7.88 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.90 n/t phylny Aug 2012 #182

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Economic Left/Right: -7.38 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.41 Proles Aug 2012 #184

I think the numbers would be different if politicians took the quizzes for themselves. GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #192

I don't like how some of the questions are set up. renie408 Aug 2012 #186

Yes, my younger son wasn't sure about some. He's 12 and was concerned that how you answer GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #194

Economic Left/Right: -5.88; Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.00 n/t R. P. McMurphy Aug 2012 #191

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My results... VenusRising Aug 2012 #193

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Strongly libertarian left. Where I have always been. hifiguy Aug 2012 #195

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As I figured, I am left of Obama Xyzse Aug 2012 #196

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Economic Left/Right: -5.38 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.9 Adsos Letter Aug 2012 #197

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Economic Left/Right: -8.62 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.28 nt TBF Aug 2012 #198

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I make Gandhi look like a hardcore rightie. marmar Aug 2012 #200

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Standing NS2012 Aug 2012 #204

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Economic: -8.00 Social: -8.10 Ya Basta Aug 2012 #206

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Hmm. MyshkinCommaPrince Aug 2012 #208

I go further and further southwest each time I take it. GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #214

Economic Left/Right: -8.25; Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.38 VOX Aug 2012 #209

Yeah, you're running out of room! :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #215

Economic Left/Right: -6.38 - Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.95 ellisonz Aug 2012 #218

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kick for anyone who missed it the first time. :^) GreenPartyVoter Sep 2012 #220

Like most of us here... WinstonSmith4740 Sep 2012 #221

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This message was self-deleted by its author littlemissmartypants Sep 2012 #223

That's the candidate selector quiz chart. The quadrant chart is part of the GreenPartyVoter Sep 2012 #224

Which Mitt Romney's views are represented here? tarheelsunc Sep 2012 #225

Heaven only knows! LOL GreenPartyVoter Sep 2012 #226

Libertarian lefty James48 Sep 2012 #227

Yes, indeed! GreenPartyVoter Sep 2012 #228

Economic Left/Right: -8.75 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.77 Spock_is_Skeptical Oct 2012 #229

Oh, no. I don't think you need to commit seppuku. LOL GreenPartyVoter Oct 2012 #230