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The US two-party system doesn't really partition the range of political philosophies very well. - £ogical €xtremes
You can plot a line to make the above a linear spectrum of Left/Libertarian to Right/Authoritarian. - Mike Reynolds
Where is Ron Paul on there? Interesting that Obama isn't on the left! - Lindsay Donaghe
I always found this interesting, as my score is in the lower-left corner, apparently I'm far more Left-Libertarian than Ghandi. Economic Left/Right: -8.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.56 - Jason Wehmhoener
What I find odd about that is the fact that I "strongly agree" with most questions related to the need for regulation of corporations. I don't typically think of corporate regulation as a "libertarian" concept. - Jason Wehmhoener
I would guess that Ron Paul would be socially authoritarian and with regard to economics he's towards the left (but not left of center). - Jason Wehmhoener
Many people are surprised to find themselves in the lower left quadrant. I'm more conservative economically, but socially progressive and definitely have a libertarian streak when it comes to certain issues. - £ogical €xtremes
You can see Ron Paul plotted here... http://www.politicalcompass.or... ...we can debate the validity of the scoring, but this is a very interesting exercise as most public debate on politics focuses only on left-right, and rarely even distinguishes between social issues and economic issues. - £ogical €xtremes
I think the concept of the political compass is valid and I'd be far happier if our political discourse used a broader array of descriptive terms. I think the quiz on this web page, its scoring system, and the interpretation of where various current political figures stand are all highly debatable. An example is the question "A genuine free market requires restrictions on the ability of predator multinationals to create monopolies." There's a contradiction built into the question. Sloppy test. - Jason Wehmhoener
here's where I am http://www.politicalcompass.or... - Kim Landwehr
I'm disturbingly close to Nader, but wouldn't vote for him for anything... maybe I'm insane? - Jason Carreira
I'm nearer to Cynthia, but nearer the center line, and more libertarian. Roughly what I expected of myself really. - Ian Hussein Maverick May
i'm -4.21, -4.12. - MikeAmundsen
I'm slightly further left than Nader and considerably lower. - Alexander Carlill
