I just came across an interesting Political Spectrum Quiz on a website called “GoToQuiz.” Love this kind of stuff. I worked through the quiz once, rather quickly, and got the results below (“right moderate social libertarian,” whatever that is). I’m guessing a second run-through, with more thought given to some of the tougher “iffy” questions, might yield somewhat different results, since with each question you must indicate not only your answer, but how important that issue is to you.
One of the more interesting aspects of this quiz is the opportunity to compare one’s results to others. Comparisons can be filtered by age, gender, race, location, political affiliation, or any combination of these.
Naturally, with more than 200,000 test results in hand, GoToQuiz has generated some maps of the US to summarize the numbers.
My Political Views:
I am a right moderate social libertarian
Right: 3.96, Libertarian: 2.55
My Foreign Policy Views:
My Culture War Stance:
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I’m surprised at my “Rightness.”
My Political Views I am a far-right social libertarian Right: 9.22, Libertarian: 8.74
My Foreign Policy Views Score: -9.15 My Culture War Stance Score: -5.92
Posted by Joe R | February 27, 2011, 4:24 pm MDTShooting for the lower right corner, eh?
Posted by PiedType | February 27, 2011, 5:24 pm MDTWell, that sure didn’t format worth a darn. The images and line breaks got lost somehow.
Posted by Joe R | February 27, 2011, 4:29 pm MDTWordPress is very picky about what formatting it allows in comments, lest I be overrun with subversive propaganda. Sorry about that.
Posted by PiedType | February 27, 2011, 5:11 pm MDTI took a similar quiz a long, long time ago, and came down almost precisely on the Libertarian spot. I’ll give this one a try later (PC willing) and let you know how it turns out.
Posted by IzaakMak | February 27, 2011, 5:31 pm MDTIt says I’m a left moderate social libertarian, a non-interventionist, and culturally liberal.
Economic issues: +7.5 left
Social issues: +2.94 libertarian
Foreign policy: +5.39 non-interventionist
Cultural identification: +6.28 liberal
Gee, ya think?
Posted by Cult of Truth | February 28, 2011, 8:48 pm MDTYep, that sounds about right … er, left … er, nvm
Posted by PiedType | February 28, 2011, 10:59 pm MDT