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Just thought it would be interesting to find where some of you may lay. Maybe I'll even make a graph showing all of the users.

Here's the website: http://www.politicalcompass.org/test

Here are my results:

The Site wrote:There's abundant evidence for the need of it. The old one-dimensional categories of 'right' and 'left', established for the seating arrangement of the French National Assembly of 1789, are overly simplistic for today's complex political landscape.

Clearly, the solution to politics not being modeled accurately by a single line is to add another line! That said, here's where I apparently stand:

Me:

Taken this test before.

I'm happy with my score.

Now as a student of political science, I am embarrassed for the makers of this survey for their awful question wordings. I won't go into details unless asked to, but the way in which a question is asked or an issue is framed makes all the difference in how someone will respond. Many of their questions were definitely leading... Though at least they eliminated the tendency of many to pick the middle option (because being moderate is chic these days) by having an even number of answer options.

Richdog wrote:Now as a student of political science, I am embarrassed for the makers of this survey for their awful question wordings. I won't go into details unless asked to, but the way in which a question is asked or an issue is framed makes all the difference in how someone will respond. Many of their questions were definitely leading... Though at least they eliminated the tendency of many to pick the middle option (because being moderate is chic these days) by having an even number of answer options.

You study political science, and you lean authoritarian? My God...

Matt-Chicago wrote:Me:

Inconceivable!

Apparently i'm pretty much Gandhi. Sounds legit!