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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
Thanks for checking in. :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #131
Economic Left/Right: -3.12 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.95 Kaleva Aug 2012 #106
Thanks for adding your numbers. :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #132
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
Thanks! :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #139
econ -8.62 social -7.23 justabob Aug 2012 #108
Thanks for adding your numbers. :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #140
My results beveeheart Aug 2012 #109
Thanks for checking in. :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #146
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
Thanks for adding your numbers! :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #148
My score: Economic Left/Right: -8.50 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.97 white_wolf Aug 2012 #128
Thanks for posting. :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #149
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
Thanks for checking in. :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #166
I'm a -7.88 and a -7.33 immoderate Aug 2012 #151
:^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #169
Social libertarian aka anarchist tama Aug 2012 #153
Thanks for adding your numbers. :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #172
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
Thanks for checking in. :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #179
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
Thanks for posting. :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #187
Economic Left: -6.50 Social, Libertarian: -5.28 sakabatou Aug 2012 #181
Thanks for adding your numbers. :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #189
Economic Left/Right: -7.88 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.90 n/t phylny Aug 2012 #182
Thanks for posting. :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #190
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
Thanks for checking in. :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #199
My results... VenusRising Aug 2012 #193
Thank you for sharing your numbers. :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #202
Strongly libertarian left. Where I have always been. hifiguy Aug 2012 #195
Thanks for adding your numbers. :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #203
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
Thanks for adding your numbers. :^) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #219
kick for anyone who missed it the first time. :^) GreenPartyVoter Sep 2012 #220
Like most of us here... WinstonSmith4740 Sep 2012 #221
Thanks for adding your numbers. :^) GreenPartyVoter Sep 2012 #222
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
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