# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/41 "2011-08-26T17:23:14Z")
cosmopolitan Social Democrat Not sure how I’m only 72% secular. I couldn’t be more secular. How does one reach a perfect score of 100%. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/42 "2011-08-26T18:20:25Z")
I am a (moderate) cosmopolitan Social Democrat. That category includes 14% of test-takers but much more than 14% of Dopers, as we see. Being able to emphasize an issue seemed a good feature of the test. I’ve not seen this before. Some of the questions are phrased so _generally_ as to be ambiguous, e.g. “An obligatory referendum needs to be carried out for every demand by the population.” “The resources have to be managed by society.” (One could argue that “society” is the market place in a free-market system. If they meant “government” they should have said so.) ---
**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, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/43 "2011-08-26T18:33:19Z")
I didn’t notice the weighting thing last time, so I retook the test and got this: You are a patriotic Social Democrat. 2 percent of the test participators are in the same category and 65 percent are more extremist than you. Nationalistic 12% Secular 18% Visionary 13% Anarchistic 23% Communistic 23% Militaristic 42% Anthropocentric 50% Pretty much the same result, but appears **Indigo Montoya** is indeed most mellow. I humbly relinquish the crown. 😃 However, **Qin Shi Huangdi** has a challenger for “most militaristic,” so there’s that. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/44 "2011-08-26T18:38:43Z")
Another Cosmopolitan Social Democrat. ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/45 "2011-08-26T19:42:38Z")
“You are a **cosmopolitan Social Democrat**. 14 percent of the test participators are in the same category and 58 percent are more extremist than you.” Cosmopilitan - 17% Secular - 54% Visionary - 29% Anarchistic - 33% Communistic - 28% Pacifist - 7% Anthropocentric - 27% Huh - I’m surprised that it weighted me so heavily toward communistic and anthropocentric. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/46 "2011-08-26T20:00:30Z")
Still filling out the test. I’m taking the long version. I’m stuck on this question: “It would be good for the public authorities to pay their debts no longer.” I have no clue what this is asking. I’m going with neutral. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/47 "2011-08-26T20:08:56Z")
You are a patriotic Social Democrat. 2 percent of the test participators are in the same category and 72 percent are more extremist than you. Nationalistic: 4% Secular: 62% Visonary: 16% Anarchistic: 26% Communistic: 8% Pacifist: 9% anthropocentric: 43% ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/48 "2011-08-26T20:20:22Z")
Hmmm, neo liberal Democrat here. Whatever that means. (5% and 48%) Cosmopolitan 31 Secular 70 Visionary 32 Anarchistic 33 Capitalistic 20 Pacifist 17 Anthropocentric 12 ---
**Author:** ![randomface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@randomface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randomface)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/49 "2011-08-26T20:50:16Z")
You are a Liberal. 4 percent of the test participators are in the same category and 26 percent are more extremist than you. Cosmopolitan 25 Secular 49 Visionary 16 Anarchistic 38 Capitalistic 52 Pacifist 31 Anthropocentric 64 It placed me somewhere on the anarchistic capitalistic cosmopolitan section of the space. Not a huge surprise. ---
**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, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/50 "2011-08-26T21:20:45Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Still filling out the test. I’m taking the long version. I’m stuck on this question: > “It would be good for the public authorities to pay their debts no longer.” > > I have no clue what this is asking. I’m going with neutral. Just as with that question, I went neutral on several other questions that perplexed me. I honestly don’t know what that means either. ---
**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, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/51 "2011-08-26T21:42:14Z")
> [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](#): > > 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 took it again this time with weighting (missed it the first time). Not a whole lot different, just more extreme: You are a social democratic Cosmopolitan. 15 percent of the test participators are in the same category and 14 percent are more extremist than you. cosmopolitan 53% secular 94% visionary 54% anarchistic 35% communistic 51% pacifist 33% ecological 1% ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/52 "2011-08-26T23:56:43Z")
Social Democrat. 13% are in the same category and 48% more extremist than you 8% Cosmopolitan 70% Secular 29% Visionary 24% Anarchistic 30% Communistic 12% Pacifist 43% Anthropocentric ---
**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/53 "2011-08-27T00:19:16Z")
> [@Balthisar](#): > > What was I supposed to do with the “weighted” buttons? I think it turns you into an extremist. This morning I ran through the test before going to work and didn’t choose “weighted” for anything, and I came out with some fairly low numbers, and I’m sure over 60% were more extremist than me. I just took it again, and I “weighted” three items (government “silencing” critics and a couple of other things I am so passionate about that I have already forgotten them), and now: You are a cosmopolitan Social Democrat. 14 percent of the test participators are in the same category and 31 percent are more extremist than you. Cosmopolitan 28% Secular 55% Visionary 33% Anarchistic 43% Communistic 19% Pacifist 20% Anthropocentric 62% ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/54 "2011-08-27T00:37:13Z")
“You are a democratic National Liberal. 3 percent of the test participators are in the same category and 62 percent are more extremist than you.” Huh. Actually, I have no party. I’m not religious, I have a lot of guns, I support gay rights, I’m fiscally conservative, I’m pro-choice, and I’m small-government. Liberatarican? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/55 "2011-08-27T00:49:59Z")
Apparently I’m a National Democratic Socialist. I don’t know what that means, but it’s pretty close to the center of their chart. I don’t see how those questions determine anything about a person’s political profile, except for the mindless sort who echo sound bites without comprehension. And I don’t even know what this statement means, “It would be good for the public authorities to pay their debts no longer.” ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/56 "2011-08-27T01:50:09Z")
There are way too many questions of the “when did you stop beating your wife?” variety, and too many vague and ambiguous ones. Example: “A nation should potentially be allowed to use military means to secure access to natural resources.” Whose natural resources? The ones on government-owned property in their own nation? Natural resources in other nations? Natural resources on privately-owned land in their own nation? Or: “Religious education should be a compulsory subject at all schools.” Are they talking about religious history and comparative religion (yeah, that should be compulsory), or public schools teaching the belief system of a specific religion as objective fact (no, that should be forbidden)? Or: “The infrastructure works best, if the responsibility lies with competing undertakings.” What does that even mean? I think I answered “neutral” on fully half of the questions. It thinks I’m a cosmopolitan, secular, visionary, anarchistic, capitalistic, militaristic, anthropocentric liberal. Hmmm. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/57 "2011-08-27T02:05:42Z")
Liberal Cosmopolitan Whatever the fuck that means. ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/58 "2011-09-01T00:18:56Z")
You are a cosmopolitan Social Democrat. 14 percent of the test participators are in the same category and 58 percent are more extremist than you. Cosmopolitan 15% Secular 48% Visionary 37% Anarchistic 35% Communistic 27% Militaristic 2% Anthropocentric 31% I thought that I’d be more on the nationalistic side than on the cosmopolitan one, but right now I don’t really remember which questions dealt with this. Also I question how the test designers oppose “anthropocentric” and “ecological”; I consider myself very much pro-environment but it certainly doesn’t show here. What I believe is that the test was done in Europe, and Europeans tend to be more strongly in favour of animal rights than North Americans. To me this isn’t really a “green” issue. I’m also more militaristic than I’d have expected, as well as somewhat more communistic. I know what side of this issue I stand on, but I thought I’d be closer to the centre. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/59 "2011-09-01T01:02:46Z")
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. I am only 70% secular; that doesn’t make sense. Secularism, as described in this little quiz, is the fundament of my ethics. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/60 "2011-09-01T13:54:48Z")
> [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](#): > > Also I question how the test designers oppose “anthropocentric” and “ecological”; I consider myself very much pro-environment but it certainly doesn’t show here. What I believe is that the test was done in Europe, and Europeans tend to be more strongly in favour of animal rights than North Americans. To me this isn’t really a “green” issue. These comments all fully apply to me as well. I’m quite “green” yet showed as “anthropocentric” despite that I advocated human rights for chimps, or whatever that question was. To consider someone anti-ecology for animal testing seems silly: instead a strongly pro-ecology person should be also willing to do human testing to improve animal welfare! 🆒 It might be a fun SDMB thread to collectively design a questionaire for political positioning. 🆒 (We couldn’t do as poor a job as this one.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117.md?page=4)