because why not? http://politicalcompass.org/test This was where I ended up, right by Ghandi I mean, like, right by Ghandi http://politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-4.75&soc=-2.82
I can move it, if you'd like, Cat. Here's my results with 2012 Presidential Candidates: Spoiler And my numbers: Economic Left/Right: -8.25 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.21 Although a lot of the questions on here I was conflicted on, a few had unclear wording or I wanted to dispute them, lol. But in a nutshell... unsurprised. I've taken several tests of this sort all with similar results, I lean very far to the left, hah.
http://politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-4.75&soc=-7.13 But then there are a couple or more questions I would rather have skipped. I hate being forced to pull an answer out of my ass.
Don't need to take the test when in fact I know I am a crazy conservative christian right wing anarchist nut job.
The sad truth is that in American politics, the "left" is not really left at all. Hell, even if you look at candidates like Jill Stein, they're more moderate. American politics are just ridiculously limited in terms of the political spectrum.
My quadrant corresponds to my text colour. This is true for much of the western world's political standpoints if I recall correctly. "Centrist" and "Left" parties are still generally concentrated in the top right, at least for the majority parties. One could attribute it to generational factors. Not to say you would not agree to vote for them in certain cases, I would suppose. And honestly, when large parties need to appeal to huge amounts of voters it would seem to follow that they moderate their viewpoints. But it is a bunch of different factors which can include things such as political culture, economic factors, etc. No, actually! Compared to previous generations and considering the demographics of the website, being below the authoritarian line is generally expected, especially considering how open minded a majority of us can be in regards to social and economic issues. The biggest difference, really, is where one would stand on the bottom left or bottom right quadrants, which typically depends on your economic view. Lefty libertarians are the majority because we are a bunch of young liberal upstarts. Which I believe is a good thing for the future.
Definitely a good point! It's just very troubling to see my political views (and, based upon this thread, many other's) completely unrepresented/misrepresented in a democratic nation. Change happens with time, of course, but it is frustrating.
I think this is where another demerit of the bipartisan political culture of the United States comes into play. Jill Stein seems a close enough representative of these views but the aforementioned political culture gets in the way of any other third party actually having a proper chance in this day and age, it seems. Then again, I cannot even think of a Canadian counterpart fitting the bottom left quadrant, even if Canada is considered a bit more liberal! Not to mention shifting times cause shifting positions on the static grid. Not (just) because people (may) change their opinions in the future but simply because the younglings typically have more socially liberal views, even if the older ones had views that were considered a bit more socially liberal in the past. This is not always the case however, of course, and environment probably comes into play as a big factor. /tl;dr What drones on and on about obvious political analyses
This must be frustrating indeed. As a foreigner, living in a country where socialists currently hold the power, watching republicans describe Obama as a communist and yell about soviet Russia was pure comedy gold (hell, most republicans are comedy gold period to me these days). However the parties politicians officially belong to are just broadly brushed labels, it' s all marketing nowadays. What truly matters is which ideas the politicians have the bollocks to actually enforce once they' re in charge. It seems to me that the mindless rejection of any idea that happens to emerge in a party that isn' t yours, a behavior that seems especially prominent in the US, is a bigger brake to change than the lack of political parties diversity.
I remember doing this during the last election (might have been the mid-term ones, or '08 presidential, can't remember that clearly...) I think I was somewhat more authoritarian back then, but the current score seems accurate. And I'm apparently more liberal than any of the presidential candidates. Oh dear... http://politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-6.12&soc=-4.62
