Political Quiz

[peggyfromwastate]

I'm kind of surprised...

economic -3.35
social libertarian/authoritarian: 0.67

Overall authoriatarian left
close to the pope...

Hanging with Milt Friedman - RIP. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Friedman

[SuzySunshine]

So I took the 2nd one and didn't get a score, the screen just went blank. Maybe they're trying to tell me something?

I'm too tired to try to take it again!

Poky, my score on the first quiz was an 8.

Julia, next you'll say you're for John Edwards for president.

I will set up a crisis line just for you.

I am here to help.

Sort of a crisis line a la Chuck Palahniuk in Survivor.

[DrWahoo]

21 for me I am more of a economic liberal, but social conservative. I still have to do the second one

[poky]

Poky, my score on the first quiz was an 8.

Perhaps why greymatterwife and I are going round and round.

Heh. I took it twice and got 5 and 10, so I'm right there with you. We can be the hippie tree-hugger bleeding-hearts of the group.

Ha, would now be a bad time to tell you that I interned for him in 2003?

Never a good time. As if I were still in the South, all I can say to that revelation is "bless your heart".

Ha, would now be a bad time to tell you that I interned for him in 2003?

Never a good time. As if I were still in the South, all I can say to that revelation is "bless your heart".

[Rapunzel]

If this thread counts for anything, it would seem that 90% of this group is within 5 points of dead center. Which actually probably means we reflect reality pretty well.

Actually, I am the dead-center for social issues seeing how my score was zeropoint something or other....

Several points one way or another is most certainly not dead center. And, being "within 5 points" pretty much means you lean definitively one way or another socially or economically. For instance, economically, even though I am "only" a few points in the conservative direction I'd say it defiinitively places me in the economic "conservative" camp.

Anyway, just remember everyone that, when it comes to social issues here I am the voice of the dead center....

[Rapunzel]

Anyway, just remember everyone that, when it comes to social issues here I am the voice of the dead center....

Which indicates just how FAR to the left this group really is.

BINGO!

Admittedly the oldies are a far left-leaning group as a majority, but you guys don't get to play the violin of being the sole voice of the right in this lefty group anymore. There is now a pretty vocal contingent of right-wingers.

TR
Pollyanna
GrayMatterWife
Cheri
Vishenka
Ladybug
Grasshopper
uvagradk
mommax3
Kelly
MissCrabette
Peggyfromwastate
DrWahoo


all of these members tend to embrace the more conservative views AND speak up about it.

and Laker ...

Jen,

Please do not refer to us as right-wingers. :P

Voting is often painful for me as I'm very conservative fiscally but share no zeal for the hardcore social conservative positions. But when I've got to choose...

Sorry Kevin ...

There is now a strong contingent of people with much more conservative views. The days of yore (glory days? ) when the debate forum was dominated by a bunch of bleeding heart liberals is no more.

It's great, actually. It's nice to get more than one conservative POV (and I'm sure she appreciates the backup). I'm just over the references to how left this "group" is and how outnumbered the "more conservative people" are.

Just remember having to take a shower when religious conservatives (ETA:as a monolithic group not just talking about religious people who are conservative) supposedly are in my camp.

Actually, it's good that there is a mix of views here. It reminded me of a little blurb I read a while back about how when people cluster / talk amongst a little similar circle of like minds, extremism in their views tends to be the result (whether we are talking about right or left beliefs to begin with).

I found the link: http://uchicagolaw.typepad.com/facul...ration_da.html