# Political Test **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 26, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117 "2011-08-26T01:10:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/1 "2011-08-26T01:10:27Z")
[http://www.politicaltest.net/eng/](http://www.politicaltest.net/eng/) Interestingly enough I got Ordoliberal (a very fascinating system of economics) and then now I got Liberal (presumably Classical Liberal): You are a Liberal. 4 percent of the test participators are in the same category and 39 percent are more extremist than you. Cosmopolitan 8% Fundamentalist 13% Reactionary 20% Anarchist 3% Capitalistic 63% Militaristic 42% Anthropcentric 81% ---
**Author:** ![BuickGNX1987](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@BuickGNX1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuickGNX1987)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/2 "2011-08-26T02:03:50Z")
This was pretty interesting. My results: You are a patriotic Social Democrat. 2 percent of the test participators are in the same category and 92 percent are more extremist than you. Nationalistic 9% Secular 7% Reactionary 2% Anarchistic 10% Communistic 4% Militaristic 28% Anthropocentric 50% ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/3 "2011-08-26T02:19:57Z")
There were some really bizarre wording choices that suggest to me that whoever composed the test wasn’t a first-language (or particularly proficient second-language) English speaker. Anyway: > [@](#): > > You are a Social Democrat. 13 percent of the test participators are in the same category and 24 percent are more extremist than you. Shock, astonishment, I know. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/4 "2011-08-26T02:22:10Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > There were some really bizarre wording choices that suggest to me that whoever composed the test wasn’t a first-language (or particularly proficient second-language) English speaker. Anyway: > > Shock, astonishment, I know. I believe the site was German originally. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/5 "2011-08-26T02:23:59Z")
You are a liberal patriot. 2 percent of the test participators are in the same category and 62 percent are more extremist than you. Nationalistic (28%) Secular (58%) Visionary (23%) Amarchistic (22%) Capitalistic (7%) Pacifist (10%) Anthropocentric (44%) Its an interesting quiz. I’ve never really thought of myself as a patriot before, to be honest. I would’ve loved to explain a few of answers as I really wasn’t neutral on some of them but I wasn’t pro or con either. This type of thing isn’t meant to seriously define your life, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/6 "2011-08-26T02:25:22Z")
No real shockers for me. You are a Social Democrat. 13 percent of the test participators are in the same category and 22 percent are more extremist than you. Cosmopolitan 32% Secular 76% Visionary 42% Anarchistic 43% Communistic 50% Pacifistic 14% Anthropocentric 33% ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/7 "2011-08-26T02:30:24Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > I believe the site was German originally. Ah. That would explain stuff like “The globalization” etc. I’m apparently a “democratic National Liberal.” That’s the first time I’ve every seen those three words arranged like that, so I have no idea what it means (and the capitalization adds to the mystery). ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/8 "2011-08-26T02:41:02Z")
You are a liberal cosmopolitan. Cosmpolitan 41 Secular 59 Visionary 22 Anarchistic 38 Capitalistic 29 Pacifist 28 Anthropocentric 66 5% are in the same position; 22 percent are more extremist. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/9 "2011-08-26T03:22:01Z")
You are **a cosmopolitan Social Democrat**. 14 percent of the test participators are in the same category and 65 percent are more extremist than you. Cosmopolitan 23% Secular: 77 % Visionary 31% Anarchistic 24% Communistic 13% Militaristic 8% Anthropocentric 8% ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/10 "2011-08-26T03:24:41Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > There were some really bizarre wording choices that suggest to me that whoever composed the test wasn’t a first-language (or particularly proficient second-language) English speaker. It certainly reads that way, doesn’t it? I had to look up ‘delict’ in the dictionary just to be sure that I knew what it meant. And I have no idea what ‘solidarity’ means in the context of obligations on a citizen. And I don’t think I’ve ever seen a survey where the response choices weren’t symmetrical. Yet here you get _I fully agree_ but _I strongly disagree_, or _I agree in part_ but _I disagree_. Very odd. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/11 "2011-08-26T03:43:56Z")
I am a social democratic Cosmopolitan (apparently). 15 percent of the test participators are in the same category and 68 percent are more extremist than you. Cosmopolitan 28% Nationalistic Secular 59% Fundamentalist Visionary 20% Reactionary Anarchistic 20% Authoritarian Communistic 4% Capitalistic Pacifist 38% Militaristic Ecological 6% Anthropocentric ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/12 "2011-08-26T03:52:55Z")
Hey, I’m a Cosmopolitan Social Democrat. No big reveal there. Cosmopolitan 21% Secular 62% Visionary 13% Anarchistic 25% Communistic 13% Militaristic 28% Anthropocentric 72% ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/13 "2011-08-26T03:58:46Z")
I’m a Democratic national liberal. Sounds about right I guess, for European definitions of liberal! Nationalistic 18% Secular 68% Visionary 14% Anarchistic 22% Capitalistic 24% Militaristic 31% Anthropocentric 82% The only surprise is I’m not more capitalistic. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/14 "2011-08-26T04:00:10Z")
I am a social democratic Cosmopolitan. (No, but it’s a common mistake. I just have a Jewish sounding name.) 31% cosmopolitan 52% secular 22% visionary 27% anarchistic 4% communistic 3% militaristic 29% anthropocentric 15 percent of the test participators are in the same category and 72 percent are more extremist than you. I would disagree with the last rating. I’m actually pro-environmental regulation - just apparently not within the framework the test was designed for. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/15 "2011-08-26T04:07:10Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > And I have no idea what ‘solidarity’ means in the context of obligations on a citizen. My assumption was a left-wing, union-related solidarity. And I had to look up “delict,” too, although I think we both would’ve made the right assumption. Weirdly worded one: “Immigrants are always an enrichment for the hosting country.” Of course the answer to that question would be some form of “NO.” I have always followed the adage that a question which includes “always” or “never” should be voted against, because an exception almost always exists. I did the short test earlier, and the long test just now. Results were very opposite in some ways neoliberal Democrat, whatever that is. Guessing those are European terms. cosmopolitan 4% secular 13% visionary 8% anarchistic 24% capitalistic 16% militaristic 23% had some issue with these. Some questions assumed “rules” of war anthropocentric 45% because meat is tasty Psst, **Cat Whisperer** , those results don’t say which direction they go. ---
**Author:** ![My\_Freakin\_Back\_Is\_Killing\_Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@My\_Freakin\_Back\_Is\_Killing\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_Freakin_Back_Is_Killing_Me)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/16 "2011-08-26T04:21:23Z")
You are a cosmopolitan Social Democrat. 14 percent of the test participators are in the same category and 28 percent are more extremist than you. cosmopolitan 31% secular 84% visionary 49% anarchistic 47% communistic 30% pacifist 12% anthropocentric 12% ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/17 "2011-08-26T05:04:27Z")
You are a cosmopolitan Social Democrat . 14 percent of the test participators are in the same category and 55 percent are more extremist than you. cosmopolitan 25% secular 70% visionary 38% anarchistic 31% communistic 19% pacifist 7% ecological 2% I feel pretty moderate with the obvious exception that I’m atheist. ---
**Author:** ![charmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/53a042/32.png) [@charmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/charmstr)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/18 "2011-08-26T05:09:26Z")
I’m a social democrat. 13 percent of the test participators are in the same category and 36 percent are more extremist than I am. I dunno. The only thing that bothered me is that I was only 67% secular. Well that and some of the questions were meaningless to me. 8% Cosmopolitan 67% Secular 38% Visionary 35% Anarchistic 48% Communist 28% Pacifist 19% Anthropocentric ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/19 "2011-08-26T06:23:13Z")
**Social Democrat** 4% Cosmopolitan 21% Secular 20% Visionary 23% Anarchistic 42% Communalist 17% Militaristic 17% Anthropolic ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/20 "2011-08-26T06:31:56Z")
First impression, before starting the test: I noticed that the three choices for gender are “Male, Female, and Not Sure”. Mildly curious at the spread of responses they would get if they _also_ asked for the _sex_ of the people taking the test. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117.md?page=2)