# Survey for determining political persuasion **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 25, 2003, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-for-determining-political-persuasion/157353 "2003-02-25T05:35:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DrLizardo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@DrLizardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrLizardo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-for-determining-political-persuasion/157353/21 "2003-02-25T21:25:36Z")
My thought is that the tendency toward notable swings within responses (e.g. 5, 5, 1, 5, 2) indicates you’ve not accurately created questions and answers that are indicative of the views you specified (i.e. a person with a strong “libertarian” orientation might not automatically result in 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5…) Having said that: M - 3, 2, 1, 2, 4, 4, 1 ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Quasar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Quasar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Quasar)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-for-determining-political-persuasion/157353/22 "2003-02-25T21:39:31Z")
M - 2, 4, 5, 5, 3, 5, 2 ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-for-determining-political-persuasion/157353/23 "2003-02-25T21:53:27Z")
M- 5,4,5,4,4,5,4 ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-for-determining-political-persuasion/157353/24 "2003-02-25T22:03:17Z")
M- 5,4,3,5,3,1,3 ---
**Author:** ![Tigers2B1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc29f/32.png) [@Tigers2B1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tigers2B1)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-for-determining-political-persuasion/157353/25 "2003-02-25T22:03:33Z")
M - 3,2,3,3,4,3,2 ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-for-determining-political-persuasion/157353/26 "2003-02-25T23:42:21Z")
M 1,5,2,3,3,3,3 ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-for-determining-political-persuasion/157353/27 "2003-02-26T00:19:00Z")
M 2,4,4,4,4,5,2 ---
**Author:** ![Ruiniform](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9de053/32.png) [@Ruiniform](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruiniform)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-for-determining-political-persuasion/157353/28 "2003-02-26T01:02:51Z")
M 3, 5, 3, 3, 2, 2, 3 ---
**Author:** ![mrsface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@mrsface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrsface)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-for-determining-political-persuasion/157353/29 "2003-02-26T01:03:52Z")
F 2344215 ---
**Author:** ![Erika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/47e85d/32.png) [@Erika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erika)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-for-determining-political-persuasion/157353/30 "2003-02-26T02:47:47Z")
F - 4, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4 ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-for-determining-political-persuasion/157353/31 "2003-02-26T02:49:54Z")
F 4 4 4 4 3 5 3 ---
**Author:** ![Novus\_Opiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/858c86/32.png) [@Novus\_Opiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novus_Opiate)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-for-determining-political-persuasion/157353/32 "2003-02-26T03:01:17Z")
M-4, 3, 4, 4, 2, 3, 3 ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-for-determining-political-persuasion/157353/33 "2003-02-26T06:57:47Z")
Male 4434353 ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-for-determining-political-persuasion/157353/34 "2003-02-26T17:15:14Z")
F - 5, 4, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@The\_Face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Face)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-for-determining-political-persuasion/157353/35 "2003-02-26T18:02:05Z")
M-3,3,4,3,3,4,4 ---
**Author:** ![Fox\_in\_the\_Snow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/82dd89/32.png) [@Fox\_in\_the\_Snow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fox_in_the_Snow)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-for-determining-political-persuasion/157353/36 "2003-02-26T18:14:34Z")
Male and Scottish. 3, 4, 4, 4, 1, 2, 4. Good luck with the project. ---
**Author:** ![AntaresJB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AntaresJB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AntaresJB)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-for-determining-political-persuasion/157353/37 "2003-02-26T19:09:12Z")
F- 3, 5, 3, 4, 3, 3, 2. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-for-determining-political-persuasion/157353/38 "2003-02-26T19:43:23Z")
F - 2, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2 ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-for-determining-political-persuasion/157353/39 "2003-02-26T20:09:50Z")
M - 2,3,3,3,3,2,3 ---
**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-for-determining-political-persuasion/157353/40 "2003-02-26T20:20:53Z")
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