What is Dakka's Political Persuasion?

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**Alfndrate**

I'm near Gandhi... idk how I feel about this, I like guns too much...

**Seaward**

I know which questions drive me up from the bottom of the graph, but I think they're bullhockey.

**KingCracker**

insaniak wrote:
I vote for whoever has the least stupid policies at the time.

Lately that's asking for a lot

**whembly**

Seaward wrote:

I know which questions drive me up from the bottom of the graph, but I think they're bullhockey.

Yeah... that test is bull...

**Ouze**

I'm not sure how accurate this is; as it doesn't seem to ask enough questions, but here I (allegedly) am:

Spoiler:

I'm with Gandhi? That seems not right. Violence is sometimes awesome and is often the solution.

**Shadowbrand**

I shall rule this land in fire and blood.

So I guess i'm a Stannis supporter.

**Tyranidcrusher**

I'm pretty close to the Dalai Lama Apperently...

**notprop**

What's he wearing?

**timetowaste85**

I'd nominate Cthulhu for President of the United States. Hastur as his running mate. Couldn't do worse than George Dubyah Bush. If Cthulhu doesn't rise to get my vote, I nominate Chris Christie.

**Cheesecat**

PredaKhaine wrote:
My political position = Nothing ever changes. The only reason we hold elections is so that someone different can have a go at putting the prices up on alchohol, cigarettes and petrol.

I would say the civil rights movement had significant impact socially.

**uk_crow**

As expected, a right wing libertarian.

**Dreadclaw69**

RatBot wrote:
I dunno. Some kinda lefty, I suppose.

Just took a political quiz and apparently the kind of lefty I am is a Libertarian Lefty, about a tad more than half-way to the left from the center and a tad less than half way to Libertarian from the middle, with the opposite direction being Authoritarian.

http://www.politicalcompass.org/ if anyone is interested.

Thank you. That put me just about dead center Libertarian

I would have much rather had the option to say "No strong opinion"

**Sigvatr**

For completion:

Pretty accurate. Economically, I am strictly Libertarian, but I know what brought me up to Authoritarian so much

**Dreadclaw69**

Sigvatr wrote:
I know what brought me up to Authoritarian so much

The fact that you're German? **ducks**

**EmilCrane**

Seems I've drifted to the right somewhat since I last took the test, that's probably because I'm living is such a leftist country

**Sigvatr**

Dreadclaw69 wrote:
Sigvatr wrote:
I know what brought me up to Authoritarian so much

The fact that you're German? **ducks**

Oh, you!

**Kovnik Obama**

Me. Somewhat surprised the whole agreeing-that-parents-with-strong-genetical-defects-shouldn't-be-allowed-to-reproduce didn't take me much more toward authoritarian.

**Dreadclaw69**

Sigvatr wrote:
Oh, you!

It was low hanging fruit and it's quiet in work

**Cheesecat**

Not too surprised it's usually what I get, some of the statements like "Controlling inflation is more important than controlling unemployment" are kind of hard to answer as I think both are almost equally important .

**Tannhauser42**

I did the test last night, I was in about the same spot as Gandhi. I was roughly -5 left and -2.5 libertarian. The wife took the test, and was about 2.5 right and -2 libertarian.
I did find it interesting that, on the chart where they showed various world leaders, there was nobody in the right wing libertarian quarter.

Some questions didn't offer enough details, or couldn't be easily answered so simply, but what can you expect from a quick test that takes less than 5 minutes to fill out?

**grrrfranky**

Economic Left/Right: -0.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.95

Which is apparently just to the right of Nelson Mandela, but fairly central.

I was surprised by the graph showing the UK political parties, given that even the conservatives are pretty much a centrist party. By that logic, surely the US Republicans would be so far to the right of that chart that you wouldn't be able to see them?

**Dreadclaw69**

After how one of our Senators voted on the immigration Bill my voting will be so much easier when the time comes.

**djones520**

Generally conservative, have been growing more so throughout life. Have a few "liberal" social views, but not many.

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Alfndrate wrote:

I'm near Gandhi... idk how I feel about this, I like guns too much...

Don't put to much stock in this test. It naturally slants left.

**Jihadin**

Cromarat

**kronk**

Not terribly surprising to me.

Too many all or nothing questions, though.

**Jihadin**

Four notches left on Front Sight Post there Kronk...other then....nice shot group

**whembly**

I'm in the purple, a little to the right of kronk's.

**Jihadin**

Four Notches right on the Front Sight Post Whembly...other then that...keep the same sight picture

**kronk**

Hehe. Sniper training.

Jihadin wants us all to get our marksman ribbons.

**Krellnus**

Huh, thought I would be somewhere near the centre, much further left than I thought:

Economic Left/Right: -7.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.79