# Where does your "political compass" point? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 14, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219 "2003-05-14T15:38:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/1 "2003-05-14T15:38:24Z")
[www.politicalcompass.org](http://www.politicalcompass.org) Let’s see yours. Did this with a bunch of friends here in Sweden, have yet to see somone pass out of the same quadrant I am in. The closest anyone has gotten to leaving the quadrant so far is somone who was on the vertical axis. [http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/questionnaire.pl?page=printable\_graph&X=-5.88&Y=-4.51](http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/questionnaire.pl?page=printable_graph&X=-5.88&Y=-4.51) Around the same area as Mandela and the Dalai Lama 😃 Methinks the test says more about the people who made it than the people taking it, but a fun 5 mintues anyhow. ---
**Author:** ![elfje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19b73/32.png) [@elfje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfje)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/2 "2003-05-14T15:48:37Z")
Economic Left/Right: -6.50 Authoritarian/Libertarian: -5.85 ehh…I’m in the same quadrant as Ghandi, Dalai Lama and Mandela? Same as you! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![elfje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19b73/32.png) [@elfje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfje)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/3 "2003-05-14T15:50:59Z")
hey, just the one square firther to the left and further down from you! that’s where I am. So we’re pretty close! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ace22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@ace22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ace22)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/4 "2003-05-14T16:03:18Z")
My political compass: Economic Left/Right: -1.38 Authoritarian/Libertarian: -1.23 So I’m in that same quadrant too, but damn close to center. I guess I’m most like Jean Chretien. Good lord, even my political views are boring! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/5 "2003-05-14T16:04:53Z")
Your political compass Economic Left/Right: 0.88 Authoritarian/Libertarian: -3.33 ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/6 "2003-05-14T16:38:02Z")
There was a thread about this last year - [Link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=122667) When I took the original test my compass was: Economic Left/Right: -6.50 Authoritarian/Libertarian: -4.72 After taking the test again - almost a year later - my compass is: Economic Left/Right: -6.88 Authoritarian/Libertarian: -2.97 ---
**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:** [May 14, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/7 "2003-05-14T17:04:15Z")
When I took it last year: Economic Left/Right: 0.13 Authoritarian/Libertarian: -5.54 When I took it today: Economic Left/Right: 0.25 Authoritarian/Libertarian: -4.82 ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/8 "2003-05-14T17:22:27Z")
Wow, I’m just a little bit off of all of you so far, hahaha. Clock me in at Economic Left/Right: +4.75 Authoritarian/Libertarian: -1.59 ---
**Author:** ![MSU\_1978](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@MSU\_1978](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MSU_1978)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/9 "2003-05-14T17:38:06Z")
Economic = -4.88 Auth/Lib = -1.38 ---
**Author:** ![MindWanderer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@MindWanderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindWanderer)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/10 "2003-05-14T17:42:33Z")
I’ve always found the traditional left/right lacking, so its a neat test. Economic Left/Right: 3.50 Authoritarian/Libertarian: -3.59 ---
**Author:** ![Goodbeem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/958977/32.png) [@Goodbeem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goodbeem)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/11 "2003-05-14T17:48:07Z")
Economic Left/Right: -5.25 Authoritarian/Libertarian: -6.87 ---
**Author:** ![MindWanderer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@MindWanderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindWanderer)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/12 "2003-05-14T17:51:15Z")
If you look at the chart of famous figures on that site, none of them are in the libertarian right quandrant (must have forgotten Ayn). ---
**Author:** ![godzillatemple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@godzillatemple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/godzillatemple)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/13 "2003-05-14T17:51:56Z")
Economic Left/Right: -3.25 Authoritarian/Libertarian: -1.38 Who knew? ---
**Author:** ![mooka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@mooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mooka)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/14 "2003-05-14T17:53:06Z")
I’m in the same quadrant as most of the people here: Economic Left/Right: -3.50 Authoritarian/Libertarian: -4.00 [http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/questionnaire.pl?page=printable\_graph&X=-3.50&Y=-4.00](http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/questionnaire.pl?page=printable_graph&X=-3.50&Y=-4.00) ---
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/15 "2003-05-14T17:57:30Z")
Economic Left/Right: 8.50 Authoritarian/Libertarian: -4.77 Roughly what I figured ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/16 "2003-05-14T18:07:30Z")
I’m in the upper right corner, with George W. Bush and Ariel Sharon. But as the OP said, the phrasing of the questions tells us quite a bit about the people who created the quiz. They obviously have their own set of prejudices, and don’t think highly of people who don’t share those prejudices. ---
**Author:** ![Liz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/liz/32/17737_2.png) [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/17 "2003-05-14T18:16:07Z")
Economic Left/Right: -7.00 Authoritarian/Libertarian: -5.54 Hrm! ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/18 "2003-05-14T18:20:38Z")
Economic L/R: +3.38 Authoritarian L/R: +0.36 I hate to say it, but I pratically one-dimensional although I do have a great sense of humor. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/19 "2003-05-14T18:28:37Z")
I am pratically… **astorian** , I too sensed a slant in the questions… ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/20 "2003-05-14T18:33:47Z")
Economic Left/Right: -3.38 Authoritarian/Libertarian: -5.44 Very odd, since I find libertarianism a particularly infantile philosophy. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219.md?page=2)