Where do you fit in the American political spectrum?

[Skullheadhq]

Here (http://people-press.org/typology/quiz/)'s the test.

https://img232.imageshack.us/img232/8944/testqk.png
What They Believe

Extremely critical of the federal government
Favor an assertive foreign policy
Pro-business; against stricter environmental laws and regulations
Strongly opposed to abortion and same-sex marriage
Convinced the 2010 health care law will be bad for the country
View immigrants as a threat to traditional American customs and values
Nearly half believe President Obama born outside the United States

Staunch Conservatives
9% of the public

Who They Are

84% are Republicans
72% agree with the Tea Party
More than nine-in-ten are non-Hispanic white
The oldest typology group (61% are age 50 and older)
56% are male; most are married and financially comfortable
57% own guns and 57% attend church every week
54% regularly watch Fox News
More watch Glenn Beck and listen to Rush Limbaugh than any other group


Apparantly, I'm a staunch conservative. Not that hard, with questions like 'are you poor?' So, how do I receive FOX News? :clown:

[gaelic cowboy]

Post Modern apparently


Post-Moderns
13% OF THE PUBLIC

What They Believe
Generally supportive of government, though more conservative on race policies and the safety net
Strongly supportive of regulation and environmental protection
Most (56%) say Wall Street helps the economy more than it hurts
Very liberal on social issues, including same-sex marriage
One of the least religious groups: nearly a third are unaffiliated with any religious tradition
Favor the use of diplomacy rather than force
Who They Are
The youngest of the typology groups: 32% under age 30
A majority are non-Hispanic white and have at least some college experience
Half live in either the Northeast or the West
A majority (58%) live in the suburbs
63% use social networking
One-in-five regularly listen to NPR; 14% regularly watch The Daily Show

Some of the stances are to black and white I like strong military and diplomacy but you could only pick one and on the environment i believe in some regulation but not overly so but again you could only pick either or.

[Sarmatian]

Solid liberal...


What They Believe

Strongly pro-government and very liberal on a broad range of issues
Very supportive of regulation, environmental protection and government assistance to the poor
One of the most secular groups; 59% say that religion is not that important to them
Supportive of the country's growing racial and ethnic diversity
Two-thirds disagree with the Tea Party

Who They Are

Highly politically engaged
75% are Democrats
Concentrated in the Northeast and West
57% are female
Best educated of the groups: 49% hold at least a bachelor's degree and 27% have post-graduate experience
A third regularly listen to NPR, about two-in-ten regularly watch The Daily Show and read The New York Times
59% have a passport
42% regularly buy organic foods
21% are first or second generation Americans

[Skullheadhq]

Supportive of the country's growing racial and ethnic diversity

What on earth happened to Serbia? That's not how I remember it, nor Dutchbat. :shrug:

:clown:

[rory_20_uk]

Post Modern

~:smoking:

[Louis VI the Fat]

Post Modern apparentlyMe too! :jumping:

YOU are a… Post-Modern

[gaelic cowboy]

Me too! :jumping:

YOU are a… Post-Modern

Drinks on me yeaaaaaaaaaa

[Skullheadhq]

So I don't get drinks as a conservative? :(

[gaelic cowboy]

So I don't get drinks as a conservative? :(

We dont mean to it's just that you wouldnt like the uber cool low morals post modern pubs and clubs me an Louis will frequent.

We promise to meet up after for the ubiquitous burger and chips after a mighty lock of deleterious scoops :yes:

[Tellos Athenaios]

Post Modern. But I would rate myself as "vomiting in the corner having smelt the stench".

[Scienter]

Post Modern also.

[Louis VI the Fat]

Everybody here is postmodern!


* isolates Sarmatian from the group, points and laughs, starts the bullying *

[Csargo]

Post Modern

[Ser Clegane]

Aaand ... another post-modern here

[Lemur]

Is this thing broken? Post-modern. Which means I'm more modern than a modern thing, which is already pretty modern. But I'm so modern that modernity doesn't seem very modern.

I'm confused.

[PanzerJaeger]

Post Modern. Although on at least two of the points I know I don't fit.


•Generally supportive of government, though more conservative on race policies and the safety net
•Favor the use of diplomacy rather than force

I definitely did not give any indication of those two positions in the way I answered the questions, except maybe in supporting environmental regulation. :inquisitive:

[Louis VI the Fat]

I think that anybody who refuses to fit an exact left-right mould is relegated as 'postmodern' by this test. They probably expected us to be a small group.


This is why the interwebs are dangerous! You get your head full of conflicting ideas, you fail to fit a single modern narrative!


* Except Sarmatian! Continues to bullie the non-standard kid. *

[Greyblades]

Libertarian
...I dont even know what that entails.

[Jolt]

I'm Post-Modern too. As we all know, Post-Modern really means COMMUNISTS!

[Jolt]

Libertarian
...I dont even know what that entails.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism

Basically you Libertarianism says that the Government should be minimal, and not intervene in economy (Private Enterprise) and social affairs (Charity), and basically concentrate on maintaining and upholding the Law, and maintaining the Police Force and the army to counter internal or external threats to the nation.

[Greyblades]

Huh. I guess that does kinda fit me.

[Zim]

Libertarian apparently here. Not quite a perfect match, but I guess it's close enough.

[Ronin]

post-modern

[a completely inoffensive name]

This test is complete crap. Hurr durr, do you want peace through talking it out or with having more guns? Umm I want peace through economic interdependence. That way can we have as small and army and as incompetent diplomacy as we want. China isn't going to attack us because of our army, and our diplomats are never going to be holding hands with them, it's because they want us to keep buying their stuff.

But no, that can't be an option. I have to make 20+ false dichotomies.

[Rhyfelwyr]

Because I am so special, I am the first to be labelled "disaffected".

[Tellos Athenaios]

Is this thing broken? Post-modern. Which means I'm more modern than a modern thing, which is already pretty modern. But I'm so modern that modernity doesn't seem very modern.

I'm confused.

I'm guessing this test works like so:

“Are you a democrat” -> communist
“Are you a republican” -> birther
“Are you independent” -> no you're not. You're just postmodern. You don't have arguments because you end up confused and bored amidst 5 rounds of literary deconstruction of the question, the answer, the hidden assumptions, the arguments, and all the rubbish I just wrote.

[Beskar]

I am apparently a:
"Solid Liberal".

[CountArach]

I am apparently a:
"Solid Liberal".
As am I, rather unsurprisingly.

In reality I consider myself post-modern and I find the definition of post-modern used by Pew to be rather strange and really not post-modern at all.

[Motep]

Post modern...
Really, these questions were stupid. I disagree on most choices, either way the needle points. Solid this, solid that...we need some gray.

EDIT: Choosing myself as a strong republican moved me three notches farther to the red, but doing the same for dem moved me nowhere.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

libertarian. That's a reasonable fit, though I'm more staunchly religious than most libertarians

[Banquo's Ghost]

Probaly the worst test of this kind I have ever read with a really poor set of questions. It was bad early on, but after Q10 (where's the equivalent question about whites or mexicans or any other ethnic group?) it plummeted relentlessly.

I am apparently a Solid Liberal. :laugh4:

If one uses the European definition of classical liberalism, it might be closer to accuracy. I do not think that's what the authors mean. Where's my red flag?

[Ironside]

Solid liberal.

I suspect that I easily could've ended up as post-modern depending on how to answer some of the more complex questions that didn't fit the yes or no profile.

[Furunculus]

Me too! :jumping:

YOU are a… Post-Modern

me too. :D


Post-Moderns

13% of the public
What They Believe

Generally supportive of government, though more conservative on race policies and the safety net
Strongly supportive of regulation and environmental protection
Most (56%) say Wall Street helps the economy more than it hurts
Very liberal on social issues, including same-sex marriage
One of the least religious groups: nearly a third are unaffiliated with any religious tradition
Favor the use of diplomacy rather than force

Who They Are

The youngest of the typology groups: 32% under age 30
A majority are non-Hispanic white and have at least some college experience
Half live in either the Northeast or the West
A majority (58%) live in the suburbs
63% use social networking
One-in-five regularly listen to NPR; 14% regularly watch The Daily Show

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Forced choice questionnaires are rarely a strong research choice. Setting up valid dichotomies is VERY difficult and time consuming.

[Strike For The South]

Truther...no wait......Birther......no.....DEATHER

[Arthur, king of the Britons]

Apparently I am a Solid Liberal which is miles to the right of my own perceived political stance... :shrug:

[econ21]

Another "Solid Liberal" here, which probably translates from American as "pinko Socialist", but I am cool with it.

Better than flaccid illiberal, anyways.

[TinCow]

Post-Modern

[Sarmatian]

Everybody here is postmodern!


* isolates Sarmatian from the group, points and laughs, starts the bullying *


I am apparently a:
"Solid Liberal".


As am I, rather unsurprisingly.





I am apparently a Solid Liberal. :laugh4:



Solid liberal.




Apparently I am a Solid Liberal


Another "Solid Liberal" here, which probably translates from American as "pinko Socialist", but I am cool with it.



You were saying, Louis... ?

[HoreTore]

Solid liberal.

Drinks on anyone surprised by that.

[Shibumi]

Post modern.

I agree with whoever wrote that post-modern is probably what you get when you do not fit in any of the two blocks.

[Skullheadhq]

Solid liberal.

Drinks on anyone surprised by that.

Nice! I was kind of thirsty.

[Sarmatian]

Solid liberal.

Drinks on anyone surprised by that.

As much as I like free drinks, I always knew you were a commie... bummer, could have used a beer.

[Tellos Athenaios]

Don't worry, whoever is surprised by Hore Tore's coming out as a Liberal is the one who pays.

[Louis VI the Fat]

You were saying, Louis... ?Gah. Those names merely show that we Post-moderns are right, and that 'solid liberal' is but a euphemism for the international balkan-communist-zionist-elitist group.

We shall track you all down and eliminate the threat.

[Arthur, king of the Britons]

Well that's not very nice.

[Louis VI the Fat]

Well that's not very nice.In that case, I shall cease my effort to eliminate them all and shall instead limit my opposition to political debate on cult game sites. :book:

[Arthur, king of the Britons]

Successful zionist-marxist-communist-freemason-jew-communist-zionist-illuminati scheme is successful. :P

[Louis VI the Fat]

Successful zionist-marxist-communist-freemason-jew-communist-zionist-illuminati scheme is successful.Rubbish.

I would never accuse anybody here of being an illuminatus.

[Arthur, king of the Britons]

I didn't mean to imply that you did/would.

[Louis VI the Fat]

I didn't mean to imply that you did/would.Whereas I myself did however imply I would accuse you people here of being zionist-marxist-communist-freemason-jew-communists. Just not illuminati.

Gah! Too much off-topic talk. Why can't you people just conform and be decent Post-modern folk. Just like us, the moral majority.

[Sarmatian]

Whereas I myself did however imply I would accuse you people here of being zionist-marxist-communist-freemason-jew-communists. Just not illuminati.



For those who wonder, I'm the communist in that group.

Both times...

[TinCow]

Rubbish.

I would never accuse anybody here of being an illuminatus.

Hah! Fool! We are everywhere (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?101706-The-Chronicles-of-the-Illuminati)!

[Arthur, king of the Britons]

Last time I checked 13 % is less than 14 %. Face it you Post-Modern's got nothing on us Rock Solid Liberals.

[HoreTore]

Rubbish.

I would never accuse anybody here of being an illuminatus.

My cover is still not blown.... Good, good...


For those who wonder, I'm the communist in that group.

Both times...

You are?

Then what am I? The elitist? That can't be, I believe you have a degree, while I'm still not finished with mine...

[Banquo's Ghost]

Then what am I? The elitist? That can't be, I believe you have a degree, while I'm still not finished with mine...

I think that's me. Of course, I was dropped from the list by #54 as Louis the un-person realised he might have blown my cover as one of the Illuminati, and my lizard minions in their black helicopters had already lifted off from the compound to erase him from history.

[Louis VI the Fat]

Hore, Sarmatian, BQ - it is the 'international balkan-communist-zionist-elitist group', not the 'international, balkan, communists, zionists, elite group'. You are each all of it, you are all elitist commie zionists. :no:


I think that's me.Hey, it's still one step up from being deemed an oppressive misogynist Taliban, as I managed to call you and Strike in the other thread. :beam:


The buried joke in all this is that 'Post-modern' was apparantly devised by the test specifically for those people who fail to fit one straightforward category. People without clear shared ideology or even commonly agreed morality. This Post-modern 'leftovers' group turned out the majority, so I deemed them 'moral majority', and then claimed the adherents of more clear cut, modernist ideologies are the fragmentised, 'balkanised' group, of zionists communists etc. A funny role reversal, as it were. What would Foucault think of 2011, when the madmen, the deviants are the majority, and the norm is but a splintered minority.
Oh well, I thought it was fun. But then, I've got this mirror next to my computer and we always wink at one another at we laught at my jokes and I at his etc

[Ituralde]

PostModern

I'm under 30 and I watch the Daily Show too! Uncanny!

[Tellos Athenaios]

Last time I checked 13 % is less than 14 %. Face it you Post-Modern's got nothing on us Rock Solid Liberals.

But we are patient. Plus, at the rate the public education system and the freedoms in the USA are going we will soon have a reversal when the Solid Liberals will legislate that 14% really is less than 13% and anyone who disagrees is waterboarded until they admit this and provide a genuine full length birth certificate. :shrug: