Political Compass

[Feek]

I've re-done it to get the actual figures..

Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: -2.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.82

[Piggymon]

I have no idea what half of the questions mean, I got very confused and frustrated so I closed it :/

[Darrin]

Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: -4.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.15

[semi-pro waster]

Originally Posted by Arcade Fire

Edit: It seems that my position is most similar to nige, although there's not really anyone who's a good match for me. I am, thus far, unique.

Unique, weird. It is a fine line.

I'm rather interested by the people who have gone far left on the social scale but are rather right wing on the economics scale. It appears to be "you can do whatever you want but you'll damn well pay for it".

[Garp]

I find it interesting how liberal I seem to be compared to a number of you, despite my religious views. Usually those who are religious are perceived as being very authoritarian rather than liberal.

[Will]

I would have thought it'd have been the otherway round - forgiveness and all that sort of thing. I'm definitely slightly to the left and definitely more libertarian. But I knew that before I did the test. I think the closer you are to the "middle" the more balanced and fair your outlook is.

[Haly]

Originally Posted by Le Hoff

I think the closer you are to the "middle" the more balanced and fair your outlook is.

Personally I wouldn't say you could determine something like fairness through this, but neither would I say you could accurately determine your politically leaning through the questions posed. You can get a rough idea but there's too many 'what ifs', plus some of the questions often made me think 'Well it depends on the situation'. It tries to be too black and white imo.

[Feek]

And peoples definition of 'fair' will vary as well.

[Haly]

That too

[Will]

Agreed. I was basing my answer on the limitations of the test I guess. I agree some of the questions in my eyes had 2 answers depending on the situation. Like all tests they are flawed by the limitations of the questions and their interpretations. I guess it can reflect generally how you feel, which on the whole I agree with.

Personally, I sit on the fence between left and right as I agree with a bit of both. Similarly I sit on the fence between authoritative and libertarian ways as it entirely depends on the situation. Ones ability to move from one to the other is a sign of flexibility and diverse control and understanding of the world around them - in my opinion of course.