Do you think the Political Compass world leaders chart is off?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I do. By a lot.

To sum up a good example of why, they have Kerry as slightly right of center, which puts John Ford as more liberal than him. But I thought that was dumb because of the situation with a friend of mine. She is much more conservative than me, which still isn't saying much. But her views are for the most part mainstream, and she has a lot of socially conservative tendencies, she's pro-life and goes to church every week. whatever the case, she got something like -5/-2, which put her closest to Sharpton, who she thinks is insane, and significantly to the left of Kerry, who she thinks is too liberal (but is voting for anyway).

so who agrees?

[The Duke]

I agree.  I am not more liberal than nearly any major world political figure.  I am a centrist, Kerry is a liberal.  He should be on my left.

[TheWildCard]

These Political Tests are not to be taken with any ounce of seriousness imho anyway.

[English]

Yes, it's way off. Tony Blair is round about the same area as George Bush. That's simply ridiculous.
Tony Blair is a raving liberal compared to Bush. He's pro-socialised health care, pro-environment, internationalist, pro-european and pro-gay rights. He should be in the liberal populist area.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I think it's to make cheap political points...

[W in 2004]

I do not like the political compass test.  I think the test at http://angrylibertarian.com/polquiz.html is better.

[W in 2004]

My results were:
Radical – Conservative: -3
Liberal – Populist: +16
Capitalist – Socialist: +25