View Full Version : Backrrom Political Temperature. Take quiz FIRST before answering.
Divinus Arma
03-12-2006, 00:15
TAKE THIS QUIZ FIRST PLEASE. (http://www.ontheissues.org/quizeng/XPolitics/quiz_main.asp?Page=1&Clear=Y)
That way, all of our definitions are the same despite countries and individual perceptions of parties. This creates an equal standard for fair measurement!
It's that time again! We have many new members so lets all see where everyone stands!
Left Liberal
Populist
Moderate
Libertarian
Right Conservative
Proletariat
03-12-2006, 00:20
Kinda lame questions. Alot where I didn't have an opinion with the choices presented, but I got Moderate Libertarian Conservative.
BelgradeWar
03-12-2006, 00:22
I got moderate libertarian populist. Sounds kinda odd.
Strike For The South
03-12-2006, 00:24
Moderate Liberal Populist
HEHE Red is cool
Divinus Arma
03-12-2006, 00:25
Here's The Div:
https://img234.imageshack.us/img234/2020/politicalviewpoint6fa.png (https://imageshack.us)
https://img150.imageshack.us/img150/7757/politiks7lp.png (https://imageshack.us)
Strike For The South
03-12-2006, 00:26
hmm ours look nearly the same. socialized medicne and free weed did me in
Taffy_is_a_Taff
03-12-2006, 00:30
moderate libertarian conservative
doc_bean
03-12-2006, 00:40
I'm extremely moderate (49% and 45% on the scales).
Pretty much all question deal with US issues though, I didn't understand the whole 'voucher' system for education, supporting gun ownership would be rather radical in my country while it would be standard in the US, I think my country could spend more money on the military, but of course, I feel the US is just wasting tax money the way the military-industrial network works etc.
You have to imagine being American to fill in this poll imho, and that in itself distorts the results :no:
Kanamori
03-12-2006, 00:45
Moderate Libertarian.
Sasaki Kojiro
03-12-2006, 00:57
Populist leaning liberal
http://www.ontheissues.org/quizeng/map/s070_010.gif
master of the puppets
03-12-2006, 00:59
populist liberal.
...ew, well i never can judge myself, i just kind voted to allow people to do what they want, with a bit o military and pro gun laws thrown in.
Kagemusha
03-12-2006, 01:01
Im Moderate Liberal.
Personal score 61%
Economic Score 35%
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discovery1
03-12-2006, 01:09
Moderate Libertarian. Yeah that sounds about right. Voted that way anyway.
https://img67.imageshack.us/img67/1504/s0700807ih.gif
Big_John
03-12-2006, 01:34
populist-leaning liberal
Personal Questions: Liberals and libertarians agree in choosing the less-government answers, while conservatives and authoritarians agree in choosing the more-restrictions answers.
Economic Questions: Conservatives and libertarians agree in choosing the less-government answers, while liberals and authoritarians agree in choosing the more-restrictions answers.
Your Score
You scored the following on the PoliticsMatch questions:
Personal Score 16%
Economic Score 55%
Where You Fit In
Where your Personal score meets your Economic score on the grid below is your political philosophy. Based on the above score, you are a Populist Conservative
Does this really surprise anyone?
Moderate Liberal (Kagemusha stole my graph. ~;) )
Kagemusha
03-12-2006, 01:56
Moderate Liberal (Kagemusha stole my graph. ~;) )
That can happen.We moderates are one sneaky bunch.~;)
Crazed Rabbit
03-12-2006, 02:03
Moderate Conservative. I got a low (20%) personal score, which suprised me, as I'm a libertarian kind of guy, but they seem to hold abortion as an 'imposing morality' when really its like "anti-murder" for me.
Crazed Rabbit
Kaiser of Arabia
03-12-2006, 02:07
You scored the following on the PoliticsMatch questions:
Personal Score 10%
Economic Score 78%
Where You Fit In
Where your Personal score meets your Economic score on the grid below is your political philosophy. Based on the above score, you are a Populist-Leaning Conservative .
http://www.ontheissues.org/quizeng/map/s010_080.gif
Marcellus
03-12-2006, 02:27
Here's me:
https://img236.imageshack.us/img236/4503/politicalposition9um.gif (https://imageshack.us)
Seems pretty accurate to me.
The Lemur is a moderate, verging on both libertarian and liberal territory.
Personal Score - 72%
Economic Score - 52%
As with everybody else, I quibble with some of their categorizations. But after all, it's just another silly web quiz.
http://www.ontheissues.org/quizeng/map/s070_050.gif
http://www.ontheissues.org/quizeng/map/s040_080.gif
You scored the following on the PoliticsMatch questions:
Personal Score 36%
Economic Score 82%
Where You Fit In
Where your Personal score meets your Economic score on the grid below is your political philosophy. Based on the above score, you are a Libertarian-Leaning Conservative . No real suprises there.
Louis VI the Fat
03-12-2006, 05:13
http://www.ontheissues.org/quizeng/map/s050_020.gif
Blasted, I feel like some sort of Hugo Chavez now. :wall:
KukriKhan
03-12-2006, 05:20
Just FYI, this quiz is an expanded version of Libertarian.org's "world's smallest political quiz", that has been around since 1997
http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html
note the similar score graphing and analysis.
In those days, it was designed to show folks that they were Libertarian, but didn't know it (therefore, they ought to join up).
I'm not slamming the quiz... it performs its function of stimulating conversation, and mapping out differences of opinion.
However, as the non-US members here have pointed out, it's very US-oriented, and might only be useful for comparison in that context.
And I'm just pointing out that it (the quiz) has a partisan history. Since we're all joining in the fun, here's mine on the 'old' quiz:
The RED DOT on the Chart shows where you fit on the political map.
http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz-score/draw.php?p=10&e=10
Your PERSONAL issues Score is 100%
Samurai Waki
03-12-2006, 05:42
Moderate Liberal Populist... Neutrality wins again.
IrishMike
03-12-2006, 07:35
Both test score me as a very far left liberal.
Left liberal, expected even if it is a very American based test.
moderate liberal....altough I find that most of the questions weren't really meaningfull to me as I'm not american.
Just A Girl
03-12-2006, 10:04
I think its a dumb quiz hevily aimed at americans..
never the less.
here are the results.
Your Score
You scored the following on the PoliticsMatch questions:
Personal Score 66%
Economic Score 25%
Where You Fit In
Where your Personal score meets your Economic score on the grid below is your political philosophy. Based on the above score, you are a
"Moderate Liberal ."
Shaka_Khan
03-12-2006, 10:54
I got:
Moderate Liberal Populist
edit- Does this mean we will be judged by our affiliation on whatever posts we do?
Antagonist
03-12-2006, 12:53
Yet another Moderate Liberal Populist. Never really thought of myself as a populist, but apparently I am. :dizzy2:
Antagonist
rory_20_uk
03-12-2006, 23:51
Your Score
You scored the following on the PoliticsMatch questions:
Personal Score 72%
Economic Score 75%
Where You Fit In
Where your Personal score meets your Economic score on the grid below is your political philosophy. Based on the above score, you are a Moderate Libertarian
Funnily enough it's where I thought I was! :2thumbsup:
~:smoking:
I think its a dumb quiz hevily aimed at americans..
No one is forcing you to take it, you know. Are you always so negitive?
Patricius
03-13-2006, 03:41
Right wing populist, though the q's are US focussed.
Evil_Maniac From Mars
03-13-2006, 04:28
Moderate populist, leaning to the right according to the graph and other tests.
Ja'chyra
03-13-2006, 11:33
Moderate Populist . Who'da thunk it
It's a poor quiz and indicator of political intent. The questions are very tightly wrapped up in the current paradigms of US current affairs.
Kralizec
03-13-2006, 14:39
Moderate Liberal Populist? :inquisitive:
http://www.ontheissues.org/quizeng/map/s060_040.gif
Can't be right.
Interesting but hardly a useful tool for those of us outside the US. Some strange categorisation of the results as well. I was not aware that healthcare and social security were simply economic issues, for example.
Goofball
03-13-2006, 17:35
The question that really bugged me was the one about "permitting" prayer in public school.
I am all for allowing students to practice their religions and pray all they want in school. However, I am dead set against forcing the entire class to bow their heads and say the Lord's Prayer in unison first thing in the morning.
The question that really bugged me was the one about "permitting" prayer in public school.
I am all for allowing students to practice their religions and pray all they want in school. However, I am dead set against forcing the entire class to bow their heads and say the Lord's Prayer in unison first thing in the morning.
I believe the question was about allowing "public prayer" in schools wasnt it? There's people that say that shouldnt be allowed since it could offend students who choose not to participate. I understand many schools in the US have taken this approach.
Goofball
03-13-2006, 19:09
I believe the question was about allowing "public prayer" in schools wasnt it?
Nope. The exact phrase was "Permit prayer in public schools."
As I said, very vague and annoying phraseology.
Allowing students to pray = Good
Forcing students to pray = Bad
There's people that say that shouldnt be allowed since it could offend students who choose not to participate. I understand many schools in the US have taken this approach.
If by "that" you mean the teacher saying "Okay, everybody, we are going to take two minutes to say the Lord's Prayer now. Those of you who don't want to can just sit quietly and do nothing," then I agree with those people. That shouldn't be allowed in public schools. It promotes one religion over another and is a waste of time for those who are atheistic or agnostic.
On the other hand, I believe it would be a great idea for public schools to have "quiet areas" set aside for students to use for private, personal prayer on their own time (i.e. lunch or recess). If a student practices a religion that requires prayer at certain times that conflicts with classroom teaching, they should be permitted to leave quietly to do what they have to do, but the onus should be on them to make sure they check with a classmate or a teacher later to see if their was any important material they missed.
Moderate Liberal Populist :oops:
t1master
03-13-2006, 22:02
did the org ever do the political compass test? i think it's a bit more involved than this quiz.
it said i'm a moderate libertarian, don't know what that means though...:dizzy2:
ICantSpellDawg
03-13-2006, 22:08
http://www.ontheissues.org/quizeng/map/s030_050.gif
Moderate Populist Conservative
DA your cosmo quiz is horrid. I'm a Moderate Liberal Populist, well the dots right under the O of the Moderate though, so right in the middle. This poll is a bit shallow and has no depth, according to this poll I support redistributing wealth. Not sure how it really judges everything, so few questions and so strangely linked.
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Goofball
03-13-2006, 23:25
DA your cosmo quiz is horrid.
It's even worse than a cosmo quiz. At least cosmo quizzes usually involve orgasms.
This quiz has absolutely no redeeming features.
:laugh4:
Just A Girl
03-13-2006, 23:49
No one is forcing you to take it, you know. Are you always so negitive?
"no"
....
:P
Divinus Arma
03-14-2006, 01:50
A couple of notes here:
If you click on the issue itself before answering, it willtake yo a summary of what each view of "support" or "oppose" means. It is much more detailed if you click the individual issue linky.
And yes, it is clearly based on U.S. politics.
And just because you lean a little to the left does not mean you necessarily support redistribution of wealth. That's why the answer shows your place within the political spectrum.
ShadesWolf
03-14-2006, 12:28
This is a bit hard for an English person to do, as most are not our way of thinking, but ive done my best and the results for me, anyway, have come out as expected.
Ok ive just done the quiz and finding are as follows
Me (ShadeWolf)
Personal Score 25%
Economic Score 70%
Moderate Conservative
Wife (Mrs ShadeWolf)
Personal Score 12%
Economic Score 51%
Populist Conservative
AggonyDuck
03-14-2006, 13:15
Left Liberal :balloon2:
Reverend Joe
03-14-2006, 19:27
Don't like this quiz... there is too much of a focus on current issues, not on overreaching issues. Plus, the categories look completely made up to me.
Let me find a better one I took once; it placed me much more accurately as well.
Edit: found it: http://www.politicalcompass.org/
I ended up on the extreme end of the left and libertarian axes.
Tachikaze
03-14-2006, 21:15
Liberal, equally between libertarian and populist, but not far from moderate.
Some questions like "Allow prayer in schools" were not well worded. Does that mean I won't allow a student to give a prayer of thanks before eating? No. I took it to mean teacher-led.
Tricky Lady
03-14-2006, 21:59
I usually don't visit the backroom, but I thought I'd take this quiz, just out of curiosity.
Seems that I'm very 'leftie' in an American context... Oh well. I think over here I'm more "moderate" (being this far to the left on the spectrum in Belgium would categorize me as a communist, something I'm most definitively NOT)
https://img464.imageshack.us/img464/262/politics4uj.png
Left Liberal no surprise.
I've done this test before I believe.
Divinus Arma
03-15-2006, 04:32
Don't like this quiz... there is too much of a focus on current issues, not on overreaching issues. Plus, the categories look completely made up to me.
Let me find a better one I took once; it placed me much more accurately as well.
Edit: found it: http://www.politicalcompass.org/
I ended up on the extreme end of the left and libertarian axes.
Boy. Some of these questions are really really worded in favor of the left. The first one for example:
If economic globalisation is inevitable, it should primarily serve humanity rather than the interests of trans-national corporations.
Trans-national corporations serve the interests of humanity by providing goods and services to humanity and supplying the profits to shareholders who then spend or invest their wealth, therefore returning it to all in one way or the other.
The question just pisses me off because it is totally anti-corporation from the get-go. Gah and a half.
"From each according to his ability, to each according to his need" is a fundamentally good idea.
Sounds like communism to me.
It gets worse and worse:
It is regrettable that many personal fortunes are made by people who simply manipulate money and contribute nothing to their society.
People who "manipulate money" provide a service to other people in the sale and purchase of stock. These people are not manipulating money, but in the market of information. Gah Gah Gah.
All people have their rights, but it is better for all of us that different sorts of people should keep to their own kind.
WTF?
The Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: 3.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.15
Barely Libertarian and slightly to the right. Pretty much the same as the quiz I posted.
KafirChobee
03-16-2006, 23:55
Im Moderate Liberal.
Personal score 61%
Economic Score 35%
https://img205.imageshack.us/img205/7553/s0600407xi.gif
Well, actually, I am a Liberal Moderate by this survey. Scored 60-20. While I do not oppose prayer in schools,; I do support abortion rights, and all rights for that matter. Really dislike the government telling me what is moral.
Your Score
You scored the following on the PoliticsMatch questions:
Personal Score 25%
Economic Score 62%
Where You Fit In
Where your Personal score meets your Economic score on the grid below is your political philosophy. Based on the above score, you are a Moderate Conservative .
Divinus Arma
03-18-2006, 04:11
I usually don't visit the backroom, but I thought I'd take this quiz, just out of curiosity.
Seems that I'm very 'leftie' in an American context... Oh well. I think over here I'm more "moderate" (being this far to the left on the spectrum in Belgium would categorize me as a communist, something I'm most definitively NOT)
https://img464.imageshack.us/img464/262/politics4uj.png
Well, if you happen to come back here again, remember that the American political spectrum is much more "right" than europe, so a lefty on this scale would probably be a "moderate" in Europe. As an example, if you look attrhe "british slant" test in the thread of the same name, you will find that I am waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to the righ of 99% of england. But yet I am a moderate libertarian conservative according to this American poll.
TonkaToys
03-20-2006, 14:59
Moderate Liberal Populist - so there.
Watchman
03-20-2006, 16:05
I ended up ranked "Moderate Liberal" (Social 60/Economic 20), which I took the liberty of interpreting as "Left Liberal" for the purposes of this poll.
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