# Political Compass scores of Straight Dope members. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 19, 2005, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731 "2005-08-19T12:32:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/21 "2005-08-19T20:05:26Z")
> [@wolf\_meister](#): > > Well it seems the wolf\_meister hit a “home run” with that graph. (With MANY thaks to **sSentientMeat** for compiling the data.) > Well, if I can keep track of who’s there and who isn’t I’ll make an updated graph. > (Just have patience - I’m at work now - I’ll wait til I get home) Fascinating. Will there be any awards or recognition for those in the out-skirts like (8,8) or (-8,-8)? ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/22 "2005-08-19T22:27:57Z")
(-5.25, -4.82) ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/23 "2005-08-19T22:33:56Z")
I’m Gandhi. Economic Left/Right: -5.13 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.62 (Well, okay, slightly more “anarchist” than Gandhi.) ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/24 "2005-08-19T22:45:55Z")
-4.88/-6.46 ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/25 "2005-08-20T00:05:12Z")
Here are mine: Economic Left/Right: -6.63 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.38 No surprise there. I think I took this test before and I scored about the same. Gee, we don’t like authority very much do we? 😃 I’ll work on another graph and maybe I’ll include everyone’s individual scores at the bottom of the web page. So, if people want to keep reporting scores, please do and maybe a new graph will be posted on Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/26 "2005-08-20T01:22:34Z")
I don’t participate in political debate, but here are mine nonetheless: Economic Left/Right: -4.88 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.59 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/27 "2005-08-20T02:40:34Z")
FWIW for QtM Economic Left/Right: -1.00 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.18 ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/28 "2005-08-20T03:50:00Z")
Here’s me: Economic Left/Right: -4.13 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.79 ---
**Author:** ![Landshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/77aa72/32.png) [@Landshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Landshark)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/29 "2005-08-20T11:55:01Z")
Economic Left/Right: -3.75 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.28 ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/30 "2005-08-20T12:18:13Z")
Economic Left/Right: -0.63 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.69 ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/31 "2005-08-20T18:58:44Z")
I took the test again, and the results are surprising, but not dramatically so. My original scores were 0.5, 0.87. They have gone to -0.13, 0.67. Not much of a change, but a negative was something that I never expected to see, and I’d like to think that having taken the test for fair twice and very nearly gotten double zeros (in fact, I was the closest at it on the whole board both times I took the test) people will see that I am not a right-wing zealot. Nah. It’s easier to accuse me of stuff and divert my arguments if they maintain that fiction. What the hell. ---
**Author:** ![sunfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@sunfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunfish)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/32 "2005-08-20T19:27:29Z")
You can add me to the mix too, if it’s not too late. Economic Left/Right: -1.75 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.46 ---
**Author:** ![kellner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c2a13f/32.png) [@kellner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellner)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/33 "2005-08-20T19:27:32Z")
-7.00 -8.72 ---
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/34 "2005-08-20T19:33:59Z")
Add me in there as well Economic Left/Right -9.63 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian -7.69 I suspect this is roughly correct. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/35 "2005-08-20T19:53:41Z")
Okay, I decided to start a new thread in MPSIMS: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6493772#post6493772](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6493772#post6493772) (as if this topic didn’t have enough threads going all over the place). Anyway, the last person to be included in the graph was **scruloose**. Here’s the revised graph showing the results (and you can see who was included or not). [http://www.1728.com/SD.htm](http://www.1728.com/SD.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/36 "2005-08-20T20:22:12Z")
Economic Left/Right: -4.38 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.97 ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/37 "2005-08-20T20:34:39Z")
-5.00, -3.69 Still hanging out with Gandhi. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/38 "2005-08-20T21:09:37Z")
-6.88, -8.97. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/39 "2005-08-20T21:15:25Z")
Economic Left/Right: -5.25 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.95 Not terribly surprised by this. ---
**Author:** ![St\_Ides](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@St\_Ides](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St_Ides)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/40 "2005-08-20T22:14:21Z")
Economic Left/Right: -9.25 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.05 Seems about right… er… Left. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731.md?page=3)