Backrrom Political Temperature. Take quiz FIRST before answering.

[Shaka_Khan]

I got:

Moderate Liberal Populist

edit- Does this mean we will be judged by our affiliation on whatever posts we do?

[Antagonist]

Yet another Moderate Liberal Populist. Never really thought of myself as a populist, but apparently I am.

Antagonist

[rory_20_uk]

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!

[Ice]

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]

Right wing populist, though the q's are US focussed.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Moderate populist, leaning to the right according to the graph and other tests.

[Ja'chyra]

Moderate Populist . Who'da thunk it

[Idaho]

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]

Moderate Liberal Populist?



Can't be right.

[Slyspy]

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]

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.

[Xiahou]

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]

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.

[Upxl]

Moderate Liberal Populist

[t1master]

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...

[ICantSpellDawg]

Moderate Populist Conservative

[BigTex]

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.

[Goofball]

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.

[Just A Girl]

No one is forcing you to take it, you know. Are you always so negitive?

"no"
....

:P

[Divinus Arma]

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]

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]

Left Liberal

[Reverend Joe]

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]

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]

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)

[Moros]

Left Liberal no surprise.
I've done this test before I believe.

[Divinus Arma]

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]

Im Moderate Liberal.

Personal score 61%
Economic Score 35%

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.

[John86]

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]

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)

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.