# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/41 "2005-08-20T22:47:54Z")
Economic Left/Right: -2.63 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.13 Not too far off. - Tamerlane ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/42 "2005-08-20T22:54:36Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > -5.00, -3.69 > Still hanging out with Gandhi. +7.0/-3.0 I like it much better over here with Milton Friedman. You should check it out sometime. 🙂 ---
**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 21, 2005, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/43 "2005-08-21T01:34:43Z")
> [@John Mace](#): > > +7.0/-3.0 > > I like it much better over here with Milton Friedman. You should check it out sometime. 🙂 Bah! How many movies have been made about Milton Friedman? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/44 "2005-08-21T01:36:55Z")
-4.13/-4.46 ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/45 "2005-08-21T05:54:06Z")
Ok, so maybe I only posted in one or two threads, but as you can see [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=326496#post6390762), I was in there. -5.00, -4.82 ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/46 "2005-08-21T10:21:22Z")
I’ve read several of the threads, though I don’t think I posted. But if you’re collecting data points, I just took the test again (I didn’t record my first scores) and wound up as -3.25/-5.90 ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/47 "2005-08-21T12:44:53Z")
-0.81, -2.51 for me ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/48 "2005-08-21T16:13:35Z")
(-7.5, -2.4) ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/49 "2005-08-21T17:54:40Z")
4.88 / -4.15 ---
**Author:** ![gfloyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d2c977/32.png) [@gfloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gfloyd)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/50 "2005-08-22T07:55:23Z")
-2.38 / -4.92 ---
**Author:** ![KeithT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KeithT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithT)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/51 "2005-08-22T22:00:59Z")
+2.0 / -4.92 ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/52 "2005-08-22T22:26:23Z")
I was one of the few **Centrists** with a score of 0.00/-.40. One other doper scored 0.00/0.00 but I forget who it was. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![rfgdxm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c0e974/32.png) [@rfgdxm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rfgdxm)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/53 "2005-08-22T22:51:28Z")
As for me, I’m: Economic Left/Right: -3.75 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.97 ---
**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 22, 2005, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/54 "2005-08-22T23:09:28Z")
> [@kniz](#): > > I was one of the few **Centrists** with a score of 0.00/-.40. One other doper scored 0.00/0.00 but I forget who it was. 😛 Damn. You got me beat. ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/55 "2005-08-24T04:46:18Z")
-4.00, -7.79. Goddamned hippie. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/56 "2005-08-25T05:06:19Z")
2.88 / -2.97 ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/57 "2005-08-25T14:14:34Z")
Economic Left/Right: 3.75 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.26 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/58 "2005-08-26T03:47:11Z")
Economic Left/Right: -6.38 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.44 I wish the test had a neutral "I don’t agree or disagree option. Sometimes I only slightly agreed or slightly disagreed with the statement. (although my results make me look like a pinko commie bastard so who knows) ---
**Author:** ![ChristmasEve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/97f17d/32.png) [@ChristmasEve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChristmasEve)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731/59 "2005-08-26T20:38:21Z")
-5.38/-4.62 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-scores-of-straight-dope-members/317731.md?page=2)