Here is (yet another) political test that I found online. It’s different to the Political Compass in that it has five parts to a graph and different labels to them. Also, it allows for comparisson with US political figures in the same regards. I thought it would be of interest to my friends who read this blog, of note: St. Ives Correspondent.It’s a bit dated, though a lot of the figures for this election are in there.
It asks you a bunch of questions, then gives you a score in social (S), economic (E) and total (T) views. It then compares theres and gives a rate of similarity, in terms of percentage, to the others. A few interesting ones of mine:
- Hilary Clinton: S = 31%; E = 58%; T = 48%
- Al Gore: S = 38%; E = 50%; T = 45%
- Bill Clinton: S = 50%; E = 38%; T = 43%
- Dick Cheney: S = 50%; E = 33%; T = 40%
- Barack Obama: S = 25%; E = 46%; T = 38%
- John McCain: S = 31%; E = 33%; T = 33%
- George Bush: S = 13%; E = 17%; T = 15%
Here’s the link. I’ll be interested to know how some people go as Obama, Cheney and Clinton were all surprises of sorts to me, as well as to see if this thing has any creditability. I do like the graph that they use. I came out as a Liberal Popularist with the these answers. But, do note people who will criticise me for supporting Obama and bad-mouthing Hilary when my results may reflect the opposite, that while those percentages may say that, my red dot is exactly where Obama’s is on the graph, as well as Wesley Clark’s, my two favourite Democrats, while not so high, and thus not so left, as Hilary’s is. To find those graphs, click the links and scroll down to the bottom. Also, if you look around that site (http://www.ontheissues.org/), you can find out the views of every confirmed and rumored ‘08 candidate on every vote-deciding issue that there is. I find it a really useful website, and a good tool for going into political arguments, or posts.
Thomas.
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