These are always fun. Being the world's shortest political quiz, it has its limitations. But it literally takes only about a minute to do. Find out where you stand:
http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html
Here's my results:
http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz-score/draw.php?p=10&e=10

http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz-score/draw.php?p=9&e=2
Weird. I firmly believe that the government knows best.

No place for the left libertarian, again. And no difference between right and left extreme authoritarians.

Oh well, they aren't allowed to exist in US political discourse either.

The common patter holds - the average citizen responding on these surveys is more libertarian and more left than their representation in government.

It's an interesting toy:

http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz-score/draw.php?p=9&e=4

http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz-score/draw.php?p=7&e=2

I'm a... hippy! Oh my god!

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I am a centrist, I see everything as of equal share and value.

It's an interesting toy:
http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz-score/draw.php?p=9&e=4

http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz-score/draw.php?p=10&e=10
We're closer than I would have thought.

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http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz-score/draw.php?p=7&e=4

Your PERSONAL issues Score is 70%.
Your ECONOMIC issues Score is 40%.
(Scores falling on the Centrist border are counted as Centrist.)

OMG Michael...you are like just like me. GO Centrists! yay!

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iceaura: I agree that the test is flawed (nothing on foreign policy?) but I'm still curious to see what your result is.

ashura...you faked it

ashura...you faked it

I swear on your virginity draqon, I did not.

OMG Michael...you are like just like me. GO Centrists! yay!Nothing wrong with centrists :D

I swear on your virginity draqon, I did not.

well if you put it that way on the holiest of the holiest...than yeah I guess I trust you.

Centrist.

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We're closer than I would have thought.

In a way that doesn't surprise me. Of all the people I view as conservatives around this site, you're at the top of the list of who I'd probably best be able to drink beer and watch football or baseball with.

But there are a couple of notes to add, as well. I had to fudge a couple of answers, picking "maybe" because the phrasing of the questions, while certainly not foreign, pandered more toward libertarians and conservatives. There should be no laws regarding sex for consenting adults? I'm kind of like Han Solo on that: I don't know, I can imagine a lot. No government handouts to business? Not all government assistance to the business sector is corporate welfare. "Let people control their own retirement"? Come on; that's almost tailored to the conservative and libertarian campaign.

Recognizing, of course, that it is billed as the World's Smallest Political Quiz, we should expect certain generalizations. Following a link to a Washington Post article that seems to praise the quiz, we find a 2001 article that notes:

... Marshall Fritz, founder of Advocates for Self-Government and currently head of an educational movement to keep politics out of public schools, added a short list of questions. The quiz and the chart became a computer game with results that could be automatically plotted. Fritz and others spent much time revising the questions to ensure accuracy, remove bias and override skepticism that the quiz was built to make people more aware of libertarian issues. He called it "The World's Smallest Political Quiz" ....

(Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A8992-2001Jun16&notFound=true))

I would suggest they have at least a little bit of work left to do toward eliminating the suggestions of libertarian propaganda.

Those points made, however, I'll stick with the line about beer and sports for now.
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Notes:

"Just How Solid Is That Center?" Washington Post. June 17, 2001; page B04. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A8992-2001Jun16&notFound=true

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GIRL YOUR ASS IS CONSERVATIVE STOP FRONTING,DUST THEM ANN COULTER PENNY LOAFERS OFF AND ROCK THEM LIKE THE TRUE ULTRA CON.

These are always fun, I agree. However, are they always accurate? And I would have to say no. They don't really account for reality and perceptions. For instance, there is a huge gap between what conservatives say they are for and what they practice in the real world.

Here is another quiz (a little longer but more accurate I think):

http://politicalquiz.net/

The Quiz

The following are your scores. They are based on a gradual range of 0 to 12. For instance, a Conservative/Progressive score of 3 and 0 will both yield a result of social conservative, yet 0 would be an extreme conservative and 3 a moderate conservative


Conservative/Progressive score: 4
You are a social moderate. You think the progressive movement is overall well meaning, but sometimes it goes too far. On issues like abortion and affirmative action, you see the negatives of both extremes on the issue. You probably value religion, but at the same time you think it should still stay separate from the government



Capitalist Purist/Social Capitalist score: 10
You're a Social Capitalist, you think that, left to its own, Capitalism leaves a lot of people behind. You think that Health Care should be free to all, that the minimum wage should be raised, and that the government should provide jobs to all that are capable of having them. You likely hated the Bush tax cuts, and believe that the middle class has gotten poorer, and the rich have gotten richer over the past several years. The far extreme of social capitalism is socialism.

* I believe in capitalism, but it does have weaknesses. There does need to be a social safety net to help the less fortunate. Additionally, markets work best when the are competitive. When industries restrict competition through law, then they must be regulated as a monopoly or oligopoly (e.g. healthcare, and oil and gas industry) in order to keep the markets competitive and accessible and promote change and efficiency...to offset the effects of monopoly powers. There is too much vertical integration in the oil business which is hindering alternative fuel distribution. And global supply is controlled by a cartel.

Libertarian/Authoritarian score: 2
You are libertarian. You think that the government is making way too many unnecessary laws that are taking away our innate rights. You believe that the government's job is primarily to protect people from harming other people, but after that they should mind their own business, and if we give the government too much power in controlling our lives, it can lead to fascism.


Pacifist/Militarist score: 7
You're a Moderate. You think that in very rare occasions, the United States should invade a country in order to make the world better by spreading democracy or ending a tyrants rule. You also think that defense is very important, and we shouldn't lower the defense budget. You think that, while the Iraq War probably was a mistake, that we can make the world a better place by sticking with it and spreading democracy in the middle east.

Overall, you would most likely fit into the category of Democrat

I got -1, 3 on the graph. I couldn't figure out how to get the image to sciforums though.

It's somewhat American-centrist quiz. Anyway:
http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz-score/draw.php?p=7&e=2

No place for the left libertarian, again. And no difference between right and left extreme authoritarians.
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I think the point of the quiz is to show you where your real political allignment is - not where you think it is - it is possible to get a left(liberal) Libertarian if your answers match up:

http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz-score/draw.php?p=10&e=5

I'd argue that there isn't much of a fundamental difference between extreme left and extreme right authoritarianism - so the survey would be about right.

To be honest I think the survey is a little over simplified - many of my answers would depend on circumstances - for example in general I'm not in favour of a draft - but there are circumstances where I might be (one of my secret right-wing fantasies :D ) - likewise for many of the questions.

Here is another quiz (a little longer but more accurate I think):

http://politicalquiz.net/



I think this is probably more accurate - it sums up my political beleifs / affiliations pretty well.

A few of the questions weren't entirely relevant to a non-american - so I had to use my imagination to a certain point.

Conservative/Progressive score: 11
You are a social progressive. You generally consider yourself a humanist first. You probably think that religion and patriotism go too far in society. You probably consider yourself to be a citizen of Earth first rather than a citizen of your country.

Spot on!

Capitalist Purist/Social Capitalist score: 5
You are a Moderate Capitalist. You support an economy that is by and large a free market, but has public programs to help people who can't help themselves or need a little help. Pretty much you believe in the American economy how it currently is.

Pretty close again

Libertarian/Authoritarian score: 1
You are libertarian. You think that the government is making way too many unnecessary laws that are taking away our innate rights. You believe that the government's job is primarily to protect people from harming other people, but after that they should mind their own business, and if we give the government too much power in controlling our lives, it can lead to fascism.

Close


Pacifist/Militarist score: 1
You're a Pacifist. You are angered that the United States thinks it should dominate the world through its military force. You think that the only time war is necessary is when we are in direct danger of being attacked. You also believe the US spends way too much of its money on defense, as we can practically cut it in half and still easily defend ourselves, and use that money to fix all our economic problems.

Don't like the term pacifist, but the description fits me

Overall, you would most likely fit into the category of Libertarian

http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz-score/draw.php?p=7&e=2

Challenger, you are a liberal commie!

OMG, I never knew.
Here I was thinking ,I was conservative for an Aussie.

My other quiz results, I don't live in the US, So it may not be technically true

You are a social progressive. You generally consider yourself a humanist first. You probably think that religion and patriotism go too far in society. You probably consider yourself to be a citizen of Earth first rather than a citizen of your country.

So Far so good....

You're a Social Capitalist, you think that, left to its own, Capitalism leaves a lot of people behind. You think that Health Care should be free to all, that the minimum wage should be raised, and that the government should provide jobs to all that are capable of having them. You likely hated the Bush tax cuts, and believe that the middle class has gotten poorer, and the rich have gotten richer over the past several years. The far extreme of social capitalism is socialism.

Yeah, alright...

You're a Moderate. You think that in very rare occasions, the United States should invade a country in order to make the world better by spreading democracy or ending a tyrants rule. You also think that defense is very important, and we shouldn't lower the defense budget. You think that, while the Iraq War probably was a mistake, that we can make the world a better place by sticking with it and spreading democracy in the middle east.

Ok. heres where it starts to get interesting. Ok, If there is an imminent threat of attack, It would be obvious to all, that it was self defence. Seriously. If russia has entered target coordinates into it's ICBM's, I'd take them out before they shoot me. "We weren't sure" isn't a good enough excuse when peoples lives are at stake.
that said This does not mean "spreading democracy" or getting rid of tyrants, because the only brand of democracy the US spreads is one that favours them. (HAMAS as a recent example).

The Iraq war was a mistake, but we should stick with it because we screwed up the occupation and the whole war in the first place. It's our job to clean up our mistakes.

and we do not or we can't make the world a better place, What the fuck is so good about the west anyway ?.

You're a Moderate. You think that we all have certain inalienable rights that must be protected, but that sometimes laws need to be made to protect the majority's lives or quality of lives. You might think that the 2nd amendment isn't necessary anymore because letting everyone a gun is extremely dangerous to the community. You might also be against illegal drug use or public pornography because of its possible harmful effects to society..

Illegal drugs ,yes, Porn. No.
Porn doesn't cause people to shoot their friends. Drugs and guns do.

To a so called conservative in this country there is no such thing as a liberal. Liiberals are all liberal-commies and sometimes pinko liberal commies!

Recognizing, of course, that it is billed as the World's Smallest Political Quiz, we should expect certain generalizations. I would suggest they have at least a little bit of work left to do toward eliminating the suggestions of libertarian propaganda.
I agree it's skewed a bit towards libertarianism. I, for instance, usually score as libertarian but a bit to the right. The lack of questions on foriegn policy no doubt accounts for some of that. Still, for such a short quiz, it gives a decent measure of one's political leanings.

I'd argue that there isn't much of a fundamental difference between extreme left and extreme right authoritarianism Private property, inherited wealth and power, upbringing of children in the parents' home - insignificant ?

The tradeoffs implicit in the diamond shape rather than the square - on point rather than on its side - are false.

But no big deal. I did land right on that border (left/libertarian), on the corner of the "centrist" square. Which is probably where I belong on the thing.

Still, for such a short quiz, it gives a decent measure of one's political leanings.

It is more accurate than CNN.

Okay, it's more accurate that I remember CNN being. And nothing about the trends I'd been observing suggest it's gotten any better in the last few months.

Private property, inherited wealth and power, upbringing of children in the parents' home - insignificant ?


well wholly state-owned property still concentrates that wealth into the hands of a small elite - so not much difference in real terms there - the average individual is equally well/badly off in either

Authoritarian left wing states have their own dynasties - usually due to familial party membership and associated privileges- so not much difference in real terms there - the average individual is equally well/badly off in either

Both systems take an intrusive approach to the upbringing of children- so not much difference in real terms there - the average individual is equally well/badly off in either

as they say in Thailand "same, same, but different"

I'd argue that there isn't much of a fundamental difference between extreme left and extreme right authoritarianism -
I've always thought rather than just left/right it's more of a circle. If you're living under a dictatorship, does it really matter much whether they pay lip service to the proletariat or the Fuhrer?

MERDE! I checked the wrong one.

Eh... no bother.

~String

- the average individual is equally well/badly off in either But their misery is not approached in the same way.

And since perfection is no more achievable in tyranny than in anything else - except possibly math and art - and the way of approaching the ideal state makes a difference in the nature of the way stations, in our world extant it makes a very great difference to us which approach is the imminent danger, in our choice of countermeasures.

Removing existing obstacles to inheriting wealth, for example: if one is far gone down the left tyranny road, it can increase one's freedom. If far gone down the right tyranny road, it can take away one's remaining hope.

So putting the little red dots of fargone left and fargone right tyranny close together misleads.

I get mad at abortionists and capitalists and all kinds of ists but libertarian best describes what my heart says is right because it seems the government can't do ANYTHING without making things worse, no matter how good their intentions.