Another Politics Quiz

You never know how these quizzes are set up, and certainly some of the questions begged explanations, but why not? My results:

You are a

Social Conservative
(33% permissive)

and an...

Economic Conservative
(85% permissive)

You are best described as a:

Strong Republican



Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid

(Hat tip to Flight Pundit).

Posted by: Ogre at 08:05 PM

Comments

1 You are a Social Moderate (43% permissive) and an... Economic Conservative (78% permissive) You are best described as a: Capitalist

I would have thought I was higher on the Economics and a little lower on the Social. Oh well, a 40 question quiz is far from perfect

Posted by: Echo Zoe at September 27, 2005 04:53 PM (K+h36)

2 Yeah, tests like this are always questionable -- there were a few questions in that test that were very loaded -- they would ask a question that you really couldn't answer yes or no -- like "Should the victims of Katrina be given aid and money to help?"

My answer is yes, they should, but not by government.

Posted by: Ogre at September 27, 2005 04:56 PM (iJFc9)

3 I got centrist, but not in the quadrant I would have thought. There were some questionables... that I would like to have been able to put NONE OF THE ABOVE.

Posted by: Bou at September 27, 2005 10:15 PM (5JHEt)

4 I am ALSO a Strong Republican - which is a darn good thing, as I am a State Committee member! Phew!

Posted by: Peter Porcupine at September 28, 2005 01:51 AM (VHQXK)

5 Ah, Bou, but it's all for fun with these things, isn't it? I've flirted with the idea of making an accurate quiz that could show which party platform someone matches up with, but I just haven't found the time.

And Peter -- a STRONG Republican? In MA? I didn't know they were allowed there.

Posted by: Ogre at September 28, 2005 06:00 AM (iJFc9)

6 Wow, I didn't really see that coming - I turned out to be a "Capitalist", hehehe!

Posted by: leftbrainfemale at September 28, 2005 07:53 AM (M7kiy)

7 Say it ain't so!

Posted by: Ogre at September 28, 2005 08:34 AM (/k+l4)

8 If you ever do put together a quiz of your own, be sure to get the political spectrum right. I haven't seen one yet that is accurate.

For example on this one, Fascist should be on the opposite side of the "economically permissive" axis, and a little more "socially permissive". In other words, along the bottom in the left corner/center rather than upper left corner. A Fascist (National Socialist) is just a more committed socialist. Economically, the only difference between Fascists and Communists is that, while both have strict government control over the use of capital, Fascists allow private parties to own the capital, while communists believe that it should be owned by the state. It doesn't make much difference in the end, as the state controlls the capital in both cases.

I also would have flipped this so Democrats were on the left side and Republicans on the right.

Posted by: Echo Zoe at September 28, 2005 09:28 AM (K+h36)

9 Echo Zoe

In the Zwangwirtschaft form of Socialism, the praxeological characteristic of ownership (ability to direct the use of an economic good) is in the hands of the government, no matter what is on the statutes.

Posted by: Tom at September 28, 2005 09:43 AM (iinH5)

10 Actually, I was working more on an agree/disagree type of quiz. I was grabbing party platform positions and statements from party web sites and putting them together. So the question would be something like, "Which of the following statements about abortion most closely matches your personal opinion."

Then I'd list all the different political party positions. I think I'd also include a "none of the above" so anarchists could find a home, too.

Posted by: Ogre at September 28, 2005 10:02 AM (/k+l4)

11 And yes, I did notice the facist did seem to be in a rather odd place, too. Maybe I'll take the test again and see if I can get facist for a result...

Posted by: Ogre at September 28, 2005 11:00 AM (/k+l4)

12 Centrist

You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness.

Or should I say, See Bou's answer. Blhhhhhhhh.

Posted by: vw bug at September 28, 2005 01:23 PM (J3xJ9)

13 Thanks, Bou...err... I mean VW...

Posted by: Ogre at September 28, 2005 01:44 PM (/k+l4)

14 No kidding, our answers were off by like 4%.

Posted by: Bou at September 28, 2005 08:32 PM (5JHEt)

15 I'm starting to think you are the same person with a split personality...

Posted by: Ogre at September 28, 2005 08:53 PM (iJFc9)

16 You are a Social Liberal (75% permissive)and an... Economic Conservative (81% permissive)

You are best described as a: Libertarian


You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness


I've always said I'm a Libertarian. Now the almighty quiz has confirmed it.

(*)>

Posted by: birdwoman at September 29, 2005 08:35 PM (Sc2Wh)

17 Well it's good that it's official now, Birdwoman, isn't it?

Posted by: Ogre at October 02, 2005 07:16 PM (iJFc9)






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