The Political Compass test!

[Olas]

You're all gonna want to hold your breath for this one.

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Look at me breaking the mold. But in all honesty I really think this test has a strong bias, and I find it hard to believe that Obama and all democratic senators fall in the top right side of this chart.
consider myself to be pretty much aligned with the president on most issues yet according to this we're practically opposites.

 

[Your Gaffer]

I have a pretty big problem with how many of these questions are worded. There is a very strong bias towards the left in the text of the questions. I also find the lack of a neutral option troubling.

Economic Left-Right: 0.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.41

A neutral option would be pointless! Also, if you saw a bias it was your own bias as these questions do not make value judgements at all, you are viewing them through your own values. Very interesting to see how people interpret the test.

 

[No social life]

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-2.75&soc=-3.79

For some reason I feel ashamed to post it.

 

[Jordy Hartog]

I seem to be with most of you guys (on the first page, anyway): http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-3.75&soc=-4.97

 

[Supertegwyn]

A bit more Libertarian than I thought, but relatively close I suppose.

 

[Jumpingbean3]

Gotta say I thought I'd be leaning more to the Authoritarian side.

 

[Syzygy23]

I dunno how to post the image here, but I landed just a CENTIMETER from the center, pointing towards the lower left.

I always knew God rolled me up as True Neutral.

 

[PlagueRat]

Economic Left/Right: -4.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.77

Doesn't surprise me at all. And if I had my parents take this... oh how far the fruit fell from the tree. I'm blaming spontaneous wormholes considering that they'll probably be far right and in the blue

 

[Magical029]

Economic Left/Right: -5.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.56

Hmm. Would have thought more Authoritarian, but eh.

 

[Frankster]

Cool now i know what to describe myself as next time an american asks me what my political affiliation is: im a left leaning libertarian!

Im -5.75 eco left/right and -3.79 in social authoritanian/libertarian leanings

 

[NotALiberal]

Pretty much where I thought I would have been. I'm liberal, but still strict on certain policies that I feel passionately about.

Spoiler: Have a look see...

Wow, pretty much mine. I'm actually surprised at how "left" I am economically, but I thought I'd be more libertarian.

I suppose not supporting abortion unless it is life threatening killed my libertarianism.

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[TKretts3]

I actually took this exact test for a politics class a few months ago and it was somewhat different. It was still in the purple but my dot was only a tad below the X-Axis. Although I did predict that it would go down more towards Libertarian.

Also shouldn't this topic be in the Religion and Politics section?

EDIT: Am I the only one on the right...?

 

[nerd51075]

I have a pretty big problem with how many of these questions are worded. There is a very strong bias towards the left in the text of the questions. I also find the lack of a neutral option troubling.

Economic Left-Right: 0.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.41

A neutral option would be pointless! Also, if you saw a bias it was your own bias as these questions do not make value judgements at all, you are viewing them through your own values. Very interesting to see how people interpret the test.

I see left-bias because of the particular wording, as many of the questions are worded in extreme ways, for example, one question asked "Because corporations cannot be trusted to protect the environment, they require regulation." The wording implies that corporations cannot be trusted to protect the environment, regardless of whether you agree that they need regulation, hence a leftward bias. The questions makes an assumption, and leads you towards a particular conclusion. That is the very definition of bias.

 

[Tanner The Monotone]

Mine looks almost exactly the same as OP's, but I'm almost entirely certain that's just a coincidence!

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I took this a long time ago.

It was .5 right and 0 up/down

I knew my political thinkings was like that of a robot.

 

[tangoprime]

I'd post mine... but all I'd really have to do is quote any of the ones on the first page.

 

[Aedes]

Yeah, doesn't surprise me the least.
Way too many like minded on the escapists, it seems.

 

[newwiseman]

I scored as Gandhi apparently...

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Thought my ideas on gun ownership, euthanasia, and sterilization would had put me much closer to Stalin.

 

[CityofTreez]

Well, I'm in line with almost everyone else.

 

[freaper]

Gee guys, aren't we original? It's probably because of our age bracket.