Political Test - What are you politically?

[johnaries]

A co-worker sent this on-line test to see how your opinions categorize your "political" position:
http://www.okcupid.com/politics

Well, no big surprize, I was categorized as a "Strong Democrat".

What I liked, though, was the explanation of a "Strong Democrat":

"You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness."

A "well developed sense of Right and Wrong" and "economic fairness". There, you RW hypocrits, take THAT for your supposed "Values" support! :toast:

I wonder how the average freeper would be described?

Any trolls here brave enough to take the test and then let us all know?

:evilgrin:

[Dave Reynolds]

1. And the survey sez..

I am a social liberal (68% permissive),
an economic liberal (28% permissive),

which makes me just a garden-variety democrat.

[newyawker99]

53. Hi Dave Reynolds!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[mike_c]

2. socialist here....

At least that's my "score." Guess that means I'm more liberal than you are, nah nah na-nah nah.

on edit: social liberal 83 percent permissive, economic liberal 1 percent permissive!! Yes, that's ONE PERCENT. I got yer FIVE YEAR PLAN, 'bro....

[johnaries]

5. Dang! maybe I screwed up

when I said 2 consenting adults SHOULD be able to blow each other's brains out!

Personally, if they're stupid enough to think that's a viable solution, then the loser should get a Darwin Award!

[RazzleCat]

69. super liberal also

also socialist

[darkism]

91. Socialist

Social Liberal
(80% permissive)


Economic Liberal
(8% permissive)

[PowerToThePeople]

78. grrrr.

social liberal 70%
economic liberal 8%

You are best described as a: Socialist
You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness.

Hillary's right upper chest.
Clinton 08!!!!

Damn! I need to work on it a bit. Better re-read Marx.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

82. I've taken this quiz before.

It told me I was a socialist.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

83. I'm a socialist too - but not as much as you are.....

Social Liberal
(75% permissive)

Economic Liberal
(10% permissive)

[rbnyc]

89. me too

You are a

Social Liberal
(81% permissive)

and an...

Economic Liberal
(10% permissive)

You are best described as a:

Socialist

You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness. loc: (118, -150)
modscore: (6, 49)

[wellstone dem]

3. I was best described as a

Socialist and I also exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness.

Social liberal 80% permissive
Economic liberal 3% permissive

And on the "famous persons" graph I'm right on Ghandi's shoulder.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

38. Socialist too...

Social liberal 70% permissive
Economic liberal 15% permissive
You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness.

and I'm at Ghandi's collarbone

[magellan]

45. Well, shove over, Wellstone Dem

'Cause I'm on Gandhi's shoulder with you! :)

[BamaLefty]

4. Here I am

You are a

Social Liberal
(68% permissive)



and an...

Economic Liberal
(25% permissive)



You are best described as a:


Democrat


You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness.

[BamaLefty]

7. Why Am I not A Strong Dem?

Never vote Repub...


OVERALL
How People Came Down On The Issues


46% pro-choice

30% pro-death penalty

39% for gun control

30% against the War on Drugs

17% for the War on Iraq


Election breakdown:

KERRY: 46,045 BUSH: 23,247

[johnaries]

14. Uh-oh, now I'm wondering if that's a pat answer for every category?!?!?

:shrug:

[hfojvt]

84. Yes, it is

I took the test and tried to answer it like a Republican would, rather than answering what I think. I came up with Strong Republican and it said "you exhibit a well-developed sense of right and wrong and believe in economic fairness". I ended up in Reagan and Bush and O'Reilly's quadrant. It is kinda interesting how they put Kerry in the center, rather than on the far left as so many people seem to think (both The Nation and George Will argued that he is a liberal, supposedly more liberal than Mondale if Will can be believed).

[GreenPartyVoter]

I will try the one out, though I am partial to the Political Compass

one.

http://timeforachange.bluelemur.com/

[johnaries]

22. Whoa, that is a good one! Nice that they have 2 to try so you can compare

I only tried the first one, and like most "tests", some of the questions are pretty obvious. I'm just as far left as Ghandi, but more Libertarian. I have to try the other test, now!

I actually used to consider myself "moderate", because I thought "well, of course, this is how any average person would think". This was pre-Bush, btw. I was suprised to find out just how "Liberal" I was. I'm curious, I wonder how I would have scored under previous political climates?

(Dang it! I'm Hooked!)

[GreenPartyVoter]

24. Well I liked the slect smart candidate selector too, though

it lacks a nice visual image like a graph. *g*

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[Ediacara]

6. I came up as a socialist

Which was somewhat surprising.

You are a

Social Liberal
(81% permissive)

and an...

Economic Liberal
(8% permissive)

You are best described as a:

Socialist

You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness.

ON EDIT: I'm looking through this again, and trying to find why it thinks I'm so economically restrictive. I want to subsidize museums, I don't believe in any social Darwinist theory concerning homelessness, I don't feel guilty shopping at national chains, social justice is a good thing, I think people shouldn't have kids they can't pay for, I think the world would be better if there were fewer walmarts, most professional athletes are paid too much, I want better environmental laws, I don't think bigpharma should charge whatever they please, people don't have to starve to death, outsourcing of jobs does bother me, I am not strongly bothered that people lose some jobs because of environmental regs, I don't think that being poor is an advantage to getting into college (or anything else), I don't believe that selling a vote for cash is ok, I think going on strike is a right, small farmers should be subsidized if they need it, etc.....

I'm a lefty, no doubt, and I don't mind being called a socialist. It's just that I'm not one....

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

8. Here's my score:

You are a

Social Liberal
(76% permissive)



and an...

Economic Liberal
(10% permissive)



You are best described as a:


Socialist


You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness. loc: (99, -150)

I'm right on Hillary's collarbone. What's up w/ that?

[Eugene]

9. Socialist

Social Liberal: 75% permissive
Economic Liberal: 20% permissive

You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and
believe in economic fairness.

[kweerwolf]

10. No surprise here ...

I'm a socialist.

So, anybody have the lyrics of "The Internationale"?

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[GreenPartyVoter]

11. Socialist: 76% Social Liberal, 3% Economic liberal

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[diddlysquat]

12. I turned out to be a Socialist as well

80% permissive social liberal

10% permissive economic liberal

[_NorCal_D_]

37. I got

the exact same score. :thumbsup:

[Somawas]

13. Socialist

86% social liberal
13% economic liberal

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[Synnical]

65. Same exact score n/t

[Democrat Dragon]

17. My result was

Social Liberal(60%) and Economic Liberal(18%)

"You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness"

And my made-up law is:

If it is discovered that an elected official was elected by fraud and disenfranshisement to such as scale that it effected the outcome, by 2/3 of the official's term, a recall election must be held at two months maximum after the discovery

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[Ediacara]

19. What I find interesting

Is that the Pope is in Vader's corner, so to speak...

[Todd B]

21. Not really.

Not really interesting. He is on the border of Republican, Centrism, and Totalitarianism - most of the policies of the Catholic Church tend to lean to the right, close to totalitarianism.

I'm not trying to be sarcastic, but that is how I interpret them as.

[Todd B]

20. My results.

Alright, I fit in here! :D

I found this test to be very general, though. It didn't seem to have too many options between Democrat and Socialist. How about progressive or plain 'ol liberal options?

Social Liberal (76% permissive)
Economic Liberal (18% permissive)

Again, like others, I'm shocked that I'm so restrictive when it comes to economics. I thought I would of been more permissive.

Also, because I'm clueless, does anyone know who is to the top left of Hillary? Between Kerry and Hillary, I mean. Is that Bono next to him?

Oh, and I'm not trying to start anything, but anyone notice that Bin Laden lies in the lower ranks of the Republicans? ;)

[InformedSource]

23. Closest I can come to defining myself is: Leftwing Libertarian n/t

[Bucky]

25. Man I hate these damn tests. They always say I'm libertarian lite.

I'm not a libertarian, for crying out loud! I'm generally a big government liberal. I just think government regulation should be limited by means testing. But when regulation is called for, the feds should appear, in Alexander Hamilton's words, "like an Hercules" before its opponents. It's just that the damned tests don't allow for my nuances. Stoopid humans.

Um, I mean, stoopid softwares!

Fine, fine. I'll take the test. I can't keep away. But I won't like the results, I'm telling ya upfront.

[johnaries]

29. So, Bucky, I gotta ask: what did ya get? eom

[Bucky]

34. Hey, it said I'm a liberal Democrat! Hooray!!!

These tests are still crap of course. Knowing how they work, I can't be sure I wasn't tailoring my answers just a bit to get the results I wanted. But it's still cool getting the right label for once. That's Social Liberal (70% permissive) and Economic Liberal (26% permissive). Yeh, baby!!

[Fla_Democrat]

26. I wonder if my answer to

It should be legal for two consenting adults to challenge each other to a duel and fight a Death Match.
Skewed the results any. :evilgrin:

[u4ic]

27. Socialist

Social liberal 71 %
Economic liberal 6%

[Bucky]

28. The Holocaust question was tricky

It said "A person has the right to claim the Holocaust never happened, if that's what he believes." I think such people are dangerous morons, but they absolutely have the right to say what they think. Trick questions will skew the results of tests like this. They need to be less cute and more direct in their questions. Even if life is more nuanced than a philosophical questionnaire, the questionnaire itself needs to be as simplified as possible.

[American Tragedy]

62. If you think they have the right to say what they think, then the answer

is obviously AGREE or STRONGLY AGREE. It doesn't ask whether you think they're serving mankind.

These questions address whether you believe there should be legal repercussions, not whether you like it. I think that AIDS denialists are truly dangerous in a very real and immediate way, especially if people are persuaded to forego protection against the disease. However, what kind of a world would we live in, if people were fined or imprisoned simply for questioning widely accepted knowledge and theories?

Personally, I've made a hobby out of ripping Holocaust revisionists apart in debates, so I say let them make fools of themselves. Why lend credibility to their posturing as oppressed whistleblowers? The truth will always ruin them.

[leftofthedial]

30. me and gandhi

You are a
Social Liberal
(81% permissive)


and an...
Economic Liberal
(3% permissive)


You are best described as a:

Socialist

You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness.

I'm feeling pretty reactionary today.

[BeTheChange]

87. Socialist

You are a

Social Liberal
(73% permissive)


and an...

Economic Liberal
(16% permissive)


You are best described as a:

Socialist

Im little dot is right over Hillary's mouth, I can see her lips peaking through the center.. kinda spooky.

[leftofthedial]

88. I'm on Gandhi

right next to hillary

[bamacrat]

31. Liberal on both I like the Death match one and number 29

[deadparrot]

32. Socialist:

Social Liberal (86% permissive) and Economic Liberal (15% permissive).

[flaminbats]

39. great minds think alike..

Social Liberal (91% permissive) and Economic Liberal (15% permissive) :toast:

[bling bling]

33. I am best described as a Strong Democrat

Social Liberal: 73% permissive
Economic Liberal: 25% permissive

[PROGRESSIVE1]

35. kick

[RBHam]

36. I'm on the cusp of "Socialist and Democrat."

I'm like Ghandi, only with a gun and a hash pipe.

"You are a Social Liberal
(70% permissive)

and an...

Economic Liberal
(21% permissive)

You are best described as a:

Strong Democrat

You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness."

[Ed C. Finley]

40. I love these tests!!!!

Social liberal, economic conservative. Up near Adam Sandlers picture on the personalities page.

[Swamp Rat]

41. Usually I can fool these tests 100% of the time

You are a Social Liberal (91% permissive) - DAMN! I made a mistake somewhere!

and an... Economic Liberal (0% permissive) - I aced this part. ;)

You are best described as a: Socialist - WRONG! I'm a swamp rodent.

[MrSlayer]

42. Socialist but I'm right on the Democrat cusp.

You are a

Social Liberal
(80% permissive)


and an...

Economic Liberal
(21% permissive)


You are best described as a:

Socialist


You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness.

[BlueEyedSon]

43. This is a dating site, you think their test is accurate?

[UdoKier]

44. I'm a Socialist.

"71% permissive social liberal

10% permissive economic liberal

You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness."


Supposedly, I'm right by Hillary Clinton, Which is funny since I consider her to be a right-winger...

[last1standing]

46. My button was plastered over Ghandi.

I can't think of much better company.

Social and Economic Liberal here. :)

[bklyncowgirl]

47. Socialist

Among famous people I was smack dab on top of Hillary Clinton (hey, I'm further left than she is) and Bono (Cool, I'll take some of that even though his last album sucked) and a little to the right of Gandhi.

[Lilith Velkor]

48. "I would dictate nothing. Let the goons get real jobs."

That was me.

I'm a Socialist BTW.

[New Democrat]

49. I guess Im a right winger..

well compared to everyone else here



Social Liberal
(65% permissive)

Economic Liberal
(28% permissive)

You are best described as a:

Democrat

You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness. loc: (56, -82)

[BBradley]

72. Socialist

You are a

Social Liberal
(88% permissive)



and an...

Economic Liberal
(3% permissive)



You are best described as a:


Socialist


You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness.

[bdot]

50. ...

This test was not a good one. It forces you to answer some questions when you have no opinion either way.
Plus there is no answer to question #15. There should have been a choice of: "How would I know?"

I was almost on the cross hair on this test but I know if I took it multiple times I would pick different choices just because I was forced to pick something for every question.

[newyawker99]

54. Hi bdot!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Fleurs du Mal]

51. Yet another Socialist n/t

[Northwind]

52. Socialist

Social Liberal 88%
Economic Liberal 3%

And my dictatorial law:

"I would dictate that the public referencing of any kind of religion by any public official would be punishable by immediate removal from office and a fine amounting to a percentage of their assets, graded progressively."

In the famous people photos I am sitting proudly next to Ghandi.

[MsTryska]

55. well whaddya know?

i'm a socialist tucked in right between Hilary Clinton and Mahatma Gandhi.

[dr.strangelove]

56. Socialist Here

You are best described as a:
Socialist
You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness. loc: (112, -119)
modscore: (11, 48)
raw: (1545)

[captainslack]

57. I was a Socialist

66% Social Liberal & 18% Economic Liberal. Just to the left of Hillary Clinton and to the right of Mikhail Gorbachev.

And I'm from North Carolina?!?! :crazy:

[King Coal]

58. I'm a dagnab socialist.

Only 17% in favor of the war in Iraq? Let's get out of there, then.

[huskerlaw]

59. I'm a socialist!

Right there in between Hillary Clinton and Ghandi. Good company. :)

[LWolf]

60. Apparently, I'm a Socialist.

I've never defined myself as a socialist, but that's fine, since I'm apparently one of the few not bothered by the labels "liberal," "leftie," "socialist," etc.; I am what I am.


You are a Social Liberal (75% permissive)

and an... Economic Liberal (3% permissive)

You are best described as a: Socialist

You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness.

[American Tragedy]

61. I wonder how they mapped Darth Vader's politics

As for me, I am:

Social Liberal (90% permissive) Economic Liberal (30% permissive)

I'm a strong liberal who leans somewhat libertarian. Yeah, I know, a lot of people here hate that. But I'm in good company according to the test - I'm situated between Ghandi and MLK.

[earth mom]

63. Here's mine...Socialist

You are a

Social Liberal
(76% permissive)


and an...

Economic Liberal
(5% permissive)


You are best described as a:
Socialist

You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness.

[txaslftist]

64. Just a plain old "democrat"...

Here I thought I was "strong" and all...

Frigginfrigger frig frig.

[TWiley]

66. Evidently, I am a "Strong Democrat"

76% Social permissiveness and 25% economic permissiveness.

[txaslftist]

67. Now how do you get "strong" and I don't?`

I cry foul!

[TWiley]

68. I was holding my jaw just right.

eh eh eh.

[maxpower]

70. Socialist here

It could be a lot worse I suppose.

[Eyeball Kid]

71. Another Socialist.

A Social Liberal (88% permissive) and an Economic Liberal (6% permissive).

Howzabout a rising chorus of Solidarity Forever?

[jpgray]

73. 91% Social Liberal, 5% Economic Liberal (nt)

[Ando]

74. Totalitarian!

Wow, I never would have pegged myself as a Totalitarian. I was pretty close to being a Centrist too.

[greyfox]

75. Hmmmmmmm I am....

You are a
Social Moderate
(55% permissive)

and an...

Economic Liberal
(23% permissive)

You are best described as a:

Democrat

You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness. loc: (18, -100)
modscore: (14, 33)

[youngred]

76. Socialist

You are a :
Social Liberal
(76% permissive)
Economic Liberal
(13% permissive)

You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness.

I think this test has a left-wing bias though. The takers certainly do.

[Siyahamba]

77. I'm right where Hilary Clinton is

Yet I'm a "Socialist." :shrug:

[Katidid]

79. My sister calls me a "Radical Democrat", but

according to this I am a

Social Liberal
(73% permissive)

an...

Economic Liberal
(18% permissive)

You are best described as a:
Socialist: You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness.

I'm confused .... Am I still a "Radical Democrat"?

:shrug: ???

[BR_Parkway]

80. Democrat

You are a

Social Liberal
(71% permissive)

and an...

Economic Liberal
(36% permissive)

You are best described as a:

Democrat


You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness. loc: (81, -50)
modscore: (22, 43)
raw: (2640)



Of course they can have a duel, why would anyone want to stop them?

[amjucsc]

81. Wow...

Only 46% of the people who took the survey were pro choice, and only 30% were against the war on drugs. That's a little scary.

[More Than A Feeling]

85. Shock of shocks, I am a Democrat

63% socially liberal
33% economically liberal

[CornField]

86. I'm Ghandi

Who knew? :D

You are a
Social Liberal
(85% permissive)

and an...
Economic Liberal
(10% permissive)

You are best described as a:
Socialist

[azoth]

104. That is the EXACT same thing I got.

.

[LSK]

90. democrat

You are a

Social Liberal
(61% permissive)


and an...

Economic Liberal
(31% permissive)


You are best described as a:

Democrat


You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness. loc: (43, -69)
modscore: (19, 37)

[boi1946]

92. Another socialist here....

and I would love to see the goons force the leaders of the government which declares war, or invades another country, plus their immediate family, to be on the front lines of the first battle!

[Old Mouse]

93. Socialist

The questions slant everyone left. Not really a fair test, but it does get you to fill out their political survey at the end that you would usually ignore.

[cattleman22]

94. Breakdown of Kerry voters

Most Kerry voters were in just one quadrant of the axis. Bush voters appeared to be in 3 quadrants. Why is it that Kerry voters seemed to be so similar while Bush was able to pull in voters from a wide variety of philosophies. That does not make much sense to me.

[Kitka]

95. Socialist: 76% permissive social liberal, 13% permissive economic liberal

Interesting.

[Rapcw]

96. Socialist

[ConservativeDemocrat]

97. Democrat...

Not centrist. Not "Strong". Just Democrat.
Seems OK to me.

I think, however, that the author of this quiz is as tilted to the right as the British authors of www.politicalcompass.org are tilted to the left. Members of the D.U. are generally firm leftists, but they're hardly "socialist".

- C.D. Proud Member of the Reality Based Community

[Vadem]

98. Socialist, here!.....

You are a

Social Moderate
(55% permissive)


and an...

Economic Liberal
(3% permissive)


You are best described as a:

Socialist


You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness.

[DemGirl7]

99. I'm a Democrat...

not that it is shocking to me...

[Nadienne]

100. I pretended to be a RWer, and this is what I got:

You are a

Social Conservative
(10% permissive)



and an...

Economic Conservative
(95% permissive)



You are best described as a:


Fascist


You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness.

[Cascadian]

101. That's a fun test. I am considered a "Strong Democrat"

On political ideologies part, I was considered a Democratic/Socialist which did not surprise me. Thanks for showing us that test.


John

[mvd]

102. I came out a socialist

Well, I'm pretty close if not quite there. I believe in opportunity but also believe in taxing the richest a lot more than we are doing now.

[AbbeyRoad]

103. It says I'm best described as socialist

80% social liberal

and

3% economic liberal

You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness.

I'm ok with that description.

[Dhalgren]

105. I am a bloody commie/pinko/fag - what a shock...