Where do you fall on the Political Compass?

[leftupnorth]

www.politicalcompass.org

If you've never seen this site or taken this test, K&R this for others that haven't.

I really like how they seperate social and economic ideology into different axes, it really helped me solidify my political ideology. I'm not saying this an end-all be-all, but it's a powerful tool to help foster political understanding.

[MrSlayer]

1. I always end up just left of Ghandi.

Even with my death penalty stance.

[LilyLibber]

11. I, too, am left of Gandhi

and a little south of him, too.

Economic Left/Right: -7.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.38

Cool survey, thanks! :hi:

[jackster]

25. ME TOO!

And I think the questions change some don't they.

No matter what, I always come more left and more libertarian than Ghandi.

We're in good company thought - Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama. And OPPOSITE Little Lord Pissypants.

[GreenPartyVoter]

40. Left and south of Gandhi

[MemphisTiger]

2. Libertarian/Left here

Economic Left/Right: -2.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.85

That was a fun survey

[Sammy Pepys]

3. I get a different score everytime on these I think...

Todays score is -1.98 (left), -1.35 (libertarian)

[BlackVelvet04]

4. Economically left and socially

libertarian.

[Red State Prisoner]

5. Just left of center...

but a lefty none the less. :)

[EFerrari]

6. I managed to stay on the grid this time. lol

Economic Left/Right: -7.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.69

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

33. By a pixel...

:applause:

[BOSSHOG]

7. Libertarian Left -3.5 ECON/-5.03 Social Libertarian

I'm a Ghandiesque Hog!

[TahitiNut]

8. Here's where DU scored, from a poll I ran a couple of years ago.

And here's where I scored ...

[obreaslan]

13. I think that is about right. I fall in the northern part of the 59% box. n/t

[Ediacara]

21. Interestingly... they plot John Kerry in the upper right quadrant

I think there may be a substantial difference between how people plot themselves, and how people are plotted by third parties.

[TahitiNut]

30. This has been true of DU for awhile.

Some DUers seem to call themselves 'centrists' or 'moderates' not because that's actually where their political preferences are, but that's a word that sounds good to them. It's a form of self-deception or self-denial, I think. While Kucinich is far, far closer to the philosoophy of the vast majority of DUers (and the country, imho), people - even DUers - are cajoled and deluded by the nicer haircut, the more erect strut, the more self-satisfied posture - even the media's embrace. Like it or not, folks climb on the more comfortable bandwagons. Even when it's not going where they want to go.

[BlueStorm]

28. Hey how were you able

to post the image of the graph on here?

Blue

[TahitiNut]

32. Simple. Screen capture, edit, save, post.

It takes about 10-15 minutes. :shrug:

[longship]

9. Firmly to the Libertarian/Left

Not in the corner, but pretty damned close to it.

[obreaslan]

10. Always Left of Ghandi...

Every time I take this...

:)

[elehhhhna]

34. Same here. We're dangerous! LOL

[Cerridwen]

12. Yep, down in that bottom left corner, as usual...

Economic Left/Right: -9.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -9.08

[Ediacara]

14. I'm down in the Gandhi-zone

Economic Left/Right: -6.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.31

[Hoosier Dem]

15. Slightly Libertarian/Left here...

I'm between Ghandi and the center axis.

[queenbdem87]

16. Down in the Corner past Ghandi.

[radfringe]

17. me

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -5.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.18

[alfredo]

18. I am way down the in the bottom left

in the area they call Libertarian Socialism. I do have a touch of anarchist in me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_socialism

[sinkingfeeling]

19. I'm sitting on Ghandi's lap.

[Greyhound]

20. I seem to have become slightly more extreme in the last 6 - 9 months

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -7.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.64

[Hell Hath No Fury]

38. Likewise...

the first time I saw this on DU (many years ago) I took this and was just about right where Gandhi was located.

Now I am even more left and much more libertarian!

Economic Left/Right: -7.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.77

[jobycom]

22. I'm a far left social libertarian. Odd, I don't feel like one. I feel like an American.

But who can argue with web pages? :shrug:

[Initech]

23. Here's my results

Authoritarians would find plenty of common ground.
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -6.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.36

[JudyM]

24. Due Left of the Dalai Lama

Economic Left/Right: -6.75; Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.51

[Crandor]

26. Economic Left/Right: -7.13 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.74

2 axes is better than one, but IMO it's still pretty inaccurate for characterizing people's politics. I have a feeling that Elton "Ban All Religion" John would probably score more social libertarian than me :rofl:

[BlueStorm]

27. Here's where I stand...

Economic Left/Right: -7.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.54

I can't seem to paste the image on here though but I am pretty far in the lower left corner.

Blue

[Brazenly Liberal]

29. southwest of Gandhi

These things always say I'm more Libertarian than I am. But I really AM that far left! Oh yes, indeedy.

[porphyrian]

31. Economic Left/Right: -6.63, Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.13 today. - n/t

[Beelzebud]

35. Left Libertarian. Which is true.

[Marie26]

36. Libertarian left

Sounds about right. It's an interesting test; right now, it seems like the Libertarian Right & Left might have more in common than either does w/the Authoritarian branches of their respective ideologies.

[RiverStone]

37. Left/Libertarian

[PreacherCasey]

39. Economic Left/Right: -4.25 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.05

just to the right of the lama

[readmoreoften]

41. Southwest of every famous point they plotted. /nt

[casus belli]

42. Economic Left/Right: -5.25, Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.38 , Me and the Dalai Lama.

Not bad company, me thinks. That was fun, thanks for the link.

[jokerman93]

43. Yikes!

Pretty far South-Left of Gandhi. lol.

Economic Left/Right: -8.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.69

(I think my unconventional views on mass sterilization might have skewed it a bit to the right though.)
:yoiks:
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[Gwerlain]

44. I always come out around -6 -6.