# What's your political compass?

**URL:** <https://forum.theeastpacific.com/t/whats-your-political-compass/2275>\
**Category:** The East Pacific Archive\
**Tags:** social-archive\
**Created:** [June 3, 2009, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/t/whats-your-political-compass/2275 "2009-06-03T00:02:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Bai\_Lung](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/user_avatar/forum.theeastpacific.com/bai_lung/32/12754_2.png) [@Bai\_Lung](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/u/Bai_Lung)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/t/whats-your-political-compass/2275/21 "2009-06-12T20:07:11Z")

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I hate gay marriages and civil unions.  
I hate drug use.  
I hate Commies.  
I hate whinging left wing, liberal Guardian newspaper readers.  
I love maximum intervention on other countries.

On a more serious note, I am a little surprised how I managed to end up on the right. I mean, I am not in favour of legalising weed, I am only in favour of some protectionism (I’m not a Communist) and favour gay marriages on the basis they don’t ram down thier policies down my throat like with many things in life.

Very odd.

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**Author:** ![Lazlowia](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/9fc348/32.png) [@Lazlowia](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/u/Lazlowia)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/t/whats-your-political-compass/2275/22 "2009-06-12T21:09:00Z")

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As I said earlier, I think this is not a good test. I suspect, that the end results reflect the views of the creators.

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**Author:** ![Dannistaan](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/47e85d/32.png) [@Dannistaan](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/u/Dannistaan)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 10:46am UTC](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/t/whats-your-political-compass/2275/23 "2009-06-13T10:46:21Z")

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As I said earlier, I think this is not a good test. I suspect, that the end results reflect the views of the creators.

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To an extent, the same can be said of any online survey/test/questionnaire. There will always be a level of bias in any such assessment of opinion. It is inevitable. There is no real way to avoid it. Nevertheless I think it is an interesting view of political views and there is no real harm in it.

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**Author:** ![Infinite\_Loop](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/848f3c/32.png) [@Infinite\_Loop](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/u/Infinite_Loop)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/t/whats-your-political-compass/2275/24 "2009-06-14T03:48:34Z")

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Economic Left/Right: -5.12  
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.23

I have taken this test 3 times so far and I stay in the same area, nice.

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**Author:** ![Mayor\_McToilet](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@Mayor\_McToilet](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/u/Mayor_McToilet)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2009, 8:04am UTC](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/t/whats-your-political-compass/2275/25 "2009-06-14T08:04:53Z")

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Economic: +10  
Social: -6.36

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**Author:** ![Shivat](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Shivat](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/u/Shivat)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2009, 8:17am UTC](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/t/whats-your-political-compass/2275/26 "2009-06-14T08:17:15Z")

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I am:  
Economic: -0.38  
Social: -1.64

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**Author:** ![lowbrook](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@lowbrook](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/u/lowbrook)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/t/whats-your-political-compass/2275/27 "2009-06-14T15:27:31Z")

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Isn’t it really weird how nearly everybody is in or on the border of the bottom left quadrant?

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**Author:** ![Todd\_McCloud](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Todd\_McCloud](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/u/Todd_McCloud)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/t/whats-your-political-compass/2275/28 "2009-06-14T16:02:06Z")

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Isn’t it really weird how nearly everybody is in or on the border of the bottom left quadrant?

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I wasn’t expecting that, to be honest. I guess we’re a very leftist / libertarian region for the most part, lol.

Updated!

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**Author:** ![Dovakhan](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Dovakhan](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/u/Dovakhan)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/t/whats-your-political-compass/2275/29 "2009-06-15T00:04:14Z")

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Economic Left/Right: -5.12  
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.36

«Multinational companies are unethically exploiting the plant genetic resources of developing countries» \<= I always thought this statement was a little bizarre.

Edit: I was a little curious, so I used the Gallup polls to try and hash out the views of the average American, and it came up with something like (+1, +2).

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**Author:** ![Bai\_Lung](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/user_avatar/forum.theeastpacific.com/bai_lung/32/12754_2.png) [@Bai\_Lung](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/u/Bai_Lung)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/t/whats-your-political-compass/2275/30 "2009-06-15T17:23:20Z")

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Isn’t it really weird how nearly everybody is in or on the border of the bottom left quadrant?

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I wasn’t expecting that, to be honest. I guess we’re a very leftist / libertarian region for the most part, lol.

Updated!

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Except me, who is a total neocon. [https://groups.tapatalk-cdn.com/smilies/52127/1536592188.0653-smiley.gif?ttinline=true](https://groups.tapatalk-cdn.com/smilies/52127/1536592188.0653-smiley.gif?ttinline=true)

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**Author:** ![YaM](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/c57346/32.png) [@YaM](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/u/YaM)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/t/whats-your-political-compass/2275/31 "2009-06-16T01:31:31Z")

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LOL @ Mayor McToilet.

\<— Almost the perfect Centrist.

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**Author:** ![Kelssek](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/user_avatar/forum.theeastpacific.com/kelssek/32/11532_2.png) [@Kelssek](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/u/Kelssek)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/t/whats-your-political-compass/2275/32 "2009-06-18T01:53:44Z")

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«Multinational companies are unethically exploiting the plant genetic resources of developing countries» \<= I always thought this statement was a little bizarre.

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It’s not the most well-worded statement, but I believe it’s referring to instances where large agribusinesses patented or attempted to patent crops/plants which had originally been cross-bred by indigenous farmers in Africa, etc., and indigenous farming practices. That said, I’m not familiar with the specifics, it’s one of those things I read somewhere.

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**Author:** ![Tingst](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@Tingst](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/u/Tingst)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/t/whats-your-political-compass/2275/33 "2009-07-12T19:49:19Z")

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I re-took this a couple of weeks ago, don’t remember the results exactly but it was something like this:

Economics: -8.54

Lib/Aut: -9.20

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**Author:** ![Gulliver](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@Gulliver](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/u/Gulliver)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 8:48am UTC](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/t/whats-your-political-compass/2275/34 "2009-07-15T08:48:41Z")

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I do believe this is something like the 5th time I’ve taken this test. And I don’t think I’ve ever gotten the same results twice. Anyway, this time it’s:

Economic Left/Right: -0.12  
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.79

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**Author:** ![Todd\_McCloud](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Todd\_McCloud](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/u/Todd_McCloud)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 9:11am UTC](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/t/whats-your-political-compass/2275/35 "2009-07-15T09:11:06Z")

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Updated the image!

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**Author:** ![Dyr\_Nasad](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Dyr\_Nasad](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/u/Dyr_Nasad)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/t/whats-your-political-compass/2275/36 "2009-07-15T15:21:28Z")

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Looks like almost no authoritarians…

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**Author:** ![Todd\_McCloud](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Todd\_McCloud](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/u/Todd_McCloud)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/t/whats-your-political-compass/2275/37 "2009-07-15T15:59:01Z")

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Pretty much. While the quiz isn’t 100% accurate, as Lazlow and Kelssek pointed out, it’s still interesting to see the results.

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**Author:** ![Cloudous](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@Cloudous](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/u/Cloudous)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/t/whats-your-political-compass/2275/38 "2009-08-02T19:04:36Z")

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Just took it.

Economic Left/Right: -2.75  
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.00

Pretty accurate me, though I don’t dislike capitalism THAT much.

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**Author:** ![Bolshikstan](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Bolshikstan](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/u/Bolshikstan)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/t/whats-your-political-compass/2275/39 "2009-08-04T18:19:58Z")

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Economic Left/Right: -4.50  
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.28

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**Author:** ![Allegheny](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/user_avatar/forum.theeastpacific.com/allegheny/32/15352_2.png) [@Allegheny](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/u/Allegheny)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 12:40pm UTC](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/t/whats-your-political-compass/2275/40 "2009-09-24T12:40:27Z")

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Economic Left/Right: 4.12  
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.46

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