# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/61 "2011-09-01T14:37:49Z")
“Social democratic patriot”. 2 percent of the test participators are in the same category and 88 percent are more extremist than you. > [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > “National Liberal Democrat.” 2 percent of the test participators are in the same category and **84 percent are more extremist than you.** Only **BuickGNX1987** is more mellow than I am. 🙂 I’m mellower than you, but not as mellow as **BuickGNX1987**! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/62 "2011-09-01T15:11:13Z")
Long version: You are a Social Democrat. 13 percent of the test participators are in the same category and 78 percent are more extremist than you. Cosmo 10 Sec 23 Vis 29 Anar 38 Comm 41 Pac 9 Ecol 2 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/63 "2011-09-01T15:17:55Z")
Short version: You are a National Democratic Socialist. 3 percent of the test participators are in the same category and 61 percent are more extremist than you. Nation 28 Sec 41 Vis 14 Anar 16 Comm 41 Mil 38 Ecol 11 I find it odd that in the short version I’m now both nationalistic and militaristic. I fancy myself more of a cosmopolitan pacifist. ---
**Author:** ![gladtobeblazed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@gladtobeblazed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gladtobeblazed)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/64 "2011-09-01T15:43:42Z")
You are a **Liberal**. 4 percent of the test participators are in the same category and 33 percent are more extremist than you. Cosmopolitan 10% Secular 67% Vistionary 17% Anarchistic 30% Capitalistic 47% Militaristic 5% Anrthopocentric 76% ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/65 "2011-09-01T15:55:26Z")
You are a social democratic Cosmopolitan. 15 percent of the test participators are in the same category and 54 percent are more extremist than you. Cosmopolitan 35% Secular 57% Visionary 20% Anarchistic 25% Communistic 3% Pacifist 35% Anthropocentric 26% Awful lot of social democratic cosmopolitans here. ---
**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, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/66 "2011-09-01T16:16:57Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Short version: Good idea. I’ve now done the short version as well. You are a National Democratic Socialist. 3 percent of the test participators are in the same category and 58 percent are more extremist than you. Nationalistic 15% Secular 27% Visionary 19% Anarchistic 11% Communistic 37% Militaristic 28% Anthropocentric 56% I’m also more nationalistic and militaristic in the short version, as well as significantly more anthropocentric. OTOH I’m less secular, visionary and anarchistic. I guess the answer is that with so few questions (and this is true even for the long version), any answer we give can significantly shift our results, especially if we don’t interpret the question the same way the test designers did. For example, I answered “I agree in part” to the question about having compulsory religious education, which I suppose shifted me towards the “fundamentalist” side. But I didn’t mean being indoctrinated into a specific religious tradition, I meant learning about the religious phenomenon and the main religious traditions of the world, and developing a critical but respectful attitude towards them. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/67 "2011-09-01T16:20:11Z")
Social Democratic Patriot. 2% are in the same category and 75% are more extremist than you. I scored around a 66% secular so if I were a more religious person I bet I’d score around a 90% moderate ranking. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/68 "2011-09-01T16:39:02Z")
Took a look at the statistics just now and noticed that 29% come out as “Other,” which doesn’t really speak well of the test for me. Taken it twice, with and without weighting–came out a neoliberal Democrat, which isn’t so bad. It doesn’t have a category for what I actually consider myself these days, a left-leaning secular libertarian (or a “liberaltarian,” if you prefer), but I figure neoliberal isn’t _too_ far off the mark. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/69 "2011-09-01T21:44:06Z")
You are a Liberal. 4 percent of the test participators are in the same category and 39 percent are more extremist than you. Cosmopolitan 35% Secular 61% Visionary 5% Anarchist 29% Capitalistic 41% Militaristic 3% Anthropcentric 70% Now off to see how I relate to everyone else. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/70 "2011-09-01T22:36:22Z")
That test is so badly worded and rife with leading questions that I didn’t even bother to finish it. That’s five minutes of my life I’ll never have back. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/71 "2011-09-02T10:39:18Z")
Apparently I am a “bourgeois patriot”. 5% are like me, and 28% are more extreme. I have no idea what all this means. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/72 "2011-09-02T14:36:39Z")
You are a Social Democrat. 13 percent of the test participators are in the same category and 14 percent are more extremist than you. cosmopolitan 27% secular 74% visionary 56% anarchistic 35% communistic 58% pacifist 35% ecological 38% Social democrat is adequate, but I’m a bit surprised that I’m obviously rather extremist and 58% communist, as I would rate myself rather moderate and in the middle of the (German) political spectrum. Btw., the fact that the only other available language for the test is German, combined with some of the questions’ content and the resulting characterizations (e. g. “neo liberal democrat”, about which **L. G. Butts, Ph.D.** wondered, is a term which is used in Germany and refers to a significant part of the FDP, one of our parties which constitute the currently governing coalition) let me suspect that the test has a German origin. ETA: I expected 100% secular, since I answered all the answers concerning this topic with the most extreme secular choice, but as others, I didn’t see the option for weighing one’s answers. Anyway, I’m not convinced by the test’s methodology. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/73 "2011-09-02T15:50:26Z")
5 percent of the test participators are in the same category and 54 percent are more extremist than you. 27% Cosmopolitan 54% Secular (really, only 54% - maybe because I was only mildly against compulsory religious studies) 23% Visionary 31% Anarchist 2% Capitalist 26% Pacifist 37% Anthropocentric ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/74 "2011-09-03T09:07:40Z")
You are **a patriotic Social Democrat**. 2 percent of the test participators are in the same category and 90 percent are more extremist than you. [http://www.politicaltest.net/test/graphic2/39920\_eng.jpg](http://www.politicaltest.net/test/graphic2/39920_eng.jpg) 0% cosmopolitan/nationalisitic I WOULD HAVE PREDICITED MUCH MORE NATIONASLISIC. 31% secular. I AM A 100% SECULAR ATHEIST, EVEN IF IS SHARE SOME GROUND WITH SOME RELIGIOUS MORALS. IGUESS TEST PEPLE WANT TO TO REJECT ALL OF RELIGION ALL THE TIME. 11% visionary OH WELL, AT LEAST I’M NOT OVER THE LINE INTO REACTION. 11% anarchistic THERE SHOULD BE A THIRD CHOICE BEWTWEEN ARACHIST/AUTHRORITATARIAN 2% comunisitc BUSSLSHIT EVEN IF IT IS ONLY 2%. I GUESS STUFF LIKE HAVING A NATIONAL POLICY ON NATIONAL RECOURCES MAKES YOU PART COMMUNIST. 14% militarisitc PROB ABOUT RIGHT 48% anthropopcentric. ANOTHER BULLSHIT ONE I DO NOT THINK THINK THIS SHOULD BE OPPOSED TO ECOLOGY. ENHANCED ANIMNAL RIGHTS OK, BUT NOT ECOLOGY ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/75 "2011-09-03T09:39:12Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > 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). [National Liberals](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_%28Germany%29), maybe? And it said, for me, “You are a National Liberal Authoritarian. 1 percent of the test participators are in the same category and 72 percent are more extremist than you.” 0% Cosmopolitan/Nationalistic 43% Secular 4% Reactionary 10% Authoritarian 4% Capitalistic 40% Militarist 66% Anthropocentric ---
**Author:** ![what\_do\_I\_type\_here](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a5b964/32.png) [@what\_do\_I\_type\_here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/what_do_I_type_here)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/76 "2011-09-03T18:23:40Z")
You are a **Manchester capitalist.** ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/77 "2011-09-03T19:09:34Z")
[Manchester Capitalism](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_capitalism) While there’s no doubt this political test was written in Germany, was it written in 1890s Germany? Should they throw in some questions about how we feel about the Balkans question? ---
**Author:** ![George\_Kaplin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3e96dc/32.png) [@George\_Kaplin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/George_Kaplin)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/78 "2011-09-03T20:22:24Z")
I’m apparently an “Authoritarian Solidarist”, whatever the hell that means. I haven’t heard of half these designations, and I had to leave a bunch of questions as “Neutral” because they were so broad and ambiguous. Crap test, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/79 "2011-09-04T01:45:45Z")
I am **A Liberal**? WTF??? I question the validity of this test based solely on such a bogus conclusion. ETA: Perhaps a classical liberal? THAT I could believe. ---
**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 4, 2011, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117/80 "2011-09-04T04:37:59Z")
Yes, that’s “liberal” in the European sense, which basically means classical liberal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117.md?page=5)