# Yet Another Political Spectrum Quiz

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-political-spectrum-quiz/599605>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 14, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-political-spectrum-quiz/599605 "2011-10-14T04:19:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**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:** [October 15, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-political-spectrum-quiz/599605/41 "2011-10-15T20:58:25Z")

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I think it sucked too, but I came out social liberal, which is probably as close as anything. I do believe in ultimately balanced budgets, but not when the economy is flat-lined. I am a follower of the biblical Joseph as was Keynes, incidentally. It is interesting how two of the most famous economists in history–Keynes and Adam Smith–were so widely misunderstood. No no one realizes that Keynes wanted surpluses during flush years (cf. Clinton years) and deficit spending during depressions. Oh, we’re not in a depression now? You haven’t been watching. And Adam Smith was all in favor of free markets, but recognized that government regulation was necessary to keep them free. I am a follower of each.

More people die from smoking than from marijuana.

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**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-political-spectrum-quiz/599605/42 "2011-10-15T21:29:59Z")

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Social Liberal. No surprise there.

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**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-political-spectrum-quiz/599605/43 "2011-10-16T01:28:38Z")

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> Centrist
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> You scored 59% Personal Liberty and 45% Economic Liberty!

Makes sense. I agree \<and disagree\> pretty strongly with many tenets of each major american political party.

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