# Where Are You on the Political Compass

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-political-compass/556631>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 9, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-political-compass/556631 "2010-10-09T19:45:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-political-compass/556631/101 "2010-10-21T04:16:57Z")

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The version I took on Facebook said this:

Economic issues: 4.53 left  
Social issues: 4.73 libertarian  
Foreign policy: 3.44 non-interventionist  
Cultural identification: 7.4 liberal

I didn’t have the heart to take it again – the questions still suck, for reasons already mentioned.

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**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-political-compass/556631/102 "2010-10-21T17:45:54Z")

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Economic Left/Right: -3.88  
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.28

I’m really surprised I’m economically liberal. I’ve always considered myself to be centrist, even a little bit conservative, on the economic scale and pretty liberal on the social side. But this is also made for the American political spectrum - I’d likely show up more conservative on a Canadian one.

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