# What's Your Political Typology Group? (Quiz.) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 17, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-political-typology-group-quiz/693408 "2014-07-17T22:28:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hector\_St\_Clare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5ac83/32.png) [@Hector\_St\_Clare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hector_St_Clare)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-political-typology-group-quiz/693408/21 "2014-07-18T13:30:24Z")
Some of the questions were silly, like the one about “people should make marriage and children a priority.” I don’t care all that much if people are getting married or not, but I’m obviously very much concerned about fertility rates and reproduction. How are you supposed to answer if you care strongly about one of the two things but not the other? I answered the economics, environment and foreign policy questions pretty easily , but I had a more difficult time with the ‘social issue’ questions. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-political-typology-group-quiz/693408/22 "2014-07-18T14:01:02Z")
These kinds of quizzes are more designed to push you into a pre-defined category than determining what you think. The problem comes when someone says “you belong to such-and-such a group and therefore you think X and value Y over Z”. The options “we should do more of this vs. this is mostly wasted” as they were applied to social welfare programs on the quiz misses the sensible option (IMO) - yes, a lot of it is wasted, AND yes, we should do more of it - we should just do it smarter. LIberals say conservatives have hard hearts, and conservatives say liberals have soft heads. I would like to be able to vote for a politician with a hard head and a soft heart. Most of them seem to have the opposing arrangement. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-political-typology-group-quiz/693408/23 "2014-07-18T14:47:04Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I’m a Business Conservative, for whatever that is worth. > > Regards, > Shodan Me too. ---
**Author:** ![Lowdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Lowdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowdown)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-political-typology-group-quiz/693408/24 "2014-07-18T14:48:27Z")
Next Generation Left, but there were probably half a dozen questions where I thought “Both of these options are crap.” and had to choose the one I (very minimally) disagreed with less. It kind of felt like I was responding to stump speech bullet points, which often have little to do with how the world actually works. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-political-typology-group-quiz/693408/25 "2014-07-18T14:58:55Z")
Hard Pressed Skeptic. Only 13% of us in society, yet two of us already in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-political-typology-group-quiz/693408/26 "2014-07-18T15:06:53Z")
I gave up after the second question. The quiz is worded so poorly as to be meaningless. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-political-typology-group-quiz/693408/27 "2014-07-18T15:25:29Z")
Definately a badly designed quiz. The options for most questions were too far left and too far right to be remotely my view. Which of the following statements **comes closest** to your view? We should nuke the middle east into a glass parking lot. We should fellate everyone in the middle east in penance for our oppression of them. Neither, thanks. Also a young outsider. 49 is young? Good for me! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-political-typology-group-quiz/693408/28 "2014-07-18T15:38:35Z")
Not THIS quiz again. Once again, I quit long before the end, and never found out what my political type was. I fully agree with BOTH the statement that “Most people who work hard can get ahead” AND the statement that “Working hard is no guarantee of success.” I fully believe that some government regulation of business is necessary AND that some regulation is counterproductive. I believe BOTH that the enironment needs protection AND that many supposedly “green” measures are useless and non-cost effective. In each case, I find it silly to try to choose which of two true statements represents my beliefs! ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-political-typology-group-quiz/693408/29 "2014-07-18T18:20:03Z")
Solid liberal, to no surprise, but I echo the general view that the questions were much too black and white. For example, I think that both military force and good diplomacy are needed. But the military force should not be used stupidly, as it usually is. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-political-typology-group-quiz/693408/30 "2014-07-19T10:10:44Z")
Nearly every one, both options were stupid or both true but irrelevant. And almost more annoying was the ones where the sides weren’t even opposites of one another. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-political-typology-group-quiz/693408/31 "2014-07-20T13:34:32Z")
The quiz questions verge on extremist parody. It’s like they set the left wing answers by asking a bunch of right wing idiots what all lefties think, and vice versa. ---
**Author:** ![MrsTime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@MrsTime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrsTime)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-political-typology-group-quiz/693408/32 "2014-07-20T20:25:01Z")
Solid Liberal > [@](#): > > Generally affluent and highly educated, most Solid Liberals strongly support the social safety net and take very liberal positions on virtually all issues. Most say they always vote Democratic and are unflagging supporters of Barack Obama. Overall, Solid Liberals are very optimistic about the nation’s future and are the most likely to say that America’s success is linked to its ability to change, rather than its reliance on long-standing principles. On foreign policy, Solid Liberals overwhelmingly believe that good diplomacy – rather than military strength – is the best way to ensure peace. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-political-typology-group-quiz/693408/33 "2014-07-20T23:30:00Z")
Solid Conservative here ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-political-typology-group-quiz/693408/34 "2014-07-21T02:44:47Z")
That really was a terrible quiz. Scored me as solid liberal. Bah, I say! And humbug as well! ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-political-typology-group-quiz/693408/35 "2014-07-21T17:47:49Z")
In case anyone cares, I am (ostensibly) a ‘business conservative’. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-political-typology-group-quiz/693408/36 "2014-07-21T19:32:57Z")
Solid liberal, shocking. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-political-typology-group-quiz/693408/37 "2014-07-21T23:18:45Z")
Yet another Solid Liberal. “Generally affluent and highly educated,” eh? Try “relentlessly middle class and an autodidact with a high school diploma.” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-political-typology-group-quiz/693408/38 "2014-07-22T12:19:33Z")
Solid Liberal, but it was an American test. I consider myself far to the left of 99% of the US. ---
**Author:** ![Remember\_me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/82dd89/32.png) [@Remember\_me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Remember_me)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-political-typology-group-quiz/693408/39 "2014-07-22T12:59:18Z")
As a non-American, should I have answered questions regarding “this country” for my country or for the US? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-political-typology-group-quiz/693408/40 "2014-07-22T13:28:07Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > Young Outsider > except I am not young so maybe I’m just an Outsider > [@Projammer](#): > > Also a young outsider. 49 is young? Good for me! Another Young Outsider. 59 years young! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-political-typology-group-quiz/693408.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-political-typology-group-quiz/693408.md?page=3)