steering ever southward

a political compass is a revised means of looking at today’s political spectrum. instead of the simple left-to-right model, it offers a double-axis graph that measures liberal / conservative bias along the x-axis and authoritarian / libertarian bias along the y-axis. ten months ago, i took the 6-page test at politicalcompass.org.

my results were as follows:

Economic Left/Right: -2.50
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.28

i took the same test this morning and my results have changed ever so slightly.

Economic Left/Right: -2.75
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.79

so…. where are you, my loyal readers?

December 10, 2003 – 12:06 pm | By Thomas | Posted in Politics | Comments (11)
  • http://www.thezipman.com Zip

    My Results

    Economic Left/Right: -4.12
    Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.82

  • Nikki

    Economic Left/Right: -5.62
    Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.74

    I think that makes me more liberal than the Dali Lama.

  • Jo

    Ohhh this is rich:
    The Political Compass

    Economic Left/Right: -5.62
    Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.26
    I am right between Gandhi,The Dali Lama, and Nelson Mandela. Nelson Mandela is an awesome man. Yet I wonder what would have happened had Biko survived. Atleast I am the opposite of fascism.

  • Kathryn

    Economic Left/Right: -6.0
    Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.62

  • A.

    Economic Left/Right: -0.12
    Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.33

    Which I guess explains why a lot of the questions had me thinking “Sure, but what does that have to do with the goverment?”

    Seriously, I think this test is a bit flawed.

  • http://psycht.net jason

    Economic Left/Right: -1.62
    Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.31

    hmmm.. not far off center.

  • Janetta

    Economic Left/Right: -3.88
    Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.13

    It looks like I’m in good company with people posting. :-)

  • b

    Economic Left/Right: -3.12
    Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.33

    At some point I was almost dead center, things have changed.

  • Darrell

    Economic Left/Right: -2.75
    Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.64

    I copied Thomas

  • Jo

    LOL at Darrell.. You rule..

  • http://www.trommetter.com/log/archives/2004/01/22/Moral_Relevance_2765.php The Trommetter Times

    Moral Relevance
    “The Morality Test” over at OutofService.com was obviously written by liberals. The phrasing of the questions could offend some conservatives…