What Is Your Political Alignment?

SwiftspearSwiftspear Custim tital Join Date: 2003-10-29 Member: 22097Members
<div class="IPBDescription">Another fun little online test</div> <a href='http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/' target='_blank'>Here</a> is the test. Do you think its acurrate for its task? Are you surprized with your results? Its always a good time with online tests!

My result, remarkably similar to the estimated leanings of Ghandi:
<img src='http://swiftspear.0x01a4.com/Img/Politicalaffil.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
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  • moultanomoultano Creator of ns_shiva. Join Date: 2002-12-14 Member: 10806Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Gold, NS2 Community Developer, Pistachionauts
    I took it myself earlier, but I don't think I still have the results around. I was close to the bottom towards libertarianism and one pip to the left.

    About what I expected.
  • SwiftspearSwiftspear Custim tital Join Date: 2003-10-29 Member: 22097Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-moultano+Nov 12 2004, 07:45 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (moultano @ Nov 12 2004, 07:45 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I took it myself earlier, but I don't think I still have the results around. I was close to the bottom towards libertarianism and one pip to the left.

    About what I expected. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I had to PS that pic just to get it that small, the layout of the results page is really terrible and they don't allow direct linking.

    Anyways, good to know you're an anarkist nut <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • SkulkBaitSkulkBait Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13423Members
    edited November 2004
    It seems I've done this before... ah well:

    Your political compass
    Economic Left/Right: -4.88
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.33
  • BathroomMonkeyBathroomMonkey Feces-hurling Monkey Boy Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 78Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    I didn't store the chart, but I was roughly -3.5, -3.5.
  • SkulkBaitSkulkBait Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13423Members
    <img src='http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/images/USelection2004.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
    John kerry didn't even make it to the liberal side of the chart. Stupid two party system...
  • reasareasa Join Date: 2002-11-10 Member: 8010Members, Constellation
    edited November 2004
    <a href='http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/questionnaire.pl?page=printable_graph&X=-0.75&Y=1.54' target='_blank'>http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalc...&X=-0.75&Y=1.54</a>

    Well the questions could be phrased a little better, or I didn't take it right, because I'm sure I'm a little further to the right...meh my views on morals always throw these things off.
  • ekentekent Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7801Members
    I wrote my piece a while ago about my issues with this particular ranking. Which has floated around in the past.
  • acer_r2acer_r2 Join Date: 2004-06-04 Member: 29099Members
  • ForlornForlorn Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2634Banned
    <!--QuoteBegin-Area88+Nov 12 2004, 09:07 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Area88 @ Nov 12 2004, 09:07 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Chaotic Neutral. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    LOL

    Yeah, I'm not sure I really like these types of tests, but I'm exaclty where you'd think I am.


    And the truth is neither Bush nor Kerry are that authortiarian when in fact they would both be a ruler of one of the top 10 most free nations in the world.

    Makes zero sense.
  • StakhanovStakhanov Join Date: 2003-03-12 Member: 14448Members
    (-9,00 ; -7,25) , not kidding (I took it yesterday)
    As time goes on , I grow more leftist and libertarian. Heck , I loved capitalism when I was a kid <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
    This test seems moderately accurate. The 4 answers system isn't too great - a good/neutral/bad system would be better imho.
  • acer_r2acer_r2 Join Date: 2004-06-04 Member: 29099Members
    In all seriousness though.

    Economic Left/Right: -5.88
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 2.31
  • MelatoninMelatonin Babbler Join Date: 2003-03-15 Member: 14551Members, Constellation
    Economic Left/Right: -4.12
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.28

    not so much of a disscusion here as a .. ill not say it.

    Im happy that my placing is comparable to the Dalai Lama's, although wether or not he actually took this particular test remains, at a glance, unknown.
  • NurotNurot Join Date: 2003-12-04 Member: 23932Members, Constellation
    Economic Left/Right: -5.75
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.49
  • MavericMaveric Join Date: 2002-08-07 Member: 1101Members
    Economic Left/Right: -7.00
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.90

    Bleh.
    No one fits into a box.
  • Deus_Ex_MachinaDeus_Ex_Machina Join Date: 2004-07-01 Member: 29674Members
    Economic Left/Right: -5.00
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.79

    But, I feel the same way as reasa.
  • SirusSirus Join Date: 2002-11-13 Member: 8466Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    I took that test long ago. I landed approximately around Economic: 5 Social: -5

    So essentially, a Republitarian.
  • SwiftspearSwiftspear Custim tital Join Date: 2003-10-29 Member: 22097Members
    edited November 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin-Sirus+Nov 13 2004, 12:00 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Sirus @ Nov 13 2004, 12:00 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I took that test long ago.  I landed approximately around Economic: 5 Social: -5

    So essentially, a Republitarian. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Not bush's type of republican aparently <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • TheWizardTheWizard Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10553Members, Constellation
    If you can answer a few questions and have your entire political viewpoint summed up in a 2 dimensional graph then you really need to investigate your beliefs a bit deeper.
  • moultanomoultano Creator of ns_shiva. Join Date: 2002-12-14 Member: 10806Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Gold, NS2 Community Developer, Pistachionauts
    edited November 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin-wizard@psu+Nov 13 2004, 01:45 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (wizard@psu @ Nov 13 2004, 01:45 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> If you can answer a few questions and have your entire political viewpoint summed up in a 2 dimensional graph then you really need to investigate your beliefs a bit deeper. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    No need to be condescending.

    You can compress music down to a 30th of its original size and it will still sound like the song. Similarly, you can compress political positions down to a two dimensional graph and get a decent sense of people's opinions relative to eachother.
  • Marine0IMarine0I Join Date: 2002-11-14 Member: 8639Members, Constellation
    Good lord I'm bang on John Kerry <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> THERE IS NO GOD!!!!

    This had better not be accurate....
  • SkulkBaitSkulkBait Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13423Members
    Since we've seen so many of these recently, I decided to finally put the issue to rest by creating the difinitive, 100% accurate political alignment quiz. Enjoy:

    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--><span style='font-size:11pt;line-height:100%'><b>When you say "The Man" you are refering to</b></span>
    a) The Government
    b) Whitie
    c) The Fonz
    d) Yourself

    <span style='font-size:11pt;line-height:100%'><b>Who are "they"?</b></span>
    a) Bleading heart liberals
    b) Facist conservatives
    c) The Fonz and Richard Cunningham
    d) You know, <i><b>them</b></i>...

    <span style='font-size:11pt;line-height:100%'><b>Which quote do you most agree with?</b></span>
    a) President Bush: "Our priorities is our faith."
    b) Michale Moore: "There's a gullible side to the American people. They can be easily misled. Religion is the best device used to mislead them. "
    c) The Fonz: "Aaaayh!"
    d) Jesus: "Aaaayh!"

    <span style='font-size:11pt;line-height:100%'><b>Current contents of your trunk:</b></span>
    a) Several automatic weapons
    b) A flag, karosene, box of matches, favorite protest shirt
    c) The Fonz
    d) A dead prostitute

    <span style='font-size:11pt;line-height:100%'><b>Abortion</b></span>
    a) Should be illegal
    b) Is ok
    c) The Fonz swears he never even met her before
    d) Should be mandatory

    <span style='font-size:11pt;line-height:100%'><b>Animal rights</b></span>
    a) End where my profit begins
    b) Its ok to kill them, just don't rub make-up in their eyes
    c) The Fonz, obviously
    d) They have the right to remain delicious

    <span style='font-size:11pt;line-height:100%'><b>Currently wearing</b></span>
    a) Armani suit, crucafix, gun
    b) Anti-war shirt, dime bag, Kerry pin (even though the election is over)
    c) Fonzies jacket
    d) Tinfoil hat

    <span style='font-size:11pt;line-height:100%'><b>Scoring:</b></span>
    If you bothered to actually take this quiz, you score a D, for dumb***.
    <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Ah the things that seem like good ideas when you're waiting for stuff to download at 4:00am....
  • RenegadeRenegade Old school Join Date: 2002-03-29 Member: 361Members
    Economic Left/Right: -1.75
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.13

    I'm not complaining about the placement, but I think this test could have been done a bit better.
  • TheWizardTheWizard Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10553Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-moultano+Nov 13 2004, 01:53 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (moultano @ Nov 13 2004, 01:53 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-wizard@psu+Nov 13 2004, 01:45 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (wizard@psu @ Nov 13 2004, 01:45 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> If you can answer a few questions and have your entire political viewpoint summed up in a 2 dimensional graph then you really need to investigate your beliefs a bit deeper. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    No need to be condescending.

    You can compress music down to a 30th of its original size and it will still sound like the song. Similarly, you can compress political positions down to a two dimensional graph and get a decent sense of people's opinions relative to eachother. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I didn't mean to be condescending to anyone here.

    I just don't feel that it is a good idea to put your political views into a meat grinder of questions that shoots out a response of where you stand.

    I believe that many of the people posting here have much more depth to their beliefs than the questions of this test allows. Any single one of these question scan be moderated by many different viewpoints and reasonings. It asks you to rate ideas by degrees of agreement yet that does not capture the actual thought processes that produce such a feeling or belief.


    I dislike the tests not the people taking them.
  • BacdeBacde Join Date: 2004-10-17 Member: 32326Members
    Economic Left/Right: 1.00
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.18

    Good to know im pretty much nowhere when it comes to my political views. Right smack dab near the center.

    I don't think this test is very accurate anyway, if you were to ask me, then I would say that I am much more Authoritarian than Libertarian. I guess what you beleive you are is different than what you really are.
  • SnidelySnidely Join Date: 2003-02-04 Member: 13098Members
    edited November 2004
    Economic Left/Right: -0.38
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.10

    I didn't like some of the statements, though. One example: "It's a sad reflection on our society that something as basic as drinking water is now a bottled, branded consumer product." In London, cleaning water isn't free. Feel free to drink straight from the Thames, but you'll regret it (if you live to talk about it). Bottled water is there to fill a need, as far as I'm concerned.

    Having said that, my result happens to reflect me fairly well.
  • ForlornForlorn Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2634Banned
    <!--QuoteBegin-Marine01+Nov 13 2004, 02:57 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Marine01 @ Nov 13 2004, 02:57 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Good lord I'm bang on John Kerry <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> THERE IS NO GOD!!!!

    This had better not be accurate.... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Dude, the whole test is BOLLOCKS!

    I mean look at this, Margret Tatcher is supposedly 3 notches down from Hilter?


    What kind of a joke is this? This test is PURE CRAP... and the people who made it need to go back to Polt 401
  • SwiftspearSwiftspear Custim tital Join Date: 2003-10-29 Member: 22097Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-wizard@psu+Nov 13 2004, 02:13 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (wizard@psu @ Nov 13 2004, 02:13 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-moultano+Nov 13 2004, 01:53 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (moultano @ Nov 13 2004, 01:53 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-wizard@psu+Nov 13 2004, 01:45 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (wizard@psu @ Nov 13 2004, 01:45 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> If you can answer a few questions and have your entire political viewpoint summed up in a 2 dimensional graph then you really need to investigate your beliefs a bit deeper. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    No need to be condescending.

    You can compress music down to a 30th of its original size and it will still sound like the song. Similarly, you can compress political positions down to a two dimensional graph and get a decent sense of people's opinions relative to eachother. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I didn't mean to be condescending to anyone here.

    I just don't feel that it is a good idea to put your political views into a meat grinder of questions that shoots out a response of where you stand.

    I believe that many of the people posting here have much more depth to their beliefs than the questions of this test allows. Any single one of these question scan be moderated by many different viewpoints and reasonings. It asks you to rate ideas by degrees of agreement yet that does not capture the actual thought processes that produce such a feeling or belief.


    I dislike the tests not the people taking them. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    It isn't an all encompassing trnd here, it just test your political leaning. I don't have the same outlook on life that Ghandi did, nor do I share the same ideas or motivations, I just fit into a similar area on the political spectrum.

    It's good to ask yourself questions, what better way is there to learn about yourself? Of course this test isn't testing your ability to reason, so don't expect it to tell you who you are in the end, that is for you to figure out. The numbers are more for our conviniance than yours.
  • SwiftspearSwiftspear Custim tital Join Date: 2003-10-29 Member: 22097Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Forlorn+Nov 13 2004, 05:55 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Forlorn @ Nov 13 2004, 05:55 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Marine01+Nov 13 2004, 02:57 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Marine01 @ Nov 13 2004, 02:57 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Good lord I'm bang on John Kerry <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> THERE IS NO GOD!!!!

    This had better not be accurate.... <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Dude, the whole test is BOLLOCKS!

    I mean look at this, Margret Tatcher is supposedly 3 notches down from Hilter?


    What kind of a joke is this? This test is PURE CRAP... and the people who made it need to go back to Polt 401 <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    If you really think that the way you think can be summed up in two numbers, go right ahead. The test doesn't give you a profile on your political stance. You probably answered the questions totally differently then Kerry did, and Tacher probably would answer totally different then hitler would. I don't really recall there being any questions on how awesome it is to kill all jews anyways, so its not like we can make the man his own test simply because ours didn't seperate him enough from normality. The test doesn't test sanity, it tests political leaning.
  • WindelkronWindelkron Join Date: 2002-04-11 Member: 419Members
    edited November 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin-Forlorn+Nov 13 2004, 10:55 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Forlorn @ Nov 13 2004, 10:55 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I mean look at this, Margret Tatcher is supposedly 3 notches down from Hilter? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    hahahaha, I think it's true.
    And calm down a little, 3 notches is a LOT on a 10 point scale.

    Anyway, for me, I was -9.38 Economic, and -5.90 Social. Goooooo leftertarianism.

    <b>Edit: Took test again with more accurate answers. Scored -9.62 Economic, -6.15 Social.</b>

    I must say that a lot of questions were confusingly and/or ambiguously worded. For example, there was a question that stated "It's a waste of time to try to rehabilitate <b>some</b> criminals." Well, truthfully, I strongly agree, if we're looking at the question in the sense that there are a small group of criminals who are just beyond sanity. I know that's not really what the question was asking for, though, so I was a little confused.

    PS, I liked the question about banning genetically diseased people from reproducing. I was thinking "well, everyone should have a chance," but then I thought about the Harlequin baby, and the deep South, and I said "Agree."
  • EpidemicEpidemic Dark Force Gorge Join Date: 2003-06-29 Member: 17781Members
    I took the test a while ago, I landed about ralph nader <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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