# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/41 "2003-05-15T11:59:01Z")
Economic Left/Right: -4.75 Authoritarian/Libertarian: -6.05 ---
**Author:** ![Tiram](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@Tiram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiram)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/42 "2003-05-15T12:18:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Michael Ellis \* > I think those questions need a “neither agree or disagree” option. There is a point to _not_ including an option like that. I guess they’d rather force you to think and choose, than take the easy way out. Ppl. often see some validity to both sides in an argument, and will often pick “neither agree nor disagree” almost all over the board. But for this test they need you to choose. Note: generic “you”🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/43 "2003-05-15T12:52:22Z")
I’m a commie beyond help. Economic Left/Right: -8.50 Authoritarian/Libertarian: -6.56 ---
**Author:** ![Parallax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@Parallax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Parallax)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/44 "2003-05-15T13:41:47Z")
Economic Left/Right: 0.62 Authoritarian/Libertarian: -3.64 ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/45 "2003-05-15T13:58:35Z")
Man, am I ever mild: E L/R: 0.25, A/L: -2.41 ---
**Author:** ![phraser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e4f/32.png) [@phraser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phraser)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/46 "2003-05-15T14:40:02Z")
Economic Left/Right: -9.00 Authoritarian/Libertarian: -7.03 I think this makes me close to being the most extreme leftie so far. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/47 "2003-05-15T14:47:08Z")
Economic Left/Right: 2.38 Authoritarian/Libertarian: -2.82 ---
**Author:** ![elfje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19b73/32.png) [@elfje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfje)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/48 "2003-05-15T14:52:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by manwithaplan \* > \*\*Economic Left/Right: -3.75 > Authoritarian/Libertarian: -6.92 > > How do we manage to have a debate around here - it’s getting very crowded in the bottom left. \*\* yes, we’re all ghandi’s and Dalai Lama’s maybe we should pick the future leaders of the world from the SDMB members database 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/49 "2003-05-15T14:54:43Z")
Ok but you get **december** as your Prez. **elfje**. ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/50 "2003-05-15T15:08:13Z")
Economic Left/Right: -4.00 Authoritarian/Libertarian: -5.08 It’s the “Green” position, too. Everybody else in this Quadrant seems to be peaceful and dead. Apart from Mr. Chretien, but he’s almost an outsider. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/51 "2003-05-15T16:24:25Z")
Economic Left/Right: 3.62 Authoritarian/Libertarian: -2.31 Another one in the “empty” quadrant. ---
**Author:** ![dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorkusmalorkusmafia/32/7266_2.png) [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/52 "2003-05-15T17:54:04Z")
Economic Left/Right: -3.50 Authoritarian/Libertarian: -4.56 That looks to be near the same as the Dalai Lama. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/53 "2003-05-15T20:03:03Z")
Economic Left/Right: 5.50 Authoritarian/Libertarian: 0.67 ---
**Author:** ![Quonk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ed655f/32.png) [@Quonk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quonk)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/54 "2003-05-15T22:44:44Z")
(-2.62, -6.26) I would have placed myself a bit further in the libertarian direction, but it’s close. I definitely remember taking this test when the last thread was active, and I wish I had posted my coordinates. Based on this reading of the questions, I think I’ve moved a little to the right economically since then, but stayed about the same on the other axis. ---
**Author:** ![confiteor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@confiteor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/confiteor)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/55 "2003-05-15T23:38:23Z")
Economic Left/Right: -6.38 Authoritarian/Libertarian: -7.90 ---
**Author:** ![gus28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@gus28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gus28)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219/56 "2003-05-16T00:11:55Z")
Economic Left/Right: 1.50 Authoritarian/Libertarian: -1.33 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-political-compass-point/175219.md?page=2)