Political alignment analysis

**Don Corleone** · 09-07-2007, 16:50

I got an 80% economic, 45% personal. Like Xiahou, I'm not happy with the way the questions merged several topics, unless they were scored that way as well. For example, answering that you're in favor of school vouchers appears to have been scored that if you supported it, it lowered your personal score which is hogwash. You're offering parents choices, not forcing them to endure the dysfunctional monopoly that is the American educational system where "Heather has Two Mommies" is required reading but kids don't know who George Washington was. I favor school vouchers because I believe in giving parents choices, but also because I'm opposed to government ordained monopolies (a social and an economic reason).

**Lemur** · 09-07-2007, 17:20

Not thrilled with the way some of those questions were phrased. "Permit" prayer in public schools? What does that mean, exactly? As long as there are trigonometry tests, there will be prayer. Do they mean permit organized, teacher-led prayer? Or do they mean private group prayer? Kinda soft around the edges, that one.

Likewise "Abortion is a woman's right." Um, sometimes? No room for nuance on that issue as they phrase it. And many of the questions, frankly, depend on implementation. Privatize social security? Sounds good, but how do you intend to go about it?

This should surprise no-one: "Your political philosophy is Moderate Libertarian Conservative."

**Geoffrey S** · 09-07-2007, 17:39

60%/45% on mine. One I found quite screwy was whether I wanted to limit fuel emissions; yes, I do, but not necessarily for environmental reasons as the poll suggests. Rather to at least get off the worrying dependance of modern nations on fuel sources which certainly aren't going to be around for that much longer.

**econ21** · 09-07-2007, 18:19

Originally Posted by Don Corleone

For example, answering that you're in favor of school vouchers appears to have been scored that if you supported it, it lowered your personal score which is hogwash.

I think that question - along with some others, like the one on gun control - is not used in constructing the score. I was a little surprised, as I thought it was a clear economic libertarian issue (as gun control would be a clear social libertarian one). But I was a little relieved, as I dithered on it and gave no opinion. If you dig around the site, there is very transparent information on exactly how each answer is expected to correspond to the four political philosophies identified.

BTW, the site's use of the term popularism is an interesting alernative label for what the first test would label authoritarianism.

**Ironside** · 09-07-2007, 20:22

72% Personal
14% Economical
On the second test.

If you clicked on the question you could actually read on what the different stances meant Lemur.

A short America centered test gives it a bit rough edges, but it still shows you about the area that you would expect (I still feel awfully left on the economical scale on that scale though. I'm not that left

) .

**Evil_Maniac From Mars** · 09-07-2007, 22:23

Moderate Populist

This isn't too far off, and probably closer to my actual beliefs than the last test.

**Seamus Fermanagh** · 09-08-2007, 02:02

Second Scaling:

Originally Posted by Quiz furnished by ECON21

Your Score

You scored the following on the PoliticsMatch questions:

Personal Score 32%
Economic Score 84%

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.