That's reassuring.
I have been tending to drift a bit politically but I consider myself still right leaning, on economic issues but even then I'm shifting. I distrust corporate America more nowadays and I'd argue that my concepts of true "free markets" are more right-leaning than this test suggests. We don't live in a free market, capitalistic society - not even close. That's the danger of these short tests, they take just a few rhetorical questions and produce a broad brushed outcome based on them.
I'm fairly socially liberal though, except for abortion and there were few abortion questions on that quiz - one I think, but lots of free sex questions at the end.
I would think that my real dot would be right in the center of l/r (considering my social liberalism) and about 3/4 of the way south toward libertarian.
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Ok so it won't let me edit my original post anymore. Disappointing but I added your scores:
http://www.politicalcompass.org/crow....4&newsoc=-3.6
To be fair, the makers of this test argue that the political center in most western countries is to the right of their own political center. Based on this argument, the makers would probably that Obama is slightly right of center economically. I don't agree with this analysis, but it sheds light on their logic. I would argue that Obama is right of most American progressives, at least. He is certainly to my right.
Last edited by KC; 08-25-2012 at 02:44 AM.
Would have to disagree, he is very far left IMHO. He was also voted the most liberal senator for his short term in the senate.
He's radical, but maybe like D'Souza says it's just anti-colonialism/mixed with communism, but I would say that is far radical left. He certainly is not where the chart says he is.
Would like to see other members participate in this, I need some more to join me in the purple zone. I feel so alone...
First, I have great respect for D'souza. His writings on religion are fantastic, and that's coming from someone who has long thought himself agnostic.
My reasons for thinking Obama is on my right, at the very least, are many and wide ranging. First off, there's the Trans Pacific Partnership, which may violate conservative ideas of sovereignty, but would be one of the most pro corporate treaties the US has entered. There's the essentially conservative, pro-business approach to health care reform (I would have preferred a Bismarck model), which is to the right of most post industrial democracies. There's the appointment of several former lobbyists and corporate execs to key positions in his administration, not to mention the appointment of Monsanto Public Policy VP Michael Taylor.
He's much more authoritarian, as well. He's allowed the US to use target drones, bomb the crap out of countries we disagree with and he's increased troops for Afghanistan. None of these things strike me as liberal, except the "exit" of Iraq, which was actually promised to happen in 2011 during the Bush administration. He never did shut down Gitmo, and his record on civil liberties is bad (N-D-A-A).
I'm not trying to rustle any feathers here, but I've never understood the right's charge that this president is on the far left. TARP is the only thing this administration has accomplished that seems really liberal, and even that is essentially pro corporate. He's surely not fiscally conservative, but then, show me a president in recent times who was (Clinton allowed himself to be pushed to the right, and was smart to do so).
A little further right than I usually test... but pretty much on the money.
yep, that would be me.
Welcome to the forum, kath. Hope you enjoy your stay.
I'm curious whether we'll have anyone in either of the top two quadrants. These forums strike me as right leaning, but I'm not sure whether it's the same way with social issues
http://www.politicalcompass.org/crow...c=2&newsoc=-.4