Political Compass
 

Where do you rank?
http://politicalcompass.org/

I'll post my scores once I'm done... :)

In 2002 I was
Economic Left/Right: 4.50
Authoritarian/Libertarian: 1.95

In 2005 (about a year ago) I was
Economic Left/Right: 3.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.69

Now I am
Economic Left/Right: 5.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.46

Fun to see where the point on the map has gone :)

:wow: scored -3.5 economic and -1.79 social

considering I mostly vote republican, went (my choice) to a military college in the '60's, flew in the Navy, worked at my family business (27+yrs)(which also did ~50% defense related work), made most of my money in the stock market, I find myself more a Southern Democrat than a Yankee Republican.

Very interesting.

Economic Left/Right: 4.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.28

Economic Left/Right: -3.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.36

Economic Left/Right: -4.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.51

...wifey is -3.50 / -2.41. Guess we're a good match!

Come on guy and gals! Take the test and post. So far, Ricky and I are the only right-thinking individuals! :)

ricky.agrawal : 5.25 / -2.46
burkleymh : -3.5 / 1.79
statdoc : 4.00 / 1.28
WagnerX5 : -3.38 / -0.36
DinanX5 : -4.50 / -2.51
Mrs. DinanX5 : -3.50 / -2.41

What I'm really curious is how much I'll change again after a year or two in college. I know from 2002 to now I've had two very liberal-minded history teachers (apparently they said they taught that perspective to outbalance the conservative textbook.. which it was so I appreciate that). On top of that I've been taught that the (I hope I get this term right) political dichromatism doesn't mean much in ways of how an individuals actions can be categorized. Oh so much blah blah blah :)

This will be fun to see where people side once elections start up!

I'm hangin' with Gandhi.

Economic Left/Right: -3.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.67

No suprise here...

Economic Left/Right: -7.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.92

Economic left/right: 2.38
Social libertarian/authoritarian: 2.00

Agreed! Surveys like this are fun (I've been passing it around the office... ), and sometimes they're even enlightening. e.g. I know a couple of people here at work that fancy themselves pretty conservative, but their 'compass' reading pointed more toward Gandhi than Bush!!
Like you said Ricky, this doesn't mean their actions/beliefs will always stay consistent with this 'for fun' survey, but it tells me that sometimes people allow themselves to be herded into a certain camp of thought and politics, when in reality, they're more aligned elsewhere... ;)

Wow! You make Gandhi look mainstream :rofl:

Yeah, I'm a bleeding heart AirAmerica, MoveOn, ACLU, Sierra Club liberal that works for the man and drives a Bimmer. :rofl:

do you have a Sprint phone as your way of sticking it to the man as well? :stickpoke j/k :)

HAHAHA...

i'm about smack in the middle.. LOL
Economic Left/Right: -0.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.10

Economic Left/Right: -4.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.67

Economic Left/Right: -4.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.13

Interesting post considering I just voted today. Frankly, I'm a bit surpised at my economic score but I attribute that to the choice and wording of the questions.

I couldn't bring myself to vote for the party I support because the local candidate is a bit of a Nazi. He's on record for calling Nelson Mandela a terrorist.

Name: econ/social
ricky.agrawal : 5.25 / -2.46
burkleymh : -3.5 / 1.79
statdoc : 4.00 / 1.28
WagnerX5 : -3.38 / -0.36
DinanX5 : -4.50 / -2.51
Mrs. DinanX5 : -3.50 / -2.41
JV: -3.50/-4.67
RealShakaZulu: -7.25/ -4.92
x5GuyInLA: 2.38/ 2.00
hayaku: -0.75/ 0.10
iMPAKT: -3.00/ -0.51
Xtreme53: -2.38/ -5.49
SILENTx5: -4.63/ 0.67
alpine rasta: -4.5/ -3.13
rayxi: -0.88/ -2.82

Economic Left/Right: -2.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.18

Economic Left/Right: 8.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.21

Just North of Friedman!

Economic Left/Right: 2.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.03


Dennis

Speaking of politics, the Conservatives won! :thumbup:

The Liberals' leader, Paul Martin (former PM), has quit politics today, immediatly after being defeated. :rofl:

I was at 4.00/-0.56

I complain all the time about our Libertarian Governor masquerading as a Republican. Maybe I should cozy up to him instead.

We need more people like you in Ontario. :)

Economic Left/Right: -0.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.97

Economic Left/Right: 4.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.03

Looks like rebound, ylwjacket and I are the only libertarians around here.

Did anyone else look at the International chart? No libertarians at all!...and we wonder why we have problems :p

Economic Left/Right: 2.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.28

Economic Left/Right: -2.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.59

Interesting.. according to the scores of world leaders, guess who's the biggest right wing fascist :yikes:

Name: econ/social
ricky.agrawal : 5.25 / -2.46
burkleymh : -3.5 / 1.79
statdoc : 4.00 / 1.28
WagnerX5 : -3.38 / -0.36
DinanX5 : -4.50 / -2.51
Mrs. DinanX5 : -3.50 / -2.41
JV: -3.50/-4.67
RealShakaZulu: -7.25/ -4.92
x5GuyInLA: 2.38/ 2.00
hayaku: -0.75/ 0.10
iMPAKT: -3.00/ -0.51
Xtreme53: -2.38/ -5.49
SILENTx5: -4.63/ 0.67
alpine rasta: -4.5/ -3.13
rayxi: -0.88/ -2.82
Bavarian: -2.75/ 1.18
Rebound: 8.25/ 0.21
BlueX5guy: 2.38/ 1.03
Ylwjacket: 4.00/ -0.56
X5Jones: -0.50/ 0.97
Vinuneuro: 4.75/ -3.03
Parrothead: 2.38/ -1.28
B&DCalgary: -2.00/ -1.59

Hey, but you're in Toronto and the Conservatives got shut out in Toronto. What gives? Are they afraid they won't be the "center of the universe" with a Conservative government? I hate Harper's social and religious views, but it was definitely time for a change. He'll no doubt tone his personal views down a bit now that he's in power in a minority position.

I didn't even know I was libertarian - I thought I was conservative!

(I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken)