There’s a new political ideology test, at the Center for American Progress (a liberal organization). I scored 149 out of 400, which apparently makes me “very conservative” and, I guess, not very progressive. If you have 15 minutes to spare, see where you are.
H/t. Philip Klein.
March 13th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
I took it yesterday and scored 137/400
March 13th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
120/400
March 13th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
I believe the questions were flawed…I scored 129 and I am a civil libertarian. I also found some of those questions offensive toards conservatives.
March 13th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
157 for me. Some of the questions were too vague like the question about criticizing leaders OR the military. Some times of criticism are entirely patriotic and some aren’t. I ended up putting neutral…
March 13th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
I didn’t like the wording in some of them either.
March 13th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
109 for me.
March 13th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
I scored 36 out of 400 – extremely conservative – big shock. The questions were offensive to conservatives.
March 13th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
156. I found myself clicking 5 too often because the questions were far too broad and general.
March 13th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
I think I had a (relatively) high score partly because I tend to overthink these things. Like the questions about regulation….well, I tend to oppose the controversial regulations like Sarbanes Oxley, and I don’t think a lack of regulation was the chief cause of the financial crisis. Still, I had to put like 6’s on all those questions, because I clearly think businesses need to be regulated for health standards, at the very least, and sometimes a fair bit more.
March 13th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
I got a 120, and that’s including my “progressive” responses regarding gay rights, traditional families, and the environment.
March 13th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
161. I think the problem was that whenever the “conservative” viewpoint was expressed it was as an absolute, making it hard to agree with as a 10. When the liberal viewpoint was expressed it was much more moderated and conditional, making it easier to choose something other than 0.
Obviously the inherent bias is no surprise given the source, but I think if you think about the statement very much, you end up being much more moderate than if you just answer quickly.
March 13th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Matt,
That was my problem too. I guess these questions were designed for more progressive less thoughtful Americans incapable of seeing nuance that or they were just trying to influence answers….Maybe they should design question for slightly more intelligent people.
March 13th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
120 for me also.
March 13th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
I would love everyone who votes on Presidential candidates for 2012 to take this test…it would be interesting to do a little correlation analysis.
March 13th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
#12 said,
“should design question for slightly more intelligent people.”
hahaha!
March 13th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
I think I win with 202.
March 13th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
16, commie
I scored zero. I’m a little intolerant of everyone.
March 13th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
Woo hoo! High score, 342. Boy, am I on the wrong website (but I already knew that). I still enjoy reading here, though.
March 13th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
#18,
342! WOW, Bernie Sanders territory!
March 13th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
I think to get 400 you have to be poor AND liberal.
March 13th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
If you would get a 400, you’re too stupid to understand the questions, so I imagine you max out on this thing at about 360.
March 13th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
199/conservative
March 13th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
I scored 84/400. I’m extremely conservative. Yup!
March 13th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
79 here. I wasn’t in the best of moods so I just tried to go ultra-conservative on them all. I did maintain my gay rights progressiveness and also do agree that many of the questions were obviously biased but I never “offended.”
March 13th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
88, Miller, you RINO.
March 13th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
#17, did you really score 0?????
March 13th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
96. “Extremely conservative.”
March 13th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
77, Extremely Conservative.
March 13th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
I didn’t appreciate the wording on some of the questions, of course, but I knew what they wanted.
March 13th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
Maybe that will buy me some credibility with the crazies on here. I’m a conservative extremist, by this measure.
March 13th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
#30, your score was so low, you are in Buchanan territory.
March 13th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
Actually, in some regards, Mr. Buchanan’s score would not be that low.
March 13th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
147/400,I am “very conservative”. Their definition of very conservative though isn’t very conservative. It seems to me that I am very conservative with economics, somewhat conservative socially, and a moderate on national security and international affairs.
March 13th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
So the average american is 209 according to them, what does it say when one scores 209?
March 13th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
“I would love everyone who votes on Presidential candidates for 2012 to take this test…it would be interesting to do a little correlation analysis.” How would we correlate raw numbers Illinoisguy? The questions are from different categories.
March 13th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
I thought the questions were generally fair, a few seemed to push one way or another, but all in all I thought is fair.
March 13th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
OHIO JOE is right. Buchanan, thanks to his opposition to free trade and neoconservative policies, would have scored higher than me.
March 13th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
86 here. I bet that 18 years ago I would have been around 220.
Some of the questions should have been broken down into separate questions. For instance the one about government spending money on education, infrastructure, and science…blah blah blah. I agree on spending money on infrastructure and science, but would have given a low score to educational spending.
March 13th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
I was mainly wanting to do just a broad brush looks showing mean and standard deviation for the supporters of the candidates. But it will take a pretty good sampling to be meaningful.An actual correlation analysis wouldn’t work well; you’re right. Btw, I’m surprised you’re more conservative than I am.
March 13th, 2009 at 7:49 pm
160 – “conservative”
March 13th, 2009 at 7:49 pm
“Btw, I’m surprised you’re more conservative than I am.” Haha, that’s why I’m the Palinite.
March 13th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
58 “extremely conservative”. Warms my heart and soul. Oh wait, I can’t have a heart, I’m one of those evil conservatives.
March 13th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
No, Ohio, look at the other people’s score before you try to proclaim that. They didn’t have one on the death penalty. Otherwise, you would have slid!!!
March 13th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
50
March 13th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
I hope that people aren’t trying to think about what the most conservative answer is, but rather how they really believe.
March 13th, 2009 at 8:04 pm
Illinois, I think that most of us could guess what the knee-jerk stereo type conservative answer is supposed to be.
March 13th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
Haha, the Palin tent is big enough for a variety of scores. BTW, it matter little to me what Mrs. Palin’s position on the Death penalty is, so that part of the score would mean little to me anyways. That is part of the whole point of why raw numbers have limited value.
March 13th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
Illinoiguy, I did answer honestly, although some of the question made it hard to get it exactly right. I got a 36. Whoo hoo.
March 13th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
“I hope that people aren’t trying to think about what the most conservative answer is, but rather how they really believe.” That’s why we all got more than zero (oh, except for Right.)
March 13th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Yes, good score Martha.
March 13th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
86, baby, 86 for Tommy….
March 13th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
I put zeroes down for a lot of the inequality/government social services questions (e.g., government’s responsibility to provide healthcare for everyone) and I think that took my score towards “extremely conservative” as I put a more nuaned number towards other questions…
March 13th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Haha, I took the test again to see if I could guess all the conservative answers. I missed one and got 10 points.
March 13th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
Tommy Boy,
There’s more from Jake Tapper today on Palin’s earmarks. She went from 231 million in requests in 08 down to 197 for 09. (That’s not drastic, Sarah, as you said to Charlie Gibson.)
Anyway her spokesperson McAllister, doesn’t do her any favors.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/03/palin-v-politic.html
March 13th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
129/400 – very conservative. Hmm. I have the same problem as others have said above. I’ll admit that I’m pretty dang conservative on economic issues, but not *as* much on social issues. And I think I’m fairly moderate on foreign policy. It would help if it broke those issues up a bit. Oh well. Still interesting.
March 13th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
I managed just 60/400. I am guessing I won’t get asked to join the Obama administration too soon.
March 13th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
Martha,
I notice you conveniently leave out the aggregate amount that Murkowski requested in his last year in office, which was $350 million. So it went down to $231 million in her first year in office and $197 million in her second year in office. That’s somewhat close to a 50% reduction in requests from her office in her first two years compared to Murkowski’s final year and you don’t consider that a dramatic reduction?
Nevertheless, you also leave out that the aggregate amount she requested this year is $68 million, which I suspect even you would consider a dramatic reduction from the $350 million that Murkowski requested in fiscal year 2007.
March 13th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
Larry King Live,
Ron Paul is making an excellent argument in favor of legalizing drugs.
Of course, he is arguing against Stephen Baldwin.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
Some of those questions really aggravated me! I’m not the kind of person to do a whole lot of 0s or 10s, but I ended up there several times because of idiotic phrasing! 108 for me.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
Tommy, Yes, it is drastic compared to Murkowski – part of the old Alaska pork kings. But under Palin, Alaska still gets more per person than any other state.
The 69 million is not for 09, but next year, as I read it. We won’t know if she keeps that promise until next year.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
174…”conservative”. Not surprising.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
Martha,
Thanks for catching the typo…I meant $69 million for fiscal year 2010.
I see we are in agreement about the facts but we have a difference of opinion as to what constitutes “earmark reform.” I do give her credit for reducing the number of earmark requests for the state by close to 50% from Murkowski’s last year in office in her first two years in office; reasonable people can disagree about whether that constitutes “reform”.
The problem with Tapper’s reporting that I find is that he has insinuated hypocrisy on her part…why not just leave it for the readers to decide if Palin’s “quotes” about reforming earmark abuse and drastically reducing the amount of earmark requests are inconsistent with her record? McAllister’s biggest mistake was not presenting the fact as to Murkowski’s total amount of earmark requests final year in office but other than that, the facts he presented were sufficient in my opinion.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
89/400…
I guess I am extremely conservative…
March 13th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Martha,
We can stop calling Palin a conservative when she brings in universal health care, like the state of MA did.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
Universal? Not everyone has chosen to participate….seems to me as if it required people to pay for their own primary insurance premiums like they should. The part government played in it was that they made it possible for the market to offer much less expensive premiums, and to gtive them an ultimatum of pay premiums if you can, or be responsible for your own bills. It was a very CONSERVATIVE approach, compared with what they had before.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
By the way, after throwing out the only Democrat vote that I know of, we so far have an average score of 120.21.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
#65, 97%, plus fines, less choice…ugh.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
A bit surprised, I played their game and agreed that the conservative positions weren’t 100% of time the right ones (even if I think the liberal solutions are much worse), and ended up with a measly 141 “very conservative”
The poll seems to have a fairly strong leaning for economic policy, where I scored most things with an 8-9 on the conservative side with only a few exceptions. My social answers were only slightly right of center, except for the questions like “the weakening of the traditional family is hurting society” where it of course got a nice 10.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
77/400 Very Conservative. No big surprise for me there, though I tend to think of myself as more of a Libertarian on most issues.
March 13th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
That’s right, the fines are to cover the costs of what the state gets stuck with by their refusal to buy the insurance. If you think its conservative for those of us who pay taxes to have to pick up the tabs for those who have just as much money as we do (or more), but refuse to buy insrance, you’re just plain wrong. And that’s putting it mildly!
March 13th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
Got a 156/400
Seems hard for me to believe the mean is 209, but who knows I guess…
March 13th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
113 – very conservative. That number seems about right.
March 13th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
123 – but I agree with criticisms of the wording, like #s 4, 9, and 11.
#12: LOL
March 13th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
86/400. I thought I was the most conservative person alive, Martha’s WAY got me beat.
March 13th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
86/400…who got 300+? That’s just nutty!
March 13th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
Kris, It’s actually a very conservative notion – asking folks pay for their own healthcare. Imagine that?
ER visits are down 40%, and people still have private insurance.
March 13th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
62 – Tommy. Yes, it is a step in the right direction. But Palin isn’t as pure fiscally as some people assume she is.
I agree with you on Tapper, although generally he’s better than his colleagues. I notice he didn’t call out Obama on all of his earmark hypocrisy.
But did you notice how whiny McAllister is? He just created more trouble than was necessary.
March 13th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Martha,
Here’s an article on Mitt’s plan…
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN17331819
It’s irrelevant anyway…Mitt has ackowledged what works in Massachusetts may not work in Texas. So Mitt seems to be saying that his policy wouldn’t work on a national level because of differences among states, which is the correct position in my opinion. The difference between him and Clinton isn’t so much in the substance behind the plans from what I’ve read about their two proposals bur rather that she would have sought to impose the plan on a national level while Mitt likely would not have.
March 13th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
Obviously, I am the Christopher Shays of Race42012.
March 13th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
Martha, here is Palin’s press release on the subject by the way (whoever assists her with her press releases does a really good job in my opinion).
Governor Palin Continues Earmark Reform March 13, 2009, Juneau, Alaska –
With completion of the federal omnibus appropriations bill for 2009, Governor Palin today recognized her administration’s ongoing commitment to earmark reform, backed up by a continuing drastic decrease in the Palin Administration’s federal requests. “When I took office in 2006, I committed to every Alaskan and to Washington, D.C., that this administration would seek fewer earmarks and meet more of Alaska’s challenges with fewer federal funds, so needed earmark reform could be realized,” said Governor Palin. “I am proud of the fact that we slashed the number of earmark requests by nearly 85 percent, and we’re not done.” Palin said she is reminding Congress that of her administration’s eight pending requests, six are continuing federal appropriations and only two are new requests. “Our eight requests have broad public support and have been vetted through a transparent public process, and most of the projects are nationally significant,” Governor Palin said. “The new requests are for national security, with upgrades at the Kodiak Missile Defense Complex, and for America’s energy security, with replacement of a bridge that is critical for a natural gas pipeline.” Governor Palin said she appreciates other states that understand the dire need to participate in earmark reform so the next generation of Americans is not saddled in debt that we create today with requests for “short-sighted wants.” “My state can better participate in this reform and we’ll be a more self-sufficient state when the federal government finally allows us greater opportunity to safely and responsibly develop our natural resources,” Governor Palin added. “I look forward to the realization of the enormous potential Alaska has to contribute more to our national security and energy independence by unlocking our potential.” Currently, less than 1% of the total land mass in Alaska is in private ownership, excluding land set aside by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
March 14th, 2009 at 12:04 am
144, though I agree with some here that the wording of some questions were skewed in favor of liberal positions.
March 14th, 2009 at 1:08 am
133
March 14th, 2009 at 1:15 am
141/400… very conservative… I was pretty conservative on the social issues and on foreign policy, probably more toward the middle when it came to infrastructure spending and I said we needed govt aid to poor, sick, and elderly (what I meant was the basic programs we already have.. I also agreed that govt programs tend to hurt the dignity and work ethic of the poor… I believe everything when it comes to that is case-to-case basis)… i was def conservative on fiscal issues, i agreed with regulation to protect worker safety, but said that generally govt regulation does more harm than good. like i agree that part of a healthy economy is the ability to afford health care and so govt should have policy regarding health care… i put like a 6 cause i dont agree with universal health coverage paid in full by govt (i.e., the taxpayers), but i do think better quality, cheaper health care should be a priority for any elected official. Free-market solutions to health care.
March 14th, 2009 at 2:52 am
82/400
Boy did they load up these questions with bias.
March 14th, 2009 at 4:13 am
I got 128/400. I thought I was going to score higher for sure… turns out I’m very conservative. So, I’m not too disappointed.
March 14th, 2009 at 4:31 am
“62 – Tommy. Yes, it is a step in the right direction. But Palin isn’t as pure fiscally as some people assume she is.”
Pretty much no politician is 100% fiscally Conservative, I do think she is rather close.
MacisBack08:
I think I am a bit extreme on Health Care, I do not flip out if the government puts a tiny bit of money in this direction, but it is a slippery slope, and I do not not the Socialized Medicine that some countries have. I for one would not want to wait days in an emergency room. Those of us who are healthy, do not appreciate the real beauty of Free-Market Health Care. As or giving money to the poor. I really do not think it is the government’s responsibility to feed the poor. However, if the government is going to be a grocery store, I hope that it would just provide for those in true need, children, the disabled and pregnant women. There are too many people abusing government programs. These programs really should not be for those of us who are middle or upper class. One reason why Mr. Huckabee is not steer to far off the Conservative reservation is because he made it clear that only te truly needy should get benefit from these programs. And to Mr. Romney’s credit, he recently mentioned in an interview that these programs should only be for those in need.
March 14th, 2009 at 6:56 am
Well, Martha, you were lowest! As you may have noticed, ‘Right’ came back with his actual score of 82, not 0.
After discarding the Democrat (an obvious outlier), we have a mean of 120.25 and a standard deviation of 41.65.
This means, of course that approx. 68% of us on this site will be between 78.6 and 161.9. Only approximately 2.5% will be under 36.95, and the same for those over 203.55. Thus far, Martha is the only one not within two standard deviations of the mean. Robbie nearly was.
March 14th, 2009 at 7:18 am
I thought I was off the charts with 104. Then I come here to find out I’ve been hanging out in a ball-crunching, ultra-right-wing booby hatch!
March 14th, 2009 at 7:25 am
Keep them coming everybody! I’ll update the talley tonight.
March 14th, 2009 at 7:35 am
288.
Regardless, I still enjoy reading this site.
March 14th, 2009 at 7:37 am
Matthew, am I correct to assume you are a Democrat?
March 14th, 2009 at 7:39 am
Indeed, 91. It’s interesting to see the other point of view, however.
March 14th, 2009 at 8:14 am
141 for me.
MacisBack08 and I are different guys but, apparently, we share more than just a moniker!
I also ditto just about everything he says in 83.
March 14th, 2009 at 8:18 am
229, Progressive apparently. Oh well. I had a lot of middling answers, since I think I’m more a pragmatist than anything else.
March 14th, 2009 at 8:23 am
Others have pointed out that the survey questions are slanted, and it seems to me that the categories match American progressives’ pigeon holes for what makes conservatives.
The survey is too rigid in the “garden path” for ideologies it provides. I answered some questions in the middle because I found myself wanting to respond with “either-or” or “neither.” In other questions, the response depended on how you define a key term. For instance, I don’t believe that “civil liberties” should be suspended in the fight against terrorism, but then I don’t consider “right to privacy/anonymity” to be a civil liberty. At the same time, I believe “free speech” to be a civil liberty that liberals and progressives would be willing to suspend if such speech might offend Islamofascist extremists.
Generally, the questions address the believed effectiveness of three categories:
- Assertive national security/military policy versus diplomacy.
- Government action versus individual initiative/free markets.
- Government services versus strong family/community bonds.
I come out most conservative in the latter two. But on the “Assertive national security/military policy versus diplomacy” choice, I’m in favor of whatever is most effective and most cost effective, the latter of which favors diplomacy. But liberal/progressive views of diplomacy to me mostly seem to involve projecting weakness while promoting appeasement. I’d prefer diplomacy, but it would be more like that of, say, John Bolton.
March 14th, 2009 at 8:35 am
83
“i put like a 6 cause i dont agree with universal health coverage paid in full by govt (i.e., the taxpayers), but i do think better quality, cheaper health care should be a priority for any elected official. Free-market solutions to health care.”
I think I put a 3 for that question, but have the same general opinion as you. I think we need, for lack of a better term, Wal-Mart clinics. ‘Big box’ medical clinics with a premium on efficiency, low labor cost, while using technology to maintain a high quality of care.
March 14th, 2009 at 8:45 am
I received 179. Which strangely makes me more moderate than most people here yet more conservative than Most of America. The test did have its flaws though.
March 14th, 2009 at 9:19 am
137/400
You could tell that a progressive wrote the questions. Some questions were worded to make conservatives look bad.
Wish there was a neutral site to have a similar type of questionnaire.
March 14th, 2009 at 10:25 am
116/400
March 14th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
149/400 – conservative. I actually thought I might score a bit higher. I am conservative on the economic issues, but more middle of the road on the social issues. I found myself scoring “5″ more often than I should have. But the questions are vague and lack nuance, and definition of terms is problmatic, ie. should the gov’t “guarantee” health insurance coverage for all. I think gov’t should seek to increase accessibility and coverage, but I’m not sure about the word “guarantee.”
March 14th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
One reason the social moderates are showing as conservative as they are is because there were very few questions pertaining to the social issues that most people think of, i.e. abortion and gay marriage.
March 14th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
“One reason the social moderates are showing as conservative as they are is because there were very few questions pertaining to the social issues that most people think of, i.e. abortion and gay marriage.” Haja, then my score should be better, not worse.
March 14th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
I’m not talking about you Ohio Joe…I’m talking about people such as Alex who scored about what you did. If there had been more questions on social issues, that would not have happened.
March 14th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
“98/100. This makes you extremely conservative. The average score for Americans in 209.5.”
If I took it again, it might be slightly different… some of the questions were rather broad.
March 14th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
173, Conservative. That’s about right. I’m an extremely centrist Republican. Somewhat socially liberal but hardcore fiscal conservative.
And Martha, it’s not hard for Alaska to have the highest per capita pork, considering they have the fourth LOWEST population in the country, and considering they had the “Pork Kings” representing there state for the better part of 50 years.
But who cares about that, right? And who cares that Palin intends to only ask for 8, count ‘em, 8 earmarks in FY2010. But again, who cares?
Who wants to bet Sarah asks for the absolute minimum, say 4 or 5, in 2012?
March 14th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
TC – Palin’s pork record as mayor was pretty dismal. She has made progress in contrast to her predecessor, but I don’t think it’s as dramatic as she claims, still coming in at the highest. We shall see what Palin does next year. If she only asks for 69 million in 2010 as she has promised, then I’ll take my hat off to her.
Illinoisguy – I’m getting a little embarrassed that my score is so low. I can’t really explain it, I just gave the best answer with the options that were presented. Maybe I should go do it again?!
Nah.
March 14th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
As of now, we have 51 responses. I’ve excluded the responses of American Ideals, Tin Tin, and the Matthrew that got a 288 (for obvious reasons) They do not claim to be conservatives, but like to hang out here at times.
With the other 48 responses, the mean is 123.06 and the standard deviation is 40.17. The median is 15.5.
As it turns out, only Martha is outside two standard deviations from the mean. Robbie barely stayed within it on the top side.
I’ll have to say I’m a little surprised at many of you being as conservative as the test showed.
March 14th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Fwiw – For those that I know FOR SURE are Mitt Romney supporters, the mean is 111.73. That leaves those currently supporting Mitt at 128.21.
March 14th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
Oops, in 107, the median is 125.5. Big Typo.
March 14th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Martha, the conservative outlier. More than two SD’s from the mean here at Race makes you quite conservative indeed.
March 14th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
You can say that again mac. I thought I was very conservative and I’m only barely under the mean for the site, and more liberal than my fellow Romney folks. I didn’t think that was possible.
March 14th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Sorry, make that in 108 ‘those currently not supporting Mitt at 128.21′.
March 14th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
I’ll have to say I’m a little surprised at many of you being as conservative as the test showed.
You probably mean me.
You fail to realize how conservative I am when it comes to economics, foreign policy, and culture.
There are only a handful of issues that I’m liberal on: marriage equality, the War on Drugs, gambling, prostitution, religion in public life (10 Commandments in the courtroom, school prayer, etc.). I’m moderate when it comes to abortion. That’s about it, really. I’m extremely conservative on everything else!
March 15th, 2009 at 12:10 am
Well, guys, I did do it again and scored a 53. Hehe.
March 15th, 2009 at 1:01 am
Martha, I am completely unsurprised you scored the way you did, and actually feel bad I didn’t score lower myself. Where’s MatthewK and JA Pruce for this thing?
As for Alex, of course he scored mega-conservative. He’d have to in order to stick with the Republicans, despite the so-con wing so adamantly opposing his genetics.
March 15th, 2009 at 6:46 am
Illinoisguy, I thought that you were one of the more Conservative guys within your camp (other than Martha and perhaps a few others.) I agree that it would have been interesting if the questions were different. You know I took many (about 10 if not more) of these types of tests during the Presidential campaign and I had at least 4 or 5 different answers. At least I had a good correlation with Republicans and very poor correlations with most Democrats, but each test was slanted. One question in one of the surveys was something like, do you prefer a governor or a senator to be President. I suppose that is a fair question, but it does not sound like a very ideological question to me. BTW, Illinoisguy, for what it is worth, I congratulate you on your mathematics. I am pretty good with basic math and not bad with statistics and algebra, but I would never have taken the time to figure out standard deviations.
March 15th, 2009 at 8:22 am
#116 – Excel figures standard deviation for you in just seconds!
Yes, Alex, I was a little surprised with yours, but with the limited number pertaining to the issues you named above, it makes sense. I’ve always known you’re very conservative on the other issues.
March 17th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
To provide another datapoint, I got 116. I am a strong Romney fan.
March 17th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
350- I guess I win.
I guess you guys will call me a pinko, now. Haha.
As other Progressives have stated, I do enjoy reading this blog.
It kind of scares me that some people got <40 on this thing.