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Take this Quiz to see how "progressive" you are. I was 244/400. That's fine by me. I consider myself in the Libertarian mold. If that's "progressive" that's fine with me. Some of the Qs were tough to answer, as they contained parts I agree and disagree with in the same Q, so I was forced to give a neutral response to them, which means with some qualifications, I could agree or disagree. See:
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/03/progressive_quiz.html
montanadave
09-11-10, 08:51
278/400
By this metric, I am apparently "very progressive."
Similar to WillBrink, I find surveys that employ a Likert scale problematic, particularly when the range is as extended as it is on this particular instrument. Most folks, myself included, find it easy to move to one extreme or the other concerning issues on which they feel strongly but tend to "mush around" in the middle on issues which evoke a more ambivalent, conflicted, or nuanced response. Thus an individual is likely to be labeled based on a few "hot button" issues when, in reality, their overall position is decidedly more balanced.
thopkins22
09-11-10, 08:57
162/400 which apparently makes me a conservative. I'm not a conservative(I think tremendous changes are required in America,) I'm usually pretty damned libertarian.
113/400
"You are very conservative."
whatever the **** that means. there's not a damn thing i want to "conserve" about this country's politics.
162/400 which apparently makes me a conservative. I'm not a conservative(I think tremendous changes are required in America,) I'm usually pretty damned libertarian.
liberals dont realize there's a difference.
092/400
I agree that some of the questions were problematic and forced an answer that wasn't particularly accurate. Some were a much easier 0,1, 9, or 10.
119/400. I would call myself a conservative libertarian. Proud to not be a "Progressive." When I hear that word I think, "Libtard."
Hmm, 173/400. I'm normally considered a social libertarian/fiscal conservative, so I'm somewhat surprised. Then again, this quiz is written from the progressive point of view, so it's likely to consider anything other than blind 'progressiveness' to be ultra-conservative.
The questions were formed poorly, and left little room for nuance, etc. All in all, it's a gimmick designed to make progressives feel good about themselves.
You know, I'd like to start retaking the word 'progressive'. The current definition is a contradiction, since it implies forward progress but is currently used to describe the political philosophy of a bunch of retards stuck in the 1800s. Real 'progress' would be a wonderful thing.
80/400 they say this makes me extremely conservative, I coulda told them that.
RogerinTPA
09-11-10, 10:31
100/400....Very Conservative.:cool:
102/400
Same issues with this quiz as with the politicalcompass quiz. The wording of the questions forces an answer that might not necessarily reflect the true views of the individual. Recognizing the "hot button" questions and tailoring one's answers can shift one's score significantly.
BTW - in 8 years of living in SoCal, I ran across a lot of people that described themselves as "socially libertarian/fiscally conservative". In my experience, I often found them to be nothing but cheap liberals. (e.g., "You say you like to sleep with goats? Whatever, dude, as long as I don't have to pay for it.") Of course, if I'm as extreme to the right as the quiz indicates, my opinion should come as no surprise.
Gutshot John
09-11-10, 10:52
Do people really need quizzes to tell them their politics?
Might be part of the problem....just sayin'.
Belmont31R
09-11-10, 11:22
64/400
BTW that quiz is stupid. Many of the questions are worded in a way that makes the person answering the question want to agree with the progressive viewpoint....they give a false premise to the answer. Such as the one about cutting government spending decreases investing and such in the private sector. So if you answer on the conservative side of the question you are basically forced to say you want lower private sector investing but if you take the progressive side you want more private sector investing.
Also based on peoples responses to what they were scored at they are either going to call you a progressive or conservative, and conservatives are currently trying to be labeled by the left as bigots, racists, homophobes, ect. I got EXTREMELY CONSERVATIVE, and about the only thing I agree with conservatives on is fiscal spending. I disagree with them more than don't. Im for gay marriage, legalization of pot, against blue laws, for reducing military spending (making it more efficient, cut waste, bureaucracy), don't want to see Christian religious values deciding our laws, ect.
91/400 Was interesting to read. They came right out and said things at face value that I thought they would try to paint differently, like government programs reducing initiative and personal responsibility. I found it interesting that there we no 2A related questions.
Do people really need quizzes to tell them their politics?
Might be part of the problem....just sayin'.
No, they do not. Just a stupid thing to click on on the computer and have a laugh about.
FromMyColdDeadHand
09-11-10, 12:04
92/400
I heard Barry got 415/400. u:cool:
ChicagoTex
09-11-10, 13:06
Given that I think most people here would consider me one of M4C's most liberal/progressive members, I was surprised to only come in at 263.
But yes, there were a number of loaded questions. The most vivid one I recall was something along the lines of: "It is the government's responsibility to take care of the elderly, the sick, and the poor" - basically consolidating social security, healthcare, and welfare into one big loaded question.
There were a couple others I thought were also based on false premises, and many questions addressed things in absolutes (i.e. "the key to economic growth is tax-cuts" - there are a lot of different elements to economic growth outside of taxes).
variablebinary
09-11-10, 13:44
161/400
Conservative.
Though I consider myself more of a moderate.
162/400 which apparently makes me a conservative. I'm not a conservative(I think tremendous changes are required in America,) I'm usually pretty damned libertarian.
Agreed, some of the questions were leading I think.
88, despite the very leading questions.
I really was amused by that graph, the selection of axes, and deliberate skew of their small sample set data really makes it seem like I performed poorly on that test. I giggled.
Cagemonkey
09-11-10, 16:16
139/400, I don't mind since I consider myself a Conservative/Libertarian. My wife just got 132/400.
109/400 Ha.
Isn't this George Soros' organization, the one that hired Van Jones after Barry canned him?
ETA: If you click on "see how other groups score" their median score of 206 is linked to "HS and lower education" and every score below that is some type of traditionally conservative group. Apparently we're all dummies. **** them.
75/400 extremely conservative.
Don Robison
09-11-10, 21:41
100/400
Like others have said some of the questions were poorly written.
101 :secret: If I had to guess, it'd be that I am more Green Energy than the few who scored better than me.. . . . this is like golf scores right?
101 :secret: If I had to guess, it'd be that I am more Green Energy than the few who scored better than me.. . . . this is like golf scores right?
And shotgun gauges :dirol:
tracker722
09-12-10, 10:12
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ICANHITHIMMAN
09-12-10, 17:21
226/400
Im so badass
I took it again and answered the questions with either a 0 or a 10 along the lines that these idiots think a conservative would answer.
30/400! :dance3:
arizonaranchman
09-12-10, 18:37
Hardcore Libertarian here. I'd guess that about 80% of what the Feds do is unconstitutional and therefore patently illegal. We need massive change alright, starting with a major house-cleaning in Washington. Many if not a majority of them are traitors in my opinion, as they've essentially destroyed what this nation was founded upon with their greed and arrogance.
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