Political Orientation Poll

[The Pastor]

Im pretty much right in the middle.

[Sully60]

Economic Left/Right: -4.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.00

Surpise surpise.
No one seems to be too far away from these numbers so far.
What did Robert Taylors and III's results look like?
maybe something a bit like this?
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[rainman]

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -7.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.21

I´m in the same place as Gandhi, or Madiba. Not bad company

Hmmmm..... individual freedom, but a controlled economy...... nothing like being demanding of the pols. No wonder I´m frequently disappointed at election time.

[Usarka]

Fark I'm a commie rat!

[enigma51]

You guys are all to nice im closer to stalin than nelson

[rwh]

Well that more or less matches with my green vote:

[Skyryder]

This poll looks more like a boxing commentary. The Libertarinnz don't know what corner they are in. There's so many centrists who want to be referees that the match is likely to start before the contestents even get into the ring. And when they do know one will be able to tell the difference between those in the 'red' corner and those in the 'blue.' And the greens who have been left out will cry foul when the winner is announced. Yep a good ol' shit fight the kiwi way. No ones knows what going on. Where's that Guy Fawkse prick. He's got a lot to answer to for failing.

Skyyrder

[oldrider]

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.

All of the parties on Wolf's (post #9) chart are left of center IMHO.

They are all basically socialist.

They advocate too much government (state) control/interference in our lives.

Central government should be brought back to simple basic requirements.

Defence Law and Police.

Local body governments should be brought back to their basic functions too.

Rubbish water and sewage.

Everything else should be run by private enterprise.

Taxation should be able to be justified or abolished or voluntary.

Personal responsibility and accountability should be the rule not the exception.

Politicians just bullshit everyone that they are "Rocket scientists" and are indispensible to us all.

Reality is that they are just full of bullshit and want us all to pay for them.

Well, they don't bloody well fool me! John.

[carver]

All of the parties on Wolf's (post #9) chart are left of center IMHO.

They are all basically socialist.

They advocate too much government (state) control/interference in our lives.

Central government should be brought back to simple basic requirements.

Defence Law and Police.

Local body governments should be brought back to their basic functions too.

Rubbish water and sewage.

Everything else should be run by private enterprise.

Taxation should be able to be justified or abolished or voluntary.

Personal responsibility and accountability should be the rule not the exception.

Politicians just bullshit everyone that they are "Rocket scientists" and are indispensible to us all.

Reality is that they are just full of bullshit and want us all to pay for them.

Well, they don't bloody well fool me! John.

i couldn't have said it better
blinged

[Wolf]

I'm right on top of the Greens.

Obviously a bogus survey.

Nah, don't worry - their chart's 2 years out of date and the Greens' recent policies seem to be shifting them upwards towards the Authoritarian end.

Today Anti-smacking Bill, tomorrow Biofuel quotas, the next day the "How long you're allowed to run your refrigerator" bill. Put the Greens in power and anything that might conceivably contribute to the "carbon footprint" or "global warming" will be restricted or outlawed.

We're both safely far away from where the Eco-Nazis are now.

[Wolf]

All of the parties on Wolf's (post #9) chart are left of center IMHO.

They are all basically socialist.

They advocate too much government (state) control/interference in our lives.

I disagree inasmuch as state control is not inherently "left of centre" - the USA is as far-right Capitalist as it gets and they are obsessed with state control. The Nazi party, whose level of state control obviously gives GW a stiffy (judging by how keen he is to adopt it) was a Centrist government - in terms of the traditional Left-Centre-Right.

The level of state control is independent of traditional Left/Right politics. That is why the Political Compass has the Authoritarian/Libertarian scale - to determine how much or how little state control a party/person advocates, which is why, IMO, it is a far better indicator of political orientation than the traditional model.

It has flaws, I admit - but it is far less flawed than attempting to fit such diverse views as those held by Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin, GW Bush and Gandhi on the same, purely linear, scale.

Equating State Control with the political Left would shift the USA towards the Centre, despite its undeniably Right Wing/Capitalist economy.

Central government should be brought back to simple basic requirements.

Defence Law and Police.

Local body governments should be brought back to their basic functions too.

Rubbish water and sewage.

Everything else should be run by private enterprise.

Taxation should be able to be justified or abolished or voluntary.

Personal responsibility and accountability should be the rule not the exception.

Politicians just bullshit everyone that they are "Rocket scientists" and are indispensible to us all.

Reality is that they are just full of bullshit and want us all to pay for them.

Well, they don't bloody well fool me! John.

Now, all that I agree with unequivocally.

[yod]

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?

jeebus Jim - thats scary mate - mines exactly the same as yours

[swbarnett]

The Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -2.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.77

[007XX]

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -3.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.54


I am so very relieved and not surprised that jacques Chirac and I are at on completely opposite sides of each other...

[MSTRS:Me]

I suspect that the questions are loaded to effect a 'result'....