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« on: December 13, 2008, 03:31:27 PM »
The test- http://www.politicalcompass.org/test
The candidates- http://www.politicalcompass.org/uselection2008
The states- http://www.politicalcompass.org/usstates?ak=on&az=on&il=on&ny=on

 How accurate do you think this is? How do you compare on the charts?

 I am three squares bellow Cynthia McKinney. I think that Vermont is the closest state to me but still is far away.

 As for EU governments I am nearest to Sweden. For UK parties I am closest to the Green but I support the Liberal Democrats.
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« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2008, 03:33:08 PM »
Hilariously wrong.

I mean for starters, Gravel on the far right?
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E: -7.63, S: -9.49

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« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2008, 03:51:53 PM »
They have no idea what they're doing.
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« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2008, 03:55:34 PM »
 It (attempts to) explain  Mike Gravel here-
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« Reply #4 on: December 13, 2008, 04:04:51 PM »
 I tried answering the questions like Barack Obama and I got
Economic Left/Right: 0.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.36
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« Reply #5 on: December 13, 2008, 04:10:36 PM »
Wyoming is the most socially predatory state in the Union, per the senators. Almost as socially predatory as Hitler, in fact. The WY delegation is 8+, Hitler is like +9 or +10. ...and Colorado is one of the most socially inclusive states per their senate delegation.
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« Reply #6 on: December 13, 2008, 04:21:32 PM »
Quote from: humder on December 13, 2008, 04:04:51 PM
I tried answering the questions like Barack Obama and I got
Economic Left/Right: 0.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.36

....so, in a way, Obama is a libertarian on the global stage, while Palin was more of a fascist.
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« Reply #7 on: December 13, 2008, 04:33:33 PM »
Pretty wrong, in my opinion.
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« Reply #8 on: December 13, 2008, 09:32:09 PM »
It gave me a -.25, -1.90.  I don't like their system.

However, I do agree about Gravel.  The man was calling for a national sales tax!  That's pretty far right, if you ask me.
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« Reply #9 on: December 13, 2008, 09:40:50 PM »
Economic Left/Right: -6.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.21
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« Reply #10 on: December 13, 2008, 09:42:05 PM »
Quote from: Darwinian Man on December 13, 2008, 09:32:09 PM
However, I do agree about Gravel.  The man was calling for a national sales tax!  That's pretty far right, if you ask me.
Virtually everything else in his platform was fringe left though.
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« Reply #11 on: December 13, 2008, 09:42:56 PM »
PS:  I have never seen a quiz where I had to vote "Strongly Negative" on every question on a page. (The Social Issues page)
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« Reply #12 on: December 13, 2008, 09:50:31 PM »
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: 3.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.79

The leftist bias in this test was at times cringe worthy.
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« Reply #13 on: December 13, 2008, 10:10:25 PM »
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: 1.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.38

The socialist compass is total sh**t.
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« Reply #14 on: December 13, 2008, 11:22:28 PM »
Economic Left/Right: -6.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.31

Not very good test.
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« Reply #15 on: December 13, 2008, 11:50:51 PM »
Quote from: humder on December 13, 2008, 03:31:27 PM
The test- http://www.politicalcompass.org/test
The candidates- http://www.politicalcompass.org/uselection2008
The states- http://www.politicalcompass.org/usstates?ak=on&az=on&il=on&ny=on

 How accurate do you think this is? How do you compare on the charts?

 I am three squares bellow Cynthia McKinney. I think that Vermont is the closest state to me but still is far away.

 As for EU governments I am nearest to Sweden. For UK parties I am closest to the Green but I support the Liberal Democrats.

These were my results:
Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: -3.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.03
I'm closer to Nader which is not surprising because I voted for him.
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« Reply #16 on: December 15, 2008, 01:27:28 AM »
Not nearly as accurate as On The Issues:

http://www.ontheissues.org
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