# Straight Dope Political Compass Graph **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 20, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-political-compass-graph/317914 "2005-08-20T19:49:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-political-compass-graph/317914/1 "2005-08-20T19:49:03Z")
Here is the graph based upon the results of the 115 Straight Dope members who took the Political Compass test, [http://www.1728.com/SD.htm](http://www.1728.com/SD.htm) Here is a thread started by SentientMeat concerning this test and its results: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6493678#post6493678](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6493678#post6493678) And for those who are interested, the test is located here: [http://www.politicalcompass.org/](http://www.politicalcompass.org/) ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-political-compass-graph/317914/2 "2005-08-20T20:09:19Z")
Wow. I’m the furthest to the left of everyone here. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-political-compass-graph/317914/3 "2005-08-20T20:28:57Z")
> [@Priceguy](#): > > Wow. I’m the furthest to the left of everyone here. Yeah, but I didn’t take the test because taking online political tests struck me as blatantly bourgeois. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-political-compass-graph/317914/4 "2005-08-20T20:49:38Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > Yeah, but I didn’t take the test because taking online political tests struck me as blatantly bourgeois. Oh yeah? Well, I took the test because everyone else was doing it and I wanted to be a good member of the collective and not stand out by not taking the test, so there. ---
**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, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-political-compass-graph/317914/5 "2005-08-20T21:18:42Z")
My score: Economic Left/Right: -5.25 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.95 ---
**Author:** ![davenportavenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@davenportavenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davenportavenger)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-political-compass-graph/317914/6 "2005-08-20T21:34:50Z")
I wish I could have opened **Brutus** ’s skull and just like, poke around in there. I never could figure out if he was being purposefully reactionary or really believed what he said. I guess I’ll never know. (P.S. I’m **continuity eror** with a new name, -7.00/-5.00) ---
**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, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-political-compass-graph/317914/7 "2005-08-20T22:18:49Z")
> [@Priceguy](#): > > Wow. I’m the furthest to the left of everyone here. I think I got you beat now… Economic Left/Right: -9.25 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.05 ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-political-compass-graph/317914/8 "2005-08-20T22:20:28Z")
I always knew that I was moderate. Then I took that test and I got a score of -1, -1. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-political-compass-graph/317914/9 "2005-08-20T23:13:27Z")
It just fascinates me how the results cluster so much in the lower lefthand quadrant of the graph. (My score is only in the lower left hand quadrant by the skin of my teeth. If I took the test again I would quite possibly no longer be in that quadrant. Therefore I will not be taking the test again anytime soon. ) ---
**Author:** ![Jurhael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@Jurhael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurhael)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-political-compass-graph/317914/10 "2005-08-20T23:27:52Z")
> [@](#): > > My score: Economic Left/Right: -5.25 > Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.95 That’s generally where I’m at too, only the Libertarian is around 6.00. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-political-compass-graph/317914/11 "2005-08-21T01:13:31Z")
Yet another in the lower left. -3, -6.1 ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-political-compass-graph/317914/12 "2005-08-21T01:39:18Z")
Not on the graph, but I seem to follow suit with most. -1.88, -3.08 ---
**Author:** ![Tio\_Gringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@Tio\_Gringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tio_Gringo)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-political-compass-graph/317914/13 "2005-08-21T02:14:45Z")
My results are: \*\*Economic Left/Right: 0.75 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.97 \*\* Which doesn’t suprise me because I consider myself to be fiscally conservative and socially liberal. The site’s International Chart has nobody in the lower-right quadrant that I am in…I feel so lonely. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-political-compass-graph/317914/14 "2005-08-21T04:06:56Z")
Damn! Missed another chance to be semi-imortalized. Anyway, I turned out with: Economic Left/Right: -1.13 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.26 _I am the very model of a modern centrist gentlemen/a fence-sitting, moderate, fascist libertarian/I know but care not what you do between your bedsheets;or in your hash bar, firing range, or temple, mosque, or synagogue/In short I won’t care what you do if you keep out of my way/but if you don’t I’ll not hesitate to send you to ‘Ol’ Sparky’!_ ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Slant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-political-compass-graph/317914/15 "2005-08-21T04:18:43Z")
My results are: Economic Left/Right: -0.63 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.72 ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-political-compass-graph/317914/16 "2005-08-21T05:34:51Z")
Economic Left/Right: -0.38 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.79 Guess my pubbie friends will have to start calling me a tree-hugging hippie centrist now. 😃 ---
**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:** [August 21, 2005, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-political-compass-graph/317914/17 "2005-08-21T05:45:23Z")
Economic Left/Right: -7.75 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.97 Another typical Doper. However, I took that test a few months ago. If I took it again, I wouldn’t be too surprised to find that I’ve re-centred myself slightly. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-political-compass-graph/317914/18 "2005-08-21T07:01:24Z")
My results: Economic Left/Right: -5.75 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.56 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-political-compass-graph/317914/19 "2005-08-21T12:45:13Z")
Wow, I’m a typical Doper, according to the distribution: Economic Left/Right: -5.50 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.21 ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-political-compass-graph/317914/20 "2005-08-21T13:13:18Z")
For me, **Economic Left/Right: 6.75 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.49** [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-political-compass-graph/317914.md?page=2)