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The discussion revolves around participants sharing their results from the Political Compass test, expressing various opinions on its fairness and accuracy. Many users identify as libertarian or left-leaning, with some feeling that the test questions are biased or irrelevant to political beliefs. Criticism is directed at specific questions perceived as overly simplistic or loaded, leading to skewed results. Participants note that their scores often place them in unexpected positions compared to well-known political figures, raising concerns about the test's reliability. Some express skepticism about the test's ability to accurately capture complex political ideologies, while others acknowledge its potential for fun comparisons among peers. The conversation also touches on the broader implications of political labeling and the challenges of defining political beliefs through standardized tests. Overall, the thread highlights a mix of personal reflections on political identity and critiques of the testing methodology.

What was your result of the test?


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http://www.politicalcompass.org/testI guess I'm not terribly surprised by my results; I'm registered libertarian, but kind of distanced myself from political parties since joining the circus... er, I mean academia:
http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-6.12&soc=-4.21
 
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http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-8.12&soc=-6.15

Guess I'm not too surprised either, but I think this test isn't very fair for people on the true fringes. I'm actually quite a moderate leftist (if one considers "far left" to be raw, actual socialism), yet I scored much more left-wing than François Hollande - pretty silly, really.
 
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No surprise here either:

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-4.75&soc=-6.46
 
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http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=1.38&soc=-0.46

I might get bit to left if I do it again.
 
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Mine has shifted a bit from the last time.

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -4.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.92

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OMG! I'm Gandhi!

Well, pretty close.
 

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Evo said:
OMG! I'm Gandhi!

Well, pretty close.

I don't think Gandhi would hurt his dog...
 
micromass said:
I don't think Gandhi would hurt his dog...
It was an accident! :cry:
 
Evo said:
It was an accident! :cry:
Don't throw flashlights! That can hurt!
 
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http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-6.62&soc=-6.36
 
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  • #11
Good to see physicists are lefties :)
 
  • #12
I've seen this site before, questions are a bit random and seem biased towards the left IMO. Still this is my result;

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  • #13
Green square. Not that I am surprised.

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-3.62&soc=-3.69
 
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Many of these questions are stupid and cannot possibly be used to pick a political position. For example, the question about abstract art has nothing to do with politics.

Nevertheless, here is my graph:

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-4.12&soc=-6.10
 
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Libertarian left, unsurprisingly.

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-5.25&soc=-3.54
 
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Jack21222 said:
Many of these questions are stupid and cannot possibly be used to pick a political position. For example, the question about abstract art has nothing to do with politics.
I didn't answer the quiz. The first question was too silly for me.
stupid quiz said:
If economic globalisation is inevitable, it should primarily serve humanity rather than the interests of trans-national corporations.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for serving humanity. It's just that if the interests of trans-national corporations are also served, then count me out.
 
  • #17
Around about (2,6) in the green, near Gandhi. (Don't have time to work out how to paste an image in).
 
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cobalt124 said:
(Don't have time to work out how to paste an image in).

Right-click on the image, select the option that let's you view the image in a separate window or tab. Then copy the URL, and paste it here in the image tag. Just for future reference. (There might also be a "copy URL" option when you right click on the image, depending on your browser).
 
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I'm just a notch below Ghandi. Not surprising, since I am a pacifist.
 
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Jimmy Snyder said:
I didn't answer the quiz. The first question was too silly for me.

Yeah, for a lot of those questions my true answer would be, "That's a stupid question!"

Yet I muddled through someohow:

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-3.50&soc=-4.46
 
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Wow, quite a crowd in the upper right quadrant:

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Quiz said:
Our race has many superior qualities, compared with other races.
I'd like to know where this ranks on the scale. Last I checked, racism isn't the purview of any side of this graph.
 
  • #23
Decimator, may want to look into authoritarian and Hitler.
 
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Yeah, some of the questions need a "case by case" button where ideologies don't make sense.
 
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Pythagorean said:
Decimator, may want to look into authoritarian and Hitler.

Do you think people living in anarchist communes can't be racist?
 
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I don't hold too much stock in questionnaires like this. Whilst they can be correct they tend to bias in favour of one side or another simply by the flawed way questions are asked, questions that are flawed and bias/stereotypical scores for answers.

Here's a different quiz that gave me a slightly different score on a chart
http://www.nolanchart.com/survey.php

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http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=1.12&soc=-3.08
 
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  • #28
I wouldn't take it too seriously, but it still has some accuracy to it.

Decimator said:
Do you think people living in anarchist communes can't be racist?

Not at all, it's not about who's not racist. It's about the ideology of racism; that race should dictate policy. Anarchists don't believe in any policy; racism or not has nothing to do with their platform.

You're rushing to the conclusion that A -> B means not B -> not A. That's not really how it works.
 
  • #29
I'm pretty close to Mandela

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-2.12&soc=-2.97
 
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http://www.politicalcompass.org/charts/crowdgraphpng.php?Greg_B=-2.1%2C-2.97&Barack_Obama=7.5%2C6&aquitaine=1.12%2C-3.08&Lisab=-3.5%2C-4.46&Ryan_m_b=-8%2C-7.7&EricVT=-5.25%2C-3.54&Borek=-3.62%2C-3.69&Jack21222=-4.12%2C-6.10&Andre=-2.4%2C-3.3&sixnein=-6.62%2C-6.36&Evo=-4%2C-0.9&Rootx=1.38%2C-0.46&MicroMass=-4.75%2C-6.46&Angry_Citizen=-8.12%2C-6.15&Pythagorean=-6.12%2C-4.21&Gad=-2.5%2C-1.33&Decimator=7.0%2C-0.41&Azdavesoul=3.88%2C-2.87&Mentalist=-3.5%2C-4.26<div style=[/PLAIN]

Greg and Borek are on top of me. All Dalai Lama's and Mandela's
 
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Economic Left/Right: -2.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.33
 
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Andre said:
http://www.politicalcompass.org/charts/crowdgraphpng.php?Greg_B=-2.1%2C-2.97&Barack_Obama=7.5%2C6&aquitaine=1.12%2C-3.08&Lisab=-3.5%2C-4.46&Ryan_m_b=-8%2C-7.7&EricVT=-5.25%2C-3.54&Borek=-3.62%2C-3.69&Jack21222=-4.12%2C-6.10&Andre=-2.4%2C-3.3&sixnein=-6.62%2C-6.36&Evo=-4%2C-0.9&Rootx=1.38%2C-0.46&MicroMass=-4.75%2C-6.46&Angry_Citizen=-8.12%2C-6.15&Pythagorean=-6.12%2C-4.21<div style=[/PLAIN]

[STRIKE]Unfortunately that's the limit of the site, it takes no more names so to see.[/STRIKE] fixed

Greg and Borek are on top of me. All Dalai Lama's and Mandela's

in other words, Physicsforums is full of a bunch of anarcho-socialists.
 
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  • #33
Despite my dislike of the test, I took it anyway. I find the difference in my placement on the two charts interesting.

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=7.00&soc=-0.41

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Pythagorean said:
in other words, Physicsforums is full of a bunch of anarcho-socialists.

I'm curious of how some of our more conservative members would show up.
 
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SixNein said:
I'm curious of how some of our more conservative members would show up.
Me too.
 
  • #36
On Ryan's test, I am a statist, though borderline. I was on the fence on several questions, so flipped a coin to answer. Maybe I'll redo it with the other answer I wanted to select and see how much it changes me.

statist: the marriage of liberal and conservative aspects of big government. Supports both the conservative "family" agenda and the liberal "social" agenda. Supports both major diplomatic and military involvement abroad

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Jimmy Snyder said:
I didn't answer the quiz. The first question was too silly for me.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for serving humanity. It's just that if the interests of trans-national corporations are also served, then count me out.

I couldn't finish it either. Too many loaded questions.
 
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Dembadon said:
I couldn't finish it either. Too many loaded questions.
Yeah, but since we're all answering the same questions, it's more of a comparison of how you compare to other PFers that took the same test. It's just for fun.
 
  • #39
I conceder myself as Libertarian/Fiscal Conservative. It is nice to see so many here that lean toward Libertarian.
http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=3.88&soc=-2.87
 
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azdavesoul said:
I conceder myself as Libertarian/Fiscal Conservative. It is nice to see so many here that lean toward Libertarian.
http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=3.88&soc=-2.87
Im am certainly not a libertarian. I find the placement of the word in the first test to be confusing at best.
 
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Economic Left/Right: - 3.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: - 4.26

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-3.50&soc=-4.26
 
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  • #42
On Ryans:

Your answers suggest that you are a centrist. The yellow star shows generally where you fall within the centrist region of the Nolan Chart.



I think the first test was a little better because it tested for more things.
 
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Here's how I score on Ryan's test:

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I didn't like the test though. I found the questions and answer possibilities very confusing.
 

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  • #44
No surprise here.
http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-9.12&soc=-6.77
 
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Updated

Andre said:
http://www.politicalcompass.org/charts/crowdgraphpng.php?Greg_B=-2.1%2C-2.97&Barack_Obama=7.5%2C6&aquitaine=1.12%2C-3.08&Lisab=-3.5%2C-4.46&Ryan_m_b=-8%2C-7.7&EricVT=-5.25%2C-3.54&Borek=-3.62%2C-3.69&Jack21222=-4.12%2C-6.10&Andre=-2.4%2C-3.3&sixnein=-6.62%2C-6.36&Evo=-4%2C-0.9&Rootx=1.38%2C-0.46&MicroMass=-4.75%2C-6.46&Angry_Citizen=-8.12%2C-6.15&Pythagorean=-6.12%2C-4.21&Gad=-2.5%2C-1.33&Decimator=7.0%2C-0.41&Azdavesoul=3.88%2C-2.87&Mentalist=-3.5%2C-4.26&Daveb=-9.12%2C-6.77<div style=[/PLAIN]
 
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  • #46
I added a poll :biggrin:
 
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Dembadon said:
I couldn't finish it either. Too many loaded questions.

Jimmy said:
I didn't answer the quiz. The first question was too silly for me.

C'mon guys, don't worry, we won't make fun of you if you fail the test. Try not to take it too seriously and give Andre more data points.
 
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:biggrin:
 

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Pythagorean said:
C'mon guys, don't worry, we won't make fun of you if you fail the test. Try not to take it too seriously and give Andre more data points.
OK, but only if it doesn't count toward the final grade.
http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=10&soc=-10
 
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  • #50
I couldn't correctly pick the poll because I always hover left-right.
 

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