Saturday, May 13, 2006

Come on, I lean.

Your Political Profile:
Overall:   35% Conservative, 65% Liberal
Social Issues:   0% Conservative, 100% Liberal
Personal Responsibility:   25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Fiscal Issues:   75% Conservative, 25% Liberal
Ethics:   25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Defense and Crime:   50% Conservative, 50% Liberal
How Liberal Or Conservative Are You?


via Presto Speaks.

   This quiz is a good example of a false dilemma. Only two, extreme options are offered for every question. In most cases, my choice would have been somewhere in the middle of the two, so take each of the above results, slide them more towards the center, and you are probably closer to my real political leanings.



update: OK, I did the test again, and by simply ignoring the questions for which I disliked both options, and prefered an answer that fell in the middle, or was perhaps a combination of the two offered solutions, I got this:

Your Political Profile:
Overall
: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal
Social Issues: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Personal Responsibility: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Fiscal Issues: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal
Ethics: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal
Defense and Crime: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal 

   I think that's a bit more representative of where I stand.

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

The political extremes are so outdated.  We are so much more middle of the road I think, at least the majority of us middle class folks...

be well,
Dawn

Anonymous said...

Yeah, this little quiz needed more questions and a sliding scale between the two extremes.  I wound up pretty close to you - just 10% more liberal overall.  The Political Compass is a better quiz of this variety.  It ranks you conservative to liberal and totalitarian to libertarian...

http://www.politicalcompass.org/

btw, love the title of this post.


Anonymous said...

Regardless of your political "inclinations", that was a gaggingly horrible pun in the subject line.  Loved it.

Simon
http://simianfarmer.com

Anonymous said...

dear Paul,
hummm I like your analysis even more than your facts! lol!But moderate is best, great and what we need ! Big hugs!
natalie

Anonymous said...

C'mon Paul... you could still do the weekend assignment....

be well,
Dawn