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I'll admit it's pretty US centric and some of the questions are just odd (why is there one on abstract art?), but it only take five minutes and it gives an interesting breakdown between economc and social policy.

I've heard a lot of people on other sites argue that it's pretty hard to get a right wing economic score, but if there's a place that can do it'd be DakkaDakka.

http://www.politicalcompass.org/index

Sebster's political compass
Economic Left/Right: -5.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.28

“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”

Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something. 
   
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United States

I took this a couple years ago. If I remember correctly I was skewed further along roughly the same diagonal.

Dogma's political compass
Economic Left/Right: -1.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.87

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Wanganui New Zealand

Lol i got right next to nelson mandala and ganhdi, guess im just a nice guy.

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Economic Left/Right: -4.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.85

   
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Canterbury

Economic Left/Right: -6.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.79

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Economic Left/Right: -2.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.90

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Cozy cockpit of an Archer ARC-5S

Economic Left/Right: -5.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.44



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Ramsden Heath, Essex

Oh great subject and test, well found sebster.

Economic Left/Right: -3.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.15

I'm some where between Ghandi and Stalin? Economically I always felt more akin to a Thatcher lite, make of that what you will! But the Social Libertarian/Authoritarian score seems about right, live and let live I say, until you place that foot on my lawn!

It is not what I would have expected but the lack of a neutral position on the questions could account for the unexpected result? The definition of left and right would also move what I thought I would get, I assume that this is because this seems to be US-centric and the UK understanding of Right would be allot more centrist/left than the US would define.


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About to eat your Avatar...

Economic Left/Right: -5.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.85

Interesting test, but I highly doubt how accurate it actually is. At least a few questions were intentionally misleading, and a whole lot more were incomplete questions IMHO.

I mean think about it... Wrex next to the Dalai lama, Ghandi, and Nelson Mandela? Hmmmm.... does this make sense?

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Ramsden Heath, Essex

Yes, the "do you believe that some people are unlucky" question will stike home with a few people here i'm sure.

Now if there were a couple of questions regarding Codex:CSM/Gav Thorpe then I think that we would see a few for right leaning scores!


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our results make for a very boring scatter graph. We're all ghandis.

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Buzzard's Knob

Economic left/right -4.25
Social libertarian/authoritarian -2.97

It would be a lot different if there were a pure middle ground answer. Nor exactly a "Don't care or not interested", more of a not sure. A lot of the questions, to be honest in my case would require some qualifications, because I believe in exceptions under unusual circumstances. And of course Bush II is a fascist!

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Neenah

Bucking the trend...

Economic Left/Right: 3.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.18

Plenty of questions seemed rather "loaded".

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It's either yes or no.



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The Great State of Texas

Why does it say "Dear god its Attila the Hun!" on my score?

Most of the questions are seriously loaded and I am sure the conclusive linking is biased. I could play happily with this one. Back in the ancient times of college we went through these tests and how they were made up.

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Well, whaddaya know? I got pretty much the same scores as everyone else. Who could have forseen that one....


 
   
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Kragura wrote:Lol i got right next to nelson mandala and ganhdi, guess im just a nice guy.


Yeah, that Ghandi score is pretty wrong. While he's built a reputation as a general all round nice guy, he was pretty strong on resisting modern life, keeping to tradition village life. I'm not sure that should score as libertarian as the website thought.


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Zad Fnark wrote:Bucking the trend...

Economic Left/Right: 3.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.18

Plenty of questions seemed rather "loaded".


Yeah, as well as having a general bias to issues that are more important in the US, and including a few questions that seemed kind of irrelevant. At the end of the day its an on-line political poll, the methodology is never going to be that tight.

But it's still a bit of fun, and produces general results that make sense, albeit with a trend to scoring people on the left economically.

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“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”

Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something. 
   
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Economic Left/Right: -6.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.59

Apparently that makes me Ghandi almost on the button?

???

Seriously, my dot would almost be right on top of his...

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Economic Left/Right: -2.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.31

Nice job loading the questions. I wouldn't have expected to be anywhere near Nelson Mandela, Ghandi, or The Dalai Lama. Maybe I should shave my head, go live on a mountain, and seek a higher level of thought.

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Somewhere in south-central England.

Ha ha! I overlap the Dalai Lama.


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Economic Left/Right: -5.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.67

Blimey, just call me lefty mcleft!

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Just call me Mr. Center.

Economic Left/Right: .88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.05


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Chicago

I don't believe this specific test.

Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: 8.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.56


It seems that in order to be considered a 'right-wing' thinker, you need to believe that corporations are the key to everything.

   
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Stafford

Err mine.. It's all negative :(

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -7.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.64
   
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AdrianG wrote:Err mine.. It's all negative :(

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -7.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.64


Commie!!


GG

p.s. J/K
   
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Controlling inflation is more important than controlling unemployment.

Controling Inflation controls unemployment and the other way around as well, usually >_>
Schools should not make classroom attendance compulsory

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All people have their rights, but it is better for all of us that different sorts of people should keep to their own kind.

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n0t_u's political compass
Economic Left/Right: -3.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.59

   
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Stafford

generalgrog wrote:

Commie!!


GG

p.s. J/K


Bah you right wingers!!

I found some of the questions had strong right wing religious overtones..

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Damm fascist, sitting on the so called centre ground and repressing us Ghandi types!

I call you out for what you are and dub thee Mr hat! I will bow to no Lord, except maybe the Ayatollah of rock n' rolla, Maybe I say!

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