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Political Compass

I only took it in Feb of last year, I may as well post the results I got then:


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Economic Left/Right: -5.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.36
 
Sorry but the placing of those parties where they are is a joke. Also you couldn't realistically suggest a political party to someone based on a score on this graph.


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Here's my results from the vote for policies thing. Thought either Lib Dems or Labour would be the party I'd selected most so can't say I'm surprised they've both got 33% each, but I'm quite surprised I like something about UKIP. :p

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Well they were accurate to 2010. Labour would now presumably be only one step to the left (if that even!) of the Tories having declared that they intend to stick to all of Osborne's cuts.

The Greens have arguably moved even further to left and the Lib Dems have shot up to the top right box rather than the bottom right.

Also, I'd have argued that UKIP were even further to right than the Conservatives.
 
Just took the 'Vote for Policies' survey:

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Still wouldn't vote for the 'Fib Dems' though! :p It's interesting to see that there's a bigger following of the Green Party in my area than I'd first thought.
 
The Greens won in my area on 'Vote For Policies' and yet we are the Tory heartlands having only ever had a Conservative MP back to the early 1900s where there was a brief gap for the Liberals. I think it goes to show that in elections people vote much more on branding and almost as a lifestyle accessory rather than for the policies they believe in. If only people had more time to research what parties genuinely stood for.

And yes Blaze, the term libertarian in it's traditional sense seems to have been forgotten. Apparently the modern meaning of libertarian is to advocate a complete and utter plutocratic tyranny.
 
Blaze said:
It really isn't. As iffy as the compass is, the placing of parties is pretty much spot on.
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It has the BNP to the left of Labour and the Liberal Democrats. The BNP is centrist on the chart.


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Because they are left of Labour economically. Read their policies, they've stolen quite a few socialist ideals. The compass shows this.

They're also much more authoritarian than the mainstream parties, and again, the compass clearly shows this.
 
Blaze said:
Because they are left of Labour economically. Read their policies, they've stolen quite a few socialist ideals. The compass shows this.

They're also much more authoritarian than the mainstream parties, and again, the compass clearly shows this.
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The chart does not relate to economic policies only.


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I must admit I didn't at first realise its left/right axis was based on economics only. I still think it's flawed however as many of its social questions should be determining left/right. For example, you can have authoritarian left governments and indeed there are many.


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It does point that out.

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Pretty much ever economically left government is also authoritarian.

But yes, the test is flawed and the questions need improving.
 
Re: Social Attitude Test

Courtesy of Blaze this one. For those who missed it in Shoutbox, I find this one is a bit uncanny actually!

Social Attitude Test

My results stated this:
Radicalism 74.75
Socialism 56.25
Tenderness 62.5

These scores indicate that you are a tender-minded moderate progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with an animal rights activist. It appears that you are moderate towards religion, and have a balanced attitude towards humanity in general.

Your attitudes towards economics appear neither committedly capitalist nor socialist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as a political centrist.

To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, an idealist with several strong opinions.
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I am indeed moderate towards religion, I do believe in the freedom to achieve balanced against taking care of those in society that require it.

I am also very active in animal rights charities.

I must say, that is not far off how I would describe myself!

Have fun doing yours!
 
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