The Political Spectrum Quiz

Me: "You are a right social libertarian.
Right: 5.87, Libertarian: 6.69 "

link didnt work for me

I took this myself a week or so ago:

Kelly is a centrist moderate social authoritarian. She is also a foreign policy centrist and somewhat culturally conservative.

Economic issues:+0.22 right
Social issues:+2.7 authoritarian
Foreign policy:+0.06 non-interventionalist
Cultural identification:+3.79 conservative

I like to walk ten to fifteen feet to the left of the road at most times. That's where the Flowers grow and Ladybugs land on your arms. Happy Campers live there, I like that.

I am a center right social moderate. Thanks Bea, now I can sleep at night knowing who I am! lol :)

My results:
I am a left moderate social authoritarian<br>Left: 6.38, Authoritarian: 2.16<br><img src="http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/grid/7x16.gif"><br><br><br><b>My Foreign Policy Views</b><br>Score: -3.73<br><img src="http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/grid/n31.gif"><br><a href="http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/political-spectrum-quiz.html">Political Spectrum Quiz</a><br><br><br><b>My Culture War Stance</b><br>Score: -1.02<br><img src="http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/grid/c45.gif"><br><a href="http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/political-spectrum-quiz.html">Political Spectrum Quiz</a><br>
<b>Gabor, try this link: <a href="http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/political-spectrum-quiz.html">Political Spectrum Quiz</a></b>

I took it last week on Facebook, I cut and pasted my results below

It says I am a right moderate social authoritarian. Also a neo-con and culturally conservative.
scores (from 0 to 10):
Economic issues:+3.37 right
Social issues:+2.83 authoritarian
Foreign policy:+4.52 neo-con
Cultural identification:+5.17 conservative

You are a left social moderate.
Left: 4.95, Authoritarian: 0.72

I do lean to my left, (your right) but I have a bum shoulder and bad back.

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Gabor is a left social moderate. He is also a foreign policy centrist and somewhat culturally conservative. Gabor's scores (from 0 to 10):
Economic issues:+4.95 left
Social issues:+0.72 authoritarian
Foreign policy:+0.59 neo-con
Cultural identification:+1.55 conservative

Howard, You got company. Lets form our own party. :-)

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Charlie is a center-left moderate social libertarian. He is also a slight non-interventionalist and culturally liberal.

Charlie's scores (from 0 to 10):
Economic issues:+2.13 left
Social issues:+3.48 libertarian
Foreign policy:+1.35 non-interventionalist
Cultural identification:+5.33 liberal
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I retook the test so I could embed my graphs

<b>My Political Views</b><br>I am a right social libertarian<br>Right: 6.03, Libertarian: 5.75<br><img src="http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/grid/32x32.gif"><br><a href="http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/political-spectrum-quiz.html">Political Spectrum Quiz</a><br>

<b>My Foreign Policy Views</b><br>Score: -7.25<br><img src="http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/grid/n14.gif"><br><a href="http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/political-spectrum-quiz.html">Political Spectrum Quiz</a><br>
Five or six years ago, that red X would have been on the opposite side.
<b>My Culture War Stance</b><br>Score: -2.95<br><img src="http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/grid/c35.gif"><br><a href="http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/political-spectrum-quiz.html">Political Spectrum Quiz</a><br>

Charlie, looking at how out of step I am with most of the test takers on that site, I'm not sure our Common Sense Political Party would not go very far.

I first took a test like this in junior high at the Del Mar Fair (county fair for San Diego). It was in the Libertarian Party booth. Every year up through college, me and my friends always made a bee-line for the Libertarian booth to take the quiz. Then we went and got our handwriting analyzed by the machines, and then we went and watched the "slice and dice" guy. I always liked Bing Crosby Hall (where all the booths are) more than the rides at the fair.

I guess I'm just boring. I scored 0.0 (dead on the line) for Right or left. I scored .046 Libertarian. My X was as about in the middle of the graph as you can get.

The Non-Interventionist Social libertarian Party, doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. The acronym even sounds bad. Who would want to be a NISL?

I guess the Dems are stuck with me..

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"The Non-Interventionist Social Libertarian Party"

Charlie,

There was a time when that described a popular political party in this country. They called themselves "Republicans." I wonder whatever happened to them?

They left me behind when they were taken over by radio talk show guys...

There are many good reasons to leave a political party, but to blame talk radio, really? When you boil it down, talk radio is only another form of entertainment and needs to be kept in that perspective. As far as a reason to leave a political party, pretty shallow...Mallow. Sorry, no offense intended, just too obvious to resist.

Sorry, just poking a little fun there with the radio host crack.

Chris is a center-left moderate social libertarian. He is also a slight non-interventionalist and culturally liberal. Chris's scores (from 0 to 10):
Economic issues: +1.28 left
Social issues: +2.86 libertarian
Foreign policy: +1.39 non-interventionalist
Cultural identification: +5.95 liberal

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Charlie, glad you took my humor as just that...I wasn't sure after I sent it.

Beth is a left moderate social libertarian. Beth is also a non-interventionalist and culturally liberal. Beth's scores (from 0 to 10):
Economic issues:+3.74 left
Social issues:+3.48 libertarian
Foreign policy:+6.03 non-interventionalist
Cultural identification:+6.01 liberal

I don't think it worked for me. I'll have to retake it and see if the numbers change. I'm a conservative thru and thru and this said something way different

Jeff, I was just joking too. I know how serious some people take party affiliation and all parties have some good things they stand for so, I would rather keep it on individual issues. I think we can all see with tests like this no one is 100% anything Democrat or Republican. We are all different and labels don't really work based solely on two parties. Most of us are somewhere in the middle whether we will let ourselves believe it or not, is another thing.

Thanks Bea. You have created a small miracle. LOL. With so many responses to this post it is very nice to see everyone playing well in the sand box. It also gives us a great understanding of why everyone has such diverse opinions. I end up so far left I think that I found that the world really is flat. Just joking.

Charlie, I agree. When I took the test, I realized how easy it would be to look past the actual question and answer in a way that you think would place you in your pre-conceived ideals. I answered from the gut and ended up closer to the middle than I would have guessed.

Bea glad you put this up....

Posted by Bea McManis "You just think you are. Truth be known you are a bleeding heart liberal, just like your mom. hehehe"

Yeah, I often wondered which mall you took me from... I'm sure my "real" mother is a conservative too. LOL

<b>My Political Views</b><br>I am a left moderate social authoritarian<br>Left: 3.41, Authoritarian: 3.08<br><img src="http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/grid/13x14.gif"><br><a href="http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/political-spectrum-quiz.html">Political Spectrum Quiz</a><br>

Mark, am I Gladis or what, HEEHEEHEE

You sure are Gladis Cravis.....Rock on Girl....

Compass:

You are a right moderate social authoritarian.
Right: 3.68, Authoritarian: 2.05

Not to be disrespectful of anybody's political leanings, but as one of the libertarians around here, I find myself scratching my head at all the people popping up with "authoritarian" as part of their politics. I've just never been comfortable with the idea that I should tell somebody else how to live his or her life. Nobody yet has objected to having the label "authoritarian" attached to his or her name. That's surprising to me.

Howard, in trying to understand authoritarian, I found this article. I have been through some trama in my life, and have post-tramadic-stress from them.
I guess this explains it.....

The authoritarian personality is an influential theory of personality The personality type is defined by nine traits that were believed to cluster together as the result of psychodynamic, childhood experiences. These traits are conventionalism, authoritarian submission, authoritarian aggression, anti-intraception, superstition and stereotypy, power and "toughness," destructiveness and cynicism, projectivity, and exaggerated concerns over sexuality.[1] In brief, the authoritarian is predisposed to follow the dictates of a strong leader and traditional, conventional values.

Thanks Bea, for your vote of confidence. At least someone is openminded...
<table style="width: 320px; border: 1px solid gray; font: normal 12px arial, verdana, sans-serif; background-color: white;"><tr><td colspan="2" style="background: white; color: black; padding: 5px;"><b style="font: bold 20px 'Times New Roman', serif; display: block; margin-bottom: 8px;">Which Positive Quality Are You?</b> <div style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 4px;">Your Result: <b>Faith</b></div><div style="width: 200px; background: white; border: 1px solid black;"><div style="width: 80%; background: red; font-size: 8px; line-height: 8px;">&nbsp;</div></div><p style="margin: 10px; border: none; background: white; color: black;">You are Faith. Faith is the belief in better things, in spite of the cynicism and doubt that swirls around us. Faith gives us strength; it inpsires us to move forward and follow our hearts. "Faith tells us what the senses do not."</p></td></tr><tr><td style="color: black; background: white; padding: 3px;">Courage</td><td style="background: white; padding: 3px;"><div style="width: 100px; background: white; border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 4px;"><div style="width: 78%; background: red; font-size: 8px; line-height: 8px;">&nbsp;</div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="color: black; background: white; padding: 3px;">Love</td><td style="background: white; padding: 3px;"><div style="width: 100px; background: white; border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 4px;"><div style="width: 75%; background: red; font-size: 8px; line-height: 8px;">&nbsp;</div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="color: black; background: white; padding: 3px;">Charity</td><td style="background: white; padding: 3px;"><div style="width: 100px; background: white; border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 4px;"><div style="width: 69%; background: red; font-size: 8px; line-height: 8px;">&nbsp;</div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="color: black; background: white; padding: 3px;">Friendship</td><td style="background: white; padding: 3px;"><div style="width: 100px; background: white; border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 4px;"><div style="width: 59%; background: red; font-size: 8px; line-height: 8px;">&nbsp;</div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="color: black; background: white; padding: 3px;">Peace</td><td style="background: white; padding: 3px;"><div style="width: 100px; background: white; border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 4px;"><div style="width: 25%; background: red; font-size: 8px; line-height: 8px;">&nbsp;</div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; padding: 8px;"><a href="http://www.gotoquiz.com/which_positive_quality_are_you"><b>Which Positive Quality Are You?</b></a><br><a href="http://www.gotoquiz.com/">Quiz Created on GoToQuiz</a></td></tr></table>

I am a left moderate social libertarian.
Left: 6.32, Libertarian: 3.39
Go figure!

Did you see the political maps? Interesting Authoritarians are the minority.
<a href="http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/political-maps.html"><img src="http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/maps/libertarian-authoritarian-by-stat…; border="0" alt="libertarian vs. authoritarian"><br>Political Maps</a>
Libertarians Rule NY. You rule Howard!

"Interesting Authoritarians are the minority."

Thank God.

I don't need the government telling me how to run my life. Let's do our best to keep it that way.

Here's how I did on Karen's quiz:

<table style="width: 320px; border: 1px solid gray; font: normal 12px arial, verdana, sans-serif; background-color: white;"><tr><td colspan="2" style="background: white; color: black; padding: 5px;"><b style="font: bold 20px 'Times New Roman', serif; display: block; margin-bottom: 8px;">Which Positive Quality Are You?</b> <div style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 4px;">Your Result: <b>Courage</b></div><div style="width: 200px; background: white; border: 1px solid black;"><div style="width: 78%; background: red; font-size: 8px; line-height: 8px;">&nbsp;</div></div><p style="margin: 10px; border: none; background: white; color: black;">You are Courage. Courage is bravery, daring to do what is right in the face of adversity. Courage allows for the triumph of good over evil. "Courage does what must be done no matter what the consequences."</p></td></tr><tr><td style="color: black; background: white; padding: 3px;">Friendship</td><td style="background: white; padding: 3px;"><div style="width: 100px; background: white; border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 4px;"><div style="width: 59%; background: red; font-size: 8px; line-height: 8px;">&nbsp;</div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="color: black; background: white; padding: 3px;">Faith</td><td style="background: white; padding: 3px;"><div style="width: 100px; background: white; border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 4px;"><div style="width: 56%; background: red; font-size: 8px; line-height: 8px;">&nbsp;</div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="color: black; background: white; padding: 3px;">Peace</td><td style="background: white; padding: 3px;"><div style="width: 100px; background: white; border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 4px;"><div style="width: 53%; background: red; font-size: 8px; line-height: 8px;">&nbsp;</div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="color: black; background: white; padding: 3px;">Love</td><td style="background: white; padding: 3px;"><div style="width: 100px; background: white; border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 4px;"><div style="width: 53%; background: red; font-size: 8px; line-height: 8px;">&nbsp;</div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="color: black; background: white; padding: 3px;">Charity</td><td style="background: white; padding: 3px;"><div style="width: 100px; background: white; border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 4px;"><div style="width: 51%; background: red; font-size: 8px; line-height: 8px;">&nbsp;</div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; padding: 8px;"><a href="http://www.gotoquiz.com/which_positive_quality_are_you"><b>Which Positive Quality Are You?</b></a><br><a href="http://www.gotoquiz.com/">Quiz Created on GoToQuiz</a></td></tr></table>

I'd like to think that Authoritarianism is an understanding that submission is not necessarily opression and that it stems from a belief in absolute truth derived from God. The Bible is full of references to submission. Submission to God, submission to those in authority over us, submission to our spouses, submission to each other. In a true understanding of Jesus Christ, one finds that in submission, there is true freedom. I would hazard a guess that the map Karen posted would have looked completely different 50 years ago. Our founding fathers had a vision of small government and small government works very well when the governed are a moral people. It is when morality takes a backseat to personal gratification that government reaches further into our liberties to maintain "order". John Adams said "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." A deeper understanding that we were not put here to serve ourselves but to serve God and others first, that there is no greater love than when a man lays down his life for his brother, then submission and authority take on a whole new meaning.

Jeff, I'm quite familiar with the Christian teaching on submission and I've no quibble there, since submission is a choice, a choice individuals make. Submission is only meaningful if you choose it rather than have it imposed on you. If "submission" is imposed by the government, or a husband or a shop owner, it is no longer submission, but slavery.

The Adams quote only proves the point. The Constitution is a libertarian document, not an authoritarian document. If Americans were not a moral and religious people, to use Adams' terms, then we would not need a Constitution protecting and extending freedom, but rather a doctrine imposing morals and religious obedience. Adams was making the point that we shed the shackles of monarchy. For that, I thank God.

Everthing after your first sentence betrays your claim of familiarity with the Christian teaching on submission. And you completely twisted Adams quote to say the exact opposite.

Jeff, I stand by my statements. I've spent a great deal of time and study in my life on both topics.

Bea, the short answer to your question is yes, you should do all of those things, and I could give you a hundred more examples of laws from the Old Testament that we today would consider absurd if not downright offensive. But that is only if the Bible ended with the book of Malachi The Bible however is a completely inadequate document when not taken as a whole. Jesus came to fulfill the law of the Old Testament. Having faith in Jesus Christ and His death and ressurection releases one from the yoke of the law. Does that mean we now are free to disobey law and free to sin? No, because there is a difference between liberty and license. Which brings me back to the point of submission as well as our Constitution. When God directly gave Moses the ten commandments He provided a foundation upon which all laws can be grounded. Take notice of how many...ten. Very few, but adequate enough that all laws can find there roots in the principles of one of the ten commandments. Parallel this with the government that out founding fathers established. Heavy on principle, light on laws. It is probably why the ten commandmensts have been liberally displayed in many government buildings even after 1791 and the ratification of the Bill of Rights. Since then we have reversed that and are now a country that is light on principle and heavy on laws.
To say Howard that our Constitution is libertarian and not authoritarian ignores the many specific mandates contained in it. The beauty of the Constitution is its balance of liberty AND authority, just as is faith in Jesus Christ. The parallels between the Scriptures and our countries founding are not by mistake but the very intention of the framers of our system of government and law.

Bea, to whatever degree I abide by laws and guidelines, from DL registration to no-shirt, no-service rules, I do so out of choice. I abide by the social compact because I desire the benefits of society. If I wish to remain shirtless, then I don't enter businesses that require shirts. If I want to drive, I agree to abide by the rules of the road and be a licensed driver. To give you a real world example where I choose to opt out of society's rules is you will rarely find me on the Thruway. I refuse to pay the toll and I think it abhorrent to purposely avoid all the small towns, and their businesses, that the Thruway bypasses. It would be slavery, rather than choice, if the government forced me to take the Thruway.

I stand with Thomas Paine, "Give me liberty or give me death." There were very few authoritarians among our Founders, save Alexander Hamilton, the monarchist were pretty much purged from our early government.

Jeff, the mandates in the Bill of Rights limit government's power over people. It does nothing to limit the power of the people. We only have a Bill of Rights because the noise made by the anti-Federalists over the overreach of the Constitution in not protecting state rights or the rights of people. The anti-Federalists were ardently anti-authoritarian.

Bea- now you've done it. The comingling of church and state. :) By the way - I ended up with Charity. Somehow that didn't come as a surprise.

Another good one Bea. I didn't expect the results.

Which Positive Quality Are You?
Your Result: Faith

You are Faith. Faith is the belief in better things, in spite of the cynicism and doubt that swirls around us. Faith gives us strength; it inpsires us to move forward and follow our hearts. "Faith tells us what the senses do not."

Courage
 
Love
 
Charity
 
Peace
 
Friendship
 

The beauty of freedom of speech Bea is that we can comingle thoughts. I am not against the two interacting. For example, the word God should stay in the pledge. The founding fathers made many of their decisions based on faith. Clearly, our regular politician, Mr. Mallow also does as he just posted after doing the quiz. Not trying to stir the pot here at all.

As for bridges and tunnels - I am with you. there isn't a friend or family member that doesn't know of my fear of the two. We might as well throw spiders into the mix too. That is the one time I throw caution to the wind and spray chemicals or do the wild grape smashing dance.

I ended up with love which completely puzzles me. I would have thought maybe charity. And I also hate the thruway and avoid it at all costs. And bridges and tunnels still terrify me.

Which Positive Quality Are You?
Your Result: Love

You are Love. Love is the glue that binds us all together. The love of family, the love of friends, the love between husbands and their wives--these things form the foundation of our happiness, our security, and our comfort. "All you need is love."
Charity

Faith

Friendship

Peace

Courage

Bea the number one way to stop all those questions is one of my worst experiences ever. I was stuck on the Tappan Zee bridge in an freak ice storm once. We were there for almost two hours. My friend started to barrage me with those statements. I ended the onesided conversation when I started to vomit endlessly. Standing outside the vehicle throwing up on the bridge didn't make me feel any better but he shut up for awhile.

The quizzes are for entertainment purposes only.

LOL. Thata was funny. My response Gabor was just to Bea's comments about what people say when stuck in a tunnel or on a bridge. Not meant to be taken as a response to this thread. Sorry. It hasn't gotten that bad yet.

OK Bea, I tryed it too!!
<div style="width: 320px; border: 1px solid gray; padding: 6px; font: normal 12px arial, verdana, sans-serif; color: black; background-color: white;"><b style="color: black; font: bold 20px 'Times New Roman', serif; display: block; margin-bottom: 8px;">You Feel Like You Don't Fit In 7% Of The Time</b> <div style="width: 200px; background: white; border: 1px solid black; text-align: left;"><div style="width: 7%; background: red; font-size: 8px; line-height: 8px;">&nbsp;</div></div><p style="margin: 10px; border: none; background: white; color: black;">You have no trouble fitting in and being an active participant in this world. Like everyone you experience the valleys in life, but you take them in stride. You are what they call "well-adjusted". Bravo.<br><br><b><a href="http://www.gotoquiz.com/do_you_have_a_place_in_this_world&quot; style="color: blue;">Do You Have a Place in This World?</a><br><a href="http://www.gotoquiz.com/&quot; style="color: blue;">Take More Quizzes</a></b></p></div>

You Feel Like You Don't Fit In 4% Of The Time

You have no trouble fitting in and being an active participant in this world. Like everyone you experience the valleys in life, but you take them in stride. You are what they call "well-adjusted". Bravo.