Aussie Politics Test

[Platypus]

This is actually a really good test, and the amount of data you get at the end is quite impressive.

http://www.ozpolitics.info/guide/fun/politics-test/

My result:

Self-listed as Australian Democrats, Center Left;

Scores:
POLITICAL -22.4% (Center Left)
ECONOMIC +8.9% (Center)
SOCIAL -24.2% (Center Left)
TRADITIONAL VALUES -29.7% (Center Left)

Party Affinity:
Australian Democrats 80.4%
Australian Labor Party 75.8%
Australian Greens 74.5%
Family First 52.9%
Liberal Party of Australia 50.4%
National Party 42.3%
One Nation 32.3%

The poll is a little old, but still worth doing.

[Jake]

By Party:
.National Party (75.3%)
.Family First Party (75%)
.Liberal Party (64.2%)
.One Nation (59.6%)
.Labor Party (48.9%)
.Democrats (45.9%)
.Green Party (37.6%)

Scores:
Political Outlook    24.1% Center Right
Economic Policy     -0.3% Center
Social Policy          13.0% Center
Traditional Values 81.8% Far-Right

Probably pegs me the best of any test I've taken.

[Middle-aged Europe]

Party preference:
Australian Democrats 84.1%
Greens 81%
Labor Party 77.3%
Family First: 49.3%
Liberal Party: 39.9%
One Nation: 30.4%
National Party: 27%

Political outlook: -45.4% (Left)
Economic policy: -28.9% (Centre Left)
Social policy: -23.2% (Centre Left)
Traditional values: -79.4% (Far Left)

[minionofmidas]

Greens Australian Democrats Labor Party Family First Liberal Party National Party One Nation
92.1%  82.9%                        67.7%          29.8%        24%             21.1%              17.5% 

Economic was most centrist, but still minus 50. Trad Values was minus 92.

A few quibbles about questions. I strongly disagree with equations of abortion and euthanasia with murder, but am not a friend of either. I oppose legalizing euthanasia, I just don't want it treated as murder either.

The hijab question was seriously weird. It basically asks whether you prefer to see girls with a scarf or without, not your position on whether their clothes are the government's business at all.

[Јas]

Party:
Australian Democrats 82.2%
Labor Party 73.7%
Greens 65.9%
Liberal Party 63.2%
Family First 53.2%
National Party 42.2%
One Nation 28%  

Scores:
Political outlook: -20.5% (Centre Left)
Economic policy: 18.4% (Centre Right)
Social policy: -0.4% (Centre)
Traditional values: -61.7% (Left)

[Bono]

Liberal Party  72.8%
National Party  71.8%     
One Nation  69%
Family First 51.6%
Labor party 42.1%
Australian Democrats 33.8%
Greens 20.2%

Scores:
Political outlook: 51% (Right)
Economic policy: 100% (Far Right)
Social policy: 72.6% (Far Right)
Traditional values: -14.4% (Centre Left)

[afleitch]

Liberal - 63.1%
Democrats - 58.5%
One Nation (WTF?) 57.4%

Political outlook: 14% Centre
Economic policy: 27.3% Centre Right
Social Policy: 38.2% Centre Right
Traditional Values: -67% Left

[Hash]

AU Democrats 54.8%
Labor Party 52.4%
One Nation 50.5%
Greens 49%
National 44.1%
Liberal 43%
Family Firsy 39.7%

Political outlook: 5.2% Centre
Economic policy: 28.9% Centre Right
Social Policy: -31.9% Centre Left
Traditional Values: -9.1% Centre

Excellent test!

Guess I'm a 3-way swing voter!

[Tetro Kornbluth]

Not a great test.. too many questions needed more detail.

Australian Democrats 73.1
ALP  69.4
Greens 64.8
Liberal 57.5 (WTH, this is above 50!!)
Family First 50
National 47.7
One Nation 33.1 (Haha.. More like -33.1)

Political Outlook: -22.1 (Centre-left)
Economic Policy: 13.5 (Centre) - Funny until relatively opposition to economic nationalism was seen as a more left wing ideology. In Australia wasn't the Whitlam goverment responsible for alot of Australia's tariff removals?
Traditional Values: -81.3% (Far left) - OMG NO WAY!!!11

[True Democrat]

Greens    Australian Democrats    Labor Party    Family First    Liberal Party    National Party    One Nation
58.5%            64%                             57.4%             52.3%              66.5%       50.8%             30.6%

Political Outlook: -7.7
Economic: 17.1
Social: 18.2
Traditional Values: -72.7

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

Greens: 31.4%
Australian Democrats: 41.2%
Labor Party: 38.9%
Family First: 42.3%
Liberal Party: 65.5%
National Party: 60.1%
One Nation: 65.7%

Political Orientation: 41.9%
Economic :73%
Social: 83.9%
Traditional values: -77.5%

[Platypus]

Whilst I certainly don't believe this test is perfect (for example the abortion question) it certainly had an overall result better than anything else I've ever taken-maybe because it was Aussie issues, but also because the system of weighting seems good and questions affect not just one variable-ie, traditional values can be linked with both economic and social policy, which can also be linked with eachother.

There is a tendency to create higher amounts of support than those that really exist-ie, whilst i'm sure some One Nation policies are not completely foreign to my views, I'm fairly confident I don't agree with a third of them, and I know I oppose more than support Family First. But, it highlights an interesting issue-the parties are not always as strong as the stereotypes that surround them. I personally believe that the Australian Democrats are the party that best represents the median of the Australian electorate, and yet they are likely to be wiped out at the next election-Fair, no; but part of the process when the parliament is split between two major parties.

[Boris]

Australian Democrats: 69.4%
Labor Party: 67.1%    
Greens: 66.1%    
Liberal Party: 54.2%    
Family First: 43.7%     
National Party: 42.4%    
One Nation: 33.8%

Your broad political orientation score is -15.2%, which equates to a ‘Centre Left’ position

Your economic policy score score is 13.5%. This equates to a ‘Centre’ position

Your social policy score is -0.7%. This equates to a ‘Centre’ position

Your traditional values score is -67%. This equates to a ‘Left’ position


                        

[ag]

Not too bad, pretty cogent with what I tought it would be. The problem is, my only problem w/ Libs is Howard himself. As long as he is around, I'd still wish the Libs the worst misfortune, even though they aren't too alien to me. Mercifully, I am not Australian.

Australian Dems 77.2%
Libs 70.3%
Lab 67.1%
Greens 60.%
Nats 57.2%
Family First 51.3%
One Nation 39.7%

Political Outlook: -15.1 (Center-Left)
Economic Policy +46.1 (Right)
Social Policy -16.1 (Center Left)
Traditional Values -73.7 (Far Left)

[Platypus]

Mercifully, I am not Australian.

Whilst I understand this was probably not meant as offensive, I take issue at that.

There are many problems with Australia, but compared to all but maybe 10 countries in the world it is unquestionably better, and of those ten others all have points that are better and points that are worse than us.

There is no 'mercy' involved in being Australian. It is indeed fortuitous to be Australian. To live in a free country of amazing beauty and depth, with cosmpolitan cities and extreme nature; blessed country and harsh land...

John Howard is a wanker and most Australians voted for him last election. That is sad, and possibly deserving of international mercy. But on balance, there is no question-Australia is a fantastic country, and I know no other less deserving of mercy.

[ilikeverin]

Party preference:
1. Labor Party (76.6%)
2. Greens (75.6%)
3. Australian Democrats (73.9%)
4. Family First (53.2%)
5. Liberal Party (47.6%)
6. National Party (36.7%)
7. One Nation (23.9%)

Political Outlook: -34.9% ("Centre Left")
Economic Policy: -11.2% ("Centre")
Social Policy: -14% ("Centre")
Traditional Values: -47.8% ("Left")

Did I do good, hugh?

[CultureKing]

1) Labor Party (78.3%)
2) Australian Democrats (73.8%)
3) Greens (64.2%)
4) Liberal Party (58.1%)
5) Family First (54.9%)
6) National Party (45.7%)
7) One Nation (44.7%)

Political Outlook: -22.4% ("Centre Left")
Economic Policy: -15.5% ("Centre Left")
Social Policy: -2.8% ("Centre")
Traditional Values: -42.1% ("Center Left")

I guess I fit pretty well into the center, leaning towards the left. None of the parties however seem to represent me very well, or for that matter extremely horribly. :/

[Bacon King]

Australian Democrats- 65.2%
Labor Party 60.6%
Greens 60.4%
Liberal Party 54.8%
National Party 44.4%
Family First 39.7%
One Nation 31.5%

Political Outlook: -12%, centre
Economic Policy: 53.3%, right
Social Policy: 13.7%, centre
Traditional Values: -95.2%, far left.

[bgwah]

1) 65.7% Labor Party
2) 63% Australian Democrats
3) 61.4% Greens
4) 52.1% Liberal Party
5) 44.6% National Party
6) 39.1% Family First
7) 33.6% One Nation

Political outlook: -13.9% (Center)
Economic policy: 28.6% (Center Right)
Social policy: 9.1% (Center)
Traditional values: -82.8% (Far Left)

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Greens 88.6%
Aus. Democrats 77.5%
Labor Party 68.8%
Family First 35.6%
One Nation 26.5%
Liberal Party 25.7%
National Party 22.1

Political outlook: -59.2% (Left)
Economic policy: -62.8% (Left)
Social Policy: -13.7% (Centre)
Tradtional Values: -81.3% (Far left)

[Ebowed]

Greens: 89.2%
Australian Democrats: 85.4%
Labor Party: 72.1%
Family First: 34%
Liberal Party: 29.1%
National Party: 19.8%
One Nation: 13.9%

Political outlook: -81.5% (Far Left)
Economic policy: -55.3% (Left)
Social policy: -69.5% (Left)
Traditional values: -100% (Far Left)

[Person Man]

preference


Greens Australian Democrats Labor Party Family First Liberal Party National Party One Nation
63.4%  73.8%  69.3%  50.6%  50.9%  43.8%  40.3% 

This test gives an indication of the parties that align with your views. Parties with higher scores have a policy outlook that is more aligned with your views.

Identifying the party that best aligns with your views is not an exact science. You have more than one party within an error margin of 10 percentage points of the highest score. The higher scored parties are highlighted above. Any of these parties may actually better align with your views than the highest scored party. Or, your political preferences may swing between these higher scored parties.

Notes: People choose to vote for a political party for many reasons, not just because their ideas and ideals align with those of their chosen party. In addition to a party’s philosophical position, many voters are also interested in the experience of the candidates, and the party’s leadership style and management capability. This tool did not test such factors.

Some political parties may have policy outlooks to which your are fundamentally opposed. Even if you agree with that party on other matters you would never vote for them because of your points of disagreement. This test cannot detect those parties for which you would never vote. Because it simply ‘averages’ your areas of agreement and disagreement, the test will give a score that is higher than you may like for those parties. If you have already made up your mind to never vote for a particular party, ignore its score from this test.

Political outlook


Your broad political orientation score is -21.6%, which equates to a ‘Centre Left’ position

Economic policy


Your economic policy score score is -10.2%. This equates to a ‘Centre’ position

Social policy


Your social policy score is 11.2%. This equates to a ‘Centre’ position

Traditional values


Your traditional values score is -83.3%. This equates to a ‘Far Left’ position

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Greens 82.7%   
Australian Democrats 90.4%    
Labor Party 77.9% 
Family First  45.7%
Liberal Party 33.8% 
National Party 29.4%
One Nation 28.7%

Political outlook -31.4% ‘Centre Left’

Economic policy -13.5%  ‘Centre’

Social policy  -27.4% 'Centre Left'

Traditional values -46.4% 'Left'       

[Democratic Hawk]

My result:

Self-listed as Australian Labor Party, Centre-Left

Party Preference

One Nation: 65.6% *
Australian Labor Party: 61.8%
Australian Democrats: 59.9%
Greens: 55.1%
Family First: 53.8%
National Party: 39.3%
Liberal Party: 35.8%

*However, a score of less than 66.6% indicates that I have significant areas of difference with each of the parties

Political Outlook : -1.9% 'Centre'

Economic Policy : -53.3% 'Left'

Social Policy : 4.2% 'Centre'

Traditional Values : 1.4% 'Centre'

Economically, more Left than I'd have thought but seems pretty accurate overall; something of a slighly left-of-centre centrist

Dave

[ag]

Mercifully, I am not Australian.

Whilst I understand this was probably not meant as offensive, I take issue at that.

There are many problems with Australia, but compared to all but maybe 10 countries in the world it is unquestionably better, and of those ten others all have points that are better and points that are worse than us.

There is no 'mercy' involved in being Australian. It is indeed fortuitous to be Australian. To live in a free country of amazing beauty and depth, with cosmpolitan cities and extreme nature; blessed country and harsh land...

John Howard is a wanker and most Australians voted for him last election. That is sad, and possibly deserving of international mercy. But on balance, there is no question-Australia is a fantastic country, and I know no other less deserving of mercy.

Don't take me too seriously I should have put a smile back in the original post.  I've been to Australia and like it a lot, and, surely, Australian passport is a pretty attractive one to have

BTW, had I taken a single decision in my life differently, I would have long been Australian by now. I still remember that phone call to Australia which I placed not yet knowing, whether I accept or reject a job offer.  In the end, I said "no" and went to Mexico. Had I said "yes", I wold have sworn allegiance to Her Majesty ages back.  I will never know for sure, if I made a mistake or not (it was a very close call, both professionally and personally). So, you can interpret me as being "mercifull" for dodging a bullet of having Mr. Howard as my PM   Don't read any more into it.