This test has 75 propositions and deliberately repeats the opposite of some earlier propositions at the end. However, I find this test to be worth taking because it deals with idealism vs. pragmatism on its second axis and so assesses one's political personality, so to speak, along with one's place on the traditional left/right scale. By the way, don't be offended if this test puts you near Stalin. By the site creator's own admission (in the FAQ's), Hitler and Stalin really don't belong with the democratic politicians because the test would need more extreme propositions to plot them accurately. Here is the link, followed by my results. A negative pragmatism score makes one an idealist, by the way:

http://politics.beasts.org/scripts/survey

1 left/right -0.4066
2 pragmatism -1.6530

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"I am a Tory Anarchist. I should like every one to go about doing just as he pleased- short of altering any of the things to which I have grown accustomed." (Max Beerbohm)

Here's my score, though I am somewhat confused as to what it means:



1 left/right -2.8864 (-0.1737)
2 pragmatism +3.1707 (+0.1909)

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It's the difference between suicide and slow capitulation... - Jim Morrison

Well, the results show that you are a pragmatic left-winger while I am an idealistic centrist. Does that seem accurate?

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"I am a Tory Anarchist. I should like every one to go about doing just as he pleased- short of altering any of the things to which I have grown accustomed." (Max Beerbohm)

Well, I'd like to think that I am pragmatic, but I'm not sure about left-wing. Socially, yes, I am liberal/libertarian. Economically though, I am moderate, if not slightly to the right.


Where do you keep getting these test from, BTW?

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It's the difference between suicide and slow capitulation... - Jim Morrison

I just use the Internet searches "political quiz" and "political test".

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"I am a Tory Anarchist. I should like every one to go about doing just as he pleased- short of altering any of the things to which I have grown accustomed." (Max Beerbohm)

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Nobody with open eyes can any longer doubt that the danger to personal freedom comes chiefly from the left. - F.A. Hayek

Where have all the Conservatives Gone?

There is always hope, as long as one can think.

I was closest to Tony Blair, though I was slightly to his right and more idealistic.

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"I am a Tory Anarchist. I should like every one to go about doing just as he pleased- short of altering any of the things to which I have grown accustomed." (Max Beerbohm)

1 left/right -3.6884 (-0.2220)
2 pragmatism +4.5249 (+0.2724)

I'm in the quadrant that's far away from everybody. My nearest neighbor is Charles Kennedy and he's way off to the left. I'd be so lonely in England.
But at least this one doesn't call me a right-wing hawk.

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"Man lives in the sunlit world of that which he believes to be reality. But unseen by most is an underworld, a place that is just as real... but not as brightly lit... A DARK SIDE!"
-opening from Tales From the Darkside

...you'd have me to keep you company. I've been spreading the word of Libertarian-Liberalism among my peers, and all have fallen to my logic. Muwahahahaha!!!

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It's the difference between suicide and slow capitulation... - Jim Morrison

lol its true, he got us all to take the test