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Another Political Quiz
Sunday, December 29th, 2002I didn’t like how some of the questions were worded on the “Political Compass,” but my results turned out as expected. Lower right-hand quadrant: (6.62) on the x axis, (-4.31) on the y.
What’s interesting is the listing of UK political figures you see plotted on the chart once you’ve completed the test (the test is hosted by a UK outfit). None of them are listed on the “libertarian right.”
I couldn’t even finish the test. How can I answer a question like “Controlling inflation is more important than controlling unemployment.”? How does one control one or the other?
The wording of a good part of those questions was craptacular.
Yep, some of those questions seemed inherently loaded as it is, and more pertinent ones that should have been asked were left out. Even though I also ended up in the bottom right hand corner I simultaneously was a bit sceptical with the results, as it plots both Thatcher (conservative) and Blair (modern liberal) very close to each other as well as to Hitler, when the positions advocated by the three are notably different to one another.
The Nolan Chart appears a more sophisticated indicator. You can at least see where traditional social democrats and conservatives sit on it in conjunction with authoritarians and libertarians. Similarly the values of the choices in each question are absolute in the Politopia or LP version, whereas the Political Compass ones each have a bit of a personal subjectivity involved, with regards to ones own assessment of the severity of ones personal views.
I finished it, even though I agree that many questions were loaded. I scored almost dead center (x=0.5, y=-0.82), which means I’m not as conservative as I thought (by their standards). The odd thing is I like Ronald Reagan.
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