The Political Compass

[Akazora 293]

The lack of a middle neutal answer or at least less definitive answers (ex: slightly agree/disagree) is a bit disappointing. How vague/unspecific some questions were was unfortunate too. Like for "the rich are taxed too highly", what classifies as "rich"? Are we talking filthy rich as in million- and billionaires, people in the upper middle class who, while still middle class, have more than most, or perhaps something else...? 

I think the fact that many of the questions are ambiguous and don't give you a "middle-ground" option allows for the test to categorize your subconscious thought processes and beliefs.  Since you can't choose a neutral stance, and since there are enough questions in the test to make you not want to dawdle too long on any single topic, you'll gravitate toward the option that you subconsciously believe in.  ......Or maybe I'm just giving this test too much credit, I dunno.

 

My results:

Economic Left/Right: -3.38 

Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.72

 

I'm fairly certain these are nearly the exact same results I got the last time I took this.  Hmm, looks like I haven't changed that much.

 

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And unrelated, but after Moho gave that fancy final goodbye speech he sneaks back in here to change his profile pic to Felicia.

We all know you're reading this Moho, you can't hide.

[Kenzi 146]

Economic Left/Right: -1.25

Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.87

Economic Left/Right: -4.88 

Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.18

damn, I guess 1-2 years really can make a big difference in political stances

 

The lack of a middle neutal answer or at least less definitive answers (ex: slightly agree/disagree) is a bit disappointing. How vague/unspecific some questions were was unfortunate too. Like for "the rich are taxed too highly", what classifies as "rich"? Are we talking filthy rich as in million- and billionaires, people in the upper middle class who, while still middle class, have more than most, or perhaps something else...? 

I agree that the majority of these questions are a bit too open to interpretation, but as far as free internet quizzes go, I still think it's fairly accurate

 

 

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Economic Left/Right: -1.88 

Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.92

 

huh, well I'm not too surprised

I did blaze through a few questions since I was a bit pressed for time (and only used the strongly agree/disagree option a couple times), but these results seem about right

[Balthazar Manfredie 226]

damn, I guess 1-2 years really can make a big difference in political stances

i was surprised when i saw the difference 

[machine 52]

I think the fact that many of the questions are ambiguous and don't give you a "middle-ground" option allows for the test to categorize your subconscious thought processes and beliefs.  Since you can't choose a neutral stance, and since there are enough questions in the test to make you not want to dawdle too long on any single topic, you'll gravitate toward the option that you subconsciously believe in.  ......Or maybe I'm just giving this test too much credit, I dunno.

 

Maybe... There's so few things that are truly black and white in all instances though, and because of that, it's hard to give generalized answers, especially since some are a question of morals, and situations that have to do with morals aren't always cut and dry. And the inclusion of a neutral answer could've doubled as a bit of a cop-out response too for questions you don't have an opinion on/don't want to have opinion on. Not having one just makes it more difficult since it forces you to choose a side 

[Kirsch 95]

Maybe... There's so few things that are truly black and white in all instances though, and because of that, it's hard to give generalized answers, especially since some are a question of morals, and situations that have to do with morals aren't always cut and dry. And the inclusion of a neutral answer could've doubled as a bit of a cop-out response too for questions you don't have an opinion on/don't want to have opinion on. Not having one just makes it more difficult since it forces you to choose a side 

I had the same problem, but to a lesser extent since I took it with my brother and short debates between each question settled the rather ambiguous bits better than it would've been if I'd taken it alone. (We generally have aligning views. Diverging points usually led to me going "screw you", but I'm pretty open to persuasion and rebuttal.) Some questions were pretty problematic, but a neutral option would've skewed the results more than choosing an answer you don't necessarily 100% agree with. I doubt the algorithm was complex enough to account for "idk" as an answer to more than a certain number of the questions. And as Akazora, maybe the creators were going for a more psychological insight into things... (though I doubt it)

[Metantei Kiddo 147]

Took the test again, since I did not understand some of the questions before especially those economic ones.
 

Economic Left/Right: -5.0
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.31

 Pretty inaccurate to me, I really see myself as more of a centric but leaning towards left and liberalism. But since the questions are just...  *facepalms*

The lack of a middle neutal answer or at least less definitive answers (ex: slightly agree/disagree) is a bit disappointing. How vague/unspecific some questions were was unfortunate too. Like for "the rich are taxed too highly", what classifies as "rich"? Are we talking filthy rich as in million- and billionaires, people in the upper middle class who, while still middle class, have more than most, or perhaps something else...?

 
 

I think the fact that many of the questions are ambiguous and don't give you a "middle-ground" option allows for the test to categorize your subconscious thought processes and beliefs.  Since you can't choose a neutral stance, and since there are enough questions in the test to make you not want to dawdle too long on any single topic, you'll gravitate toward the option that you subconsciously believe in.  ......Or maybe I'm just giving this test too much credit, I dunno.

 
 

Maybe... There's so few things that are truly black and white in all instances though, and because of that, it's hard to give generalized answers, especially since some are a question of morals, and situations that have to do with morals aren't always cut and dry. And the inclusion of a neutral answer could've doubled as a bit of a cop-out response too for questions you don't have an opinion on/don't want to have opinion on. Not having one just makes it more difficult since it forces you to choose a side 

 
 

I had the same problem, but to a lesser extent since I took it with my brother and short debates between each question settled the rather ambiguous bits better than it would've been if I'd taken it alone. (We generally have aligning views. Diverging points usually led to me going "screw you", but I'm pretty open to persuasion and rebuttal.) Some questions were pretty problematic, but a neutral option would've skewed the results more than choosing an answer you don't necessarily 100% agree with. I doubt the algorithm was complex enough to account for "idk" as an answer to more than a certain number of the questions. And as Akazora, maybe the creators were going for a more psychological insight into things... (though I doubt it)

I second machine here. The questions should have been more situational and specific than generalized thus making it more accurate with what you actually stand for. Thing is, we would have different scenarios playing in our own heads when we try to visualize these "generalized" questions. Like the example of machine, rich is a relative term. To the poor, normally, middle class people already encompasses the "rich". Then to the middle class, rich is those who are millionaires. Another great example which also fits the bill of being really generalized but this time, non-relativistic is the question about "Sex outside marriage", Do you mean pre-marital or like when you are already married and you cheated. On the former, it's already a social norm that if you disagree to this you are gonna be labelled this or that and you are to be hanged. But if made more specific, like let's say between couples who are in a long term relationship  and do not want  to or cannot settle down yet or those who cannot get married because of the law like same-sex couples as opposed to those who just do it  casually. We'll definitely see a split of opinions here since that thing is still contestable.
 
That's another thing that I also notice about the questionnaire, there's just these questions that you can't help but agree or disagree on since it's already a social norm and you'll just feel wrong if you say otherwise. Plus since the dawn of political correctness, you'll be labelled sexist, racist etc etc if you say otherwise. Like for example, the "Mothers may have careers, but their first duty is to be homemakers", that's just outright sexist. :V Why only the mother? And, another example, "my race has better qualities than the others", saying yes would definitely make you a racist. Also this, "People with serious inheritable disabilities should not be allowed to reproduce. ", just... :V
 
On the economic left (communism/socialism) or right (capitalism), I hate how alot of questions seems to  put rich people, corporations or companies in a bad light indirectly. For example, questions like "Because corporations cannot be trusted to voluntarily protect the environment, they require regulation.",  "Governments should penalise businesses that mislead the public.", "Multinational companies are unethically exploiting the plant genetic resources of developing countries." etc. Two of the questions doesn't directly say that companies are greedy or evil but indirectly it does.
 
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Whoever made the Political Compass test, please don't chart in people who never took the tests as example especially people like Gandhi and Hitler. It's like IQ tests all over again. Einstein and Da Vinci even Stephen Hawkings never took an IQ test yet they have these IQ scores floating around the internet.
 
IMO, the test is definitely biased against Capitalists (right) and Conservatists/Authoritarians (top). You would mostly be classified as Liberal-Left since most of the questions, as I said, are againsts Capitalists and Conservatists.

 

damn, I guess 1-2 years really can make a big difference in political stances

I agree that the majority of these questions are a bit too open to interpretation, but as far as free internet quizzes go, I still think it's fairly accurate

Yeah, haha, same here. I forgot exactly what my old result was. But, I'm sure my stance on economy isn't like that. My economic left/right became an oozing -5 , at least for this test.