Taking the “Politics Test”
I recently took this online “politics” test to see where you are on the political spectrum. Here is where I ended up. No big surprise to me, though some of you may be surprised of how moderate I am, given that the nation is more right-of-center now than when I was growing up.
| You are a Social Conservative (25% permissive) and an… Economic Conservative (61% permissive) You are best described as a:
Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid |
PatriotPartner scored a little bit more “hard core” as a “Strong Republican.”
And here are PatriotMom’s results….. I swear.
| You are a Social Conservative (18% permissive) and an… Economic Moderate (50% permissive) You are best described as a:
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-Bruce (GayPatriot)
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I’m not surprised at all. The wind is shifting. Here’s my prediction: you’ll be for gay marriage after it’s been enacted.
Comment by anon — October 3, 2005 @ 11:09 am - October 3, 2005
Hmmm… About what I expected; Libertarian
Social Liberal (63%) Economic Conservative 71%)
– Charging Rhino
Comment by Ted B. — October 3, 2005 @ 11:23 am - October 3, 2005
#1 – I thought Bruce already was for gay marriage?
#0 – The test basically pegged me:
You are a Social Liberal (61% permissive)
and an… Economic Conservative (80% permissive)
You are best described as a: Capitalist
It added something weird, “You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness.” Which is true. I am a Capitalist mainly because, in its right practice (no sleazy alliances between business and government – just total economic freedom for all), it is the only truly fair system. But I know that’s not what the Test guys meant. I am sure that by “economic fairness”, they meant some form of liberalism or socialism – which I oppose for their actual unfairness.
Comment by joe — October 3, 2005 @ 11:40 am - October 3, 2005
(continuing) So I found the statement weird, because the “economic fairness” I believe in strongly is probably not the “economic fairness” they meant.
Comment by joe — October 3, 2005 @ 11:43 am - October 3, 2005
The Latest Blogpoll
OK, I admit it….I’m a sucker for tests and blogosphere trends.
“You are a Social Liberal (65% permissive) and an Economic Conservative (60% permissive. You are best described as a Centrist.”
Trackback by North Dallas Thirty — October 3, 2005 @ 11:59 am - October 3, 2005
I end up as Social Moderate (41% permissive) and Economic Conservative (68% permissive). Hmmmmm….
Comment by GayPatriotWest — October 3, 2005 @ 12:49 pm - October 3, 2005
Hey Rhino and NDT…I got you both beat; 81% and 83% (a Libertarian, naturellement). And damn you joe; I wanted so badly to fall into the “Capitalist” section. Oh well, “I yam what I yam”.
Comment by Andre — October 3, 2005 @ 1:19 pm - October 3, 2005
I ended up Libertarian with Social Liberal (73% permissive) and economic conservative (71% permissive).
Comment by Mr. Moderate — October 3, 2005 @ 1:43 pm - October 3, 2005
It nailed me as being a Democrat.
Social Liberal (68% Permissive)
Economic Liberal (23% Permissive)
“You exhibit a very well developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness.”
Hell! I could have told them that.
Comment by monty — October 3, 2005 @ 2:29 pm - October 3, 2005
An interesting omission in the test. Looming off to the dark side of Republican is Fascist, but the most extreme on the other side is only Socialist…not Communist or Maoist? A little bias in the test…
Comment by EssEm — October 3, 2005 @ 2:40 pm - October 3, 2005
Socially Moderate and Economically Conservative for me. Yep, I’m considered a Capitalist. I would say this rings true considering the last political test I took described me as an Enterpriser.
Thank you EssEm for pointing out the biased irregularity in the perceptual map. I also noticed how Fascism was linked to Republicans, yet Socialism and Democrats seemed to have no “dictators” on their side.
Comment by The Party Crasher — October 3, 2005 @ 5:25 pm - October 3, 2005
You thought wrongly, joe. GP, GPW, ND30, PrismWarden, Tammy Bruce, et al are not for gay marriage.
Comment by anon — October 3, 2005 @ 5:36 pm - October 3, 2005
I’m for gay marriage, civil unions, or any other legal construct afforded any other momentarily coupled mammals. And I regret to say I got a 55% socially moderate rating with a 78% econo conservative… for a solid Capitalist.
My “law” was to raise the voting age to 25 yrs –’cause that would spare the college campuses the likes of HowieDean and MikeyMoore looking for free labor, twisted votes, and wannabeleader-irritants to go back home and bug the folks. I care for those young souls –it’s a crime to twist them to a blind political dogma before they can even think… let alone own property.
Comment by Michigan-Matt — October 3, 2005 @ 5:58 pm - October 3, 2005
You thought wrongly, joe. GP, GPW, ND30, PrismWarden, Tammy Bruce, et al are not for gay marriage.
You know, that’s news to me, especially considering what I’ve already blogged.
Then again, the point here, I suppose, is that it matters not what I’ve actually said — it only matters what Anon thinks I’ve said.
Comment by North Dallas Thirty — October 3, 2005 @ 7:11 pm - October 3, 2005
My “law” was to raise the voting age to 25 yrs –’cause that would spare the college campuses the likes of HowieDean and MikeyMoore looking for free labor, twisted votes, and wannabeleader-irritants to go back home and bug the folks.
Sheesh, I didn’t even think of that. My law should have been “government-issued photo ID is required for voting”.
Comment by North Dallas Thirty — October 3, 2005 @ 7:12 pm - October 3, 2005
NDT — That WAS my law in the test (photo ID for voting) !!!!
Comment by GayPatriot — October 3, 2005 @ 7:36 pm - October 3, 2005
You are a
Social Liberal
(66% permissive)
and an…
Economic Liberal
(25% permissive)
You are best described as a:
Drum roll:
Democrat
You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness. loc: (62, -94)
Now that’s a surprise.
Comment by chandler in hollywood — October 3, 2005 @ 7:43 pm - October 3, 2005
Came out a strong Republican, right between GWB and Reagan.
One thing I found interesting is that even though Kerry voters outnumber Bush voters by about 2:1, only 43% of those taking this test are generally in favor of legalized abortion.
Comment by cme — October 3, 2005 @ 8:16 pm - October 3, 2005
This test was fun to take, but the results made no sense, other than confirming my “well developed sense of Right and Wrong” and “belief in economic fairness”, but I take it the damn thing tells everybody that! I take heart only in some professional knowledge of the less-than-stellar record of many discriminant function models.
Comment by Queer Patriot — October 3, 2005 @ 10:17 pm - October 3, 2005
What did it say you were, QP?
Mine was Libertarian… no surprise. Social liberal (63%) economic conservative (65%).
I got the “well developed sense of right and wrong” statement too, and I sure can’t figure how it got that from the questions I answered. And economic fairness? Is that, like, objectivists’ sort of econimic fairness or socialists sort of economic fairness? The statement really doesn’t mean anything.
Comment by Synova — October 3, 2005 @ 10:47 pm - October 3, 2005
QP…..
Tell us your score, please?
Comment by monty — October 3, 2005 @ 11:52 pm - October 3, 2005
Well…shit. And I thought my “right and wrong” message was special.
GP. What was the Fascist note that came with mom’s score? I’m curious if they approached the different catagories with similarly “feel good” paragraphs.
Comment by monty — October 4, 2005 @ 12:33 am - October 4, 2005
QP….explain, please.
Comment by monty — October 4, 2005 @ 3:05 am - October 4, 2005
You were Libertarian, weren’t you?
Comment by monty — October 4, 2005 @ 3:16 am - October 4, 2005
Nos. 20-24, Synova and Monty: the darn test classified me as 68% permissive on social issues (happily, about the same as everyone else here), but only 18% permissive on economic issues — which is really odd considering that I am, in both action and spirit, an ardent (and daily) capitalist. I’m a big-business marketer for chrissakes. How could they not see that?
Comment by Queer Patriot — October 4, 2005 @ 8:06 am - October 4, 2005
#25 – But apparently, you are no Capitalist ideologically. From your score, you apparently believe in huge amounts of government control over the economy.
For just one example – judging from your score – I would bet you actually believe that minimum wage laws end up helping the poor. Correct me if that guess is wrong.
Comment by joe — October 4, 2005 @ 11:27 am - October 4, 2005
And rent control – from an 18% score, I’m guessing you might actually believe that rent control is good for a city’s housing market.
From a 68/18 score combination, I’m guessing there’s a good chance that the test would have labelled you Socialist – something that wouldn’t surprise me.
Comment by joe — October 4, 2005 @ 11:30 am - October 4, 2005
Correct you? Surprise you? Don’t come sidling up to me looking for information Jingo.
Comment by Queer Patriot — October 4, 2005 @ 1:59 pm - October 4, 2005
We’ll take that as a yes.
Comment by joe — October 4, 2005 @ 2:29 pm - October 4, 2005
You are a
Social Conservative
(30% permissive)
and an…
Economic Conservative
(91% permissive)
You are best described as a:
Strong Republican
Frankly, I hadn’t expected to turn out to be such a left-winger. Oh well.
Comment by rightwingprof — October 4, 2005 @ 2:39 pm - October 4, 2005
P.S. QP, you know, it is almost starting to look as though you just don’t know how to understand or identify yourself accurately.
Regulars here know that you have frequently misrepresented or misunderstood other’s arguments in the past, to the point of looking as though you hadn’t even read them – yet you called yourself “Reader”.
Regulars here also know that you can never bring yourself to express any pride or personal hope in America – yet you would like to call yourself a Patriot. (your capital ‘P’)
Now an online test has diagnosed your economic beliefs as Socialist – probably with accuracy – yet you are shocked, because you do a corporate job and had thought of yourself as Capitalist.
It’s mildly interesting, say for 3-5 minutes.
Comment by joe — October 4, 2005 @ 2:48 pm - October 4, 2005
So Bruce,
What’s it like being weaned on the fascist teat?
I am glad you have made a slight generational shift left.
Maybe your children will continue the…oh, well, nevermind
Comment by chandler in hollywood — October 4, 2005 @ 7:40 pm - October 4, 2005
Mom Patriot seems alot like Mommy Bush. My guess is that Babs is the same. Don’t know, though. Fascist?
Comment by monty — October 4, 2005 @ 9:32 pm - October 4, 2005
Yes, No. 31, you would be someone who puts stock in an online self-classification test — even after knowing the test credited EVERYONE who took it as having a “well developed sense of Right and Wrong”. Jokes on you Jingo. And by the way, I don’t — as you say — “do” a corporate job; I am the corporation and, since my work involves (among other things) raising, allocating, and managing capital, I think I’ve earned my self-description as a “capitalist”. And what were you again? Oh, that’s right: the good toad hard at work here on behalf of your homophobic political massas.
Comment by Queer Patriot — October 4, 2005 @ 10:33 pm - October 4, 2005
#34 – ??????? Descent into psychosis.
Comment by joe — October 4, 2005 @ 11:53 pm - October 4, 2005
By which I mean, NOT that I disbelieve your story about yourself or anything, but just that the barbs you intended to barb me with make no sense to me, and appear random or self-conceived at best (like you are not arguing with me at all, but are just on a weird rant).
Comment by joe — October 4, 2005 @ 11:55 pm - October 4, 2005
One last thought for the night – If the shoe fits, wear it. If your beliefs are only 18% economically permissive, QP, or Socialist, accept it and be proud of it. Show self-esteem.
Comment by joe — October 5, 2005 @ 12:02 am - October 5, 2005
Thanks for the link to the test. Some of the questions forced me to almost contradict myself, so I was surprised that it so accurately described me. I am a Social Liberal (61%) and an Economic Moderate (50%) making me a Centrist. That’s exactly what I am.
Comment by Jack L. Allen — October 5, 2005 @ 4:51 am - October 5, 2005