I stole this quiz from the Banjophobe. The overall score I don't quibble with, though I really would have expected something closer to 50-50, seeing as how I tend to lean libertarian. But some of it surprises me.
Your Political Profile: |
| Overall: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal |
| Social Issues: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal |
| Personal Responsibility: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal |
| Fiscal Issues: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal |
| Ethics: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal |
| Defense and Crime: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal |
Social issuse I would expect to break more 50-50. Personal responsibility? 100% conservative. I wonder which questions I got wrong. Ethics? There must have been some VERY badly worded questions (yeah, there were - I almost didn't answer the immigration question because it was so stupidly worded; I think the requirements for immigration should be looser in many ways, but illegals should be sent back to the end of the line, though I don't think that was the ethics question). But on "Defense and Crime" - DAMNED STRAIGHT!.
Of course, like all of these silly quizzes, it's pretty simplistic. One can be very solidly for defense but still oppose the Iraq campaign as ill-conceived (that's not my position but it's a plausible and valid position).
Posted by Ken S at February 10, 2007 03:16 PM | TrackBack (0) |Well its a bit simplistic and does take into account libertarian views. But good for a laugh though.
Posted by: Andrew Ian Dodge at February 11, 2007 04:13 AMThe wording is ridiculous! Luck is a political issue? You can either reduce the debt or help the poor -- no other choice? Only two ways to help the education system?
It said I was 50/50 in social and fiscal issues, 75% liberal in personal responsibilities and ethics, and 75% conservative in defense and crime! The last one is strange because I am very against our occupation of Iraq, but pro-law enforcement (that's what comes from having two uncles and a cousin who were policemen.)
But it's funny how my views have changed since high school. The test I took then showed I was more left than Democrat -- it said I belonged in the Peace And Freedom Party! :-)
The "some people have more luck than others" question is the one that always weirded me out about this quiz. I mean...huh? Seriously, what the fuck?! I didn't answer that question. It says I break 85-15, which surprises me as well. As a prosecutor, the crime question was particularly ridiculous: I'm all in favor of defendants acepting my draconian plea offers. ;-)
Posted by: Dave J at February 11, 2007 09:50 AMIf you don't mind, I have another test for you to take...
I've tagged you for inclusion in the Geek Test.
Thanks!
Posted by: Bitterroot at February 11, 2007 04:46 PMThe luck question makes perfect sense to me. What is this question relevant to? Success, financial or otherwise. What's the opposite of luck? Conspiracy.
Underrepresentation of X demographic in Y profession? It's a plot to keep X down. Levee breaks in N'Awlins? It's a plot to kill Democratic voters. Three hurricanes hit Florida? It's a plot to protect oil company profits at the cost of safety from global warming - and perhaps also a plot using the HAARP array to send major storms in an attempt to rub out the Florida Supreme Court.
Posted by: Alan K. Henderson at February 12, 2007 10:04 PMActually there is another opposite to luck, which better explains the luck question's relevance to enviro policy: neglect. People who don't believe in luck believe we have the ability to end global warming or poverty or other phenomena that humans in reality can't eradicate.
Posted by: Alan K. Henderson at February 12, 2007 10:11 PMThere goes that theory. I retook the quiz and changed by answer to the "luck" question, and my scores shifted toward conservatism. I was thinking of luck in terms of chance events that we cannot control. The quizmaster is thinking of luck in terms of its role in individual success, which, barring a freak tornado or getting that bug job at the WTC at the wrong time, is minimal. Skill, not life's lottery, is the prime determinant of personal achievement.
Posted by: Alan K. Henderson at February 14, 2007 01:59 PM