Political Orientation Poll

**Wolf** · 6th November 2007, 14:50

In light of the recent poll on who you'd vote for in a forthcoming election, I've decided to create a new thread and poll on where people sit on the political spectrum.

The basis is the "Political Compass" - already mentioned in III and Robert Taylor's political thread and the "I'm not happy with Helen" thread.

The forced preference test is here. Go through it and post your results in the poll (when it becomes active).

If you want to post and put your exact results in, feel free. If not, just use the 9 "broad brush strokes" divisions of the poll:

Upper Left, Upper Centrist and Upper Right tend to the "Authoritarian" top of the grid.
Middle Left, Middle Centrist and Middle Right are close to the centreline of the grid
Lower Left, Lower Centrist and Lower Right are towards the "Libertarian" bottom of the grid.

Of course, the Left, Centrist and Right regions of the grid correspond to the traditional (if rather simplistic) Left-wing vs Right-wing economics-based political spectrum. (Communist vs Capitalist)

**Wolf** · 6th November 2007, 15:13

And for me:

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -4.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.79

Which puts me around Middle Centrist but tending towards Lower left.

**jrandom** · 6th November 2007, 15:15

Originally Posted by Wolf

And for me...

My position is about identical to yours.

**James Deuce** · 6th November 2007, 15:18

Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: -4.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.03

Unable to figure where you sit on the Political Compass: +10

Lower left or Lower Centrist?

**Hitcher** · 6th November 2007, 15:24

Could somebody please post a political poll that DOESN'T show how individuals have voted. I am remarkably coy in that respect.

**Magua** · 6th November 2007, 15:24

Looking pretty similar.

**Jantar** · 6th November 2007, 15:25

That test put me at miidle left, but all my political feeling is far right.

Maybe that is because I was bought up as a labour party supporter in the sixties and early seventies, but since then all parties have moved further left. Its at the stage now that ACT is almost as much a socialist party as labour used to be, while the modern Labour Party has gone so far left that they are following the chinese line.

**Wolf** · 6th November 2007, 15:26

Originally Posted by Jim2

Unable to figure where you sit on the Political Compass: +10

Nuts, didn't think of that option...

Originally Posted by Jim2

Lower left or Lower Centrist?

Looking a lot like one o' them scurrilous Centrists to me...

**Wolf** · 6th November 2007, 15:29

Originally Posted by Jantar

Maybe that is because I was bought up as a labour party supporter in the sixties and early seventies, but since then all parties have moved further left. Its at the stage now that ACT is almost as much a socialist party as labour used to be, while the modern Labour Party has gone so far left that they are following the chinese line.

Actually, you might be surprised.

As at 2005 the political parties were as in the attached pic.

Now I think both Labour and Greens have taken a definite upwards shift towards Authoritarianism with their Nanny State policies.

Labour lies a trifle right of centre in the 2005 polling.

**avgas** · 6th November 2007, 15:42

Correct me if im wrong but there is no such thing any more. Its all topsy turvy.
National offer tax cuts - to the workers.
Labour offers more - to those that do not work.
NZ First want to whore us out to other countries.
Act dont want to.
Greens want us to spend lots of money and become in-efficient.
Best the best evil of the lot of em i say.