I do like the way in which this test separates issues, since it does seem, for example, that foreign policy hawks tend to be supportive of the law and order agenda. It focuses too much on fiscal issues, though, so it puts me on the right even though I belong left of center:

http://www.blogthings.com/howliberal...iveareyouquiz/

Your Political Profile:
Overall: 65% Conservative, 35% Liberal
Social Issues: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal
Personal Responsibility: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal
Fiscal Issues: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal
Ethics: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal
Defense and Crime: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal

The propositions are "either, or", so you'll have to choose which statement you are closer to agreeing with even if you don't fully agree with either. I appreciate all replies. Thank you very much.

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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)

I can't read the small text on the test.

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The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.-Adolf Hitler

It is the same font size as this site's default.

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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)

This is a crappy test.
I didn't like either answer for a few of them.
The worst one was the first:
The use of "social responsibility" to me does not necessarily imply government sanctions. This question also assumes that there is a dichotomy between the environment and economy in which the two are mutually exclusive.
Though I agree with the second choice, I think the two choices are limiting and dumb. They should be two extremes if they are going to be dichotomous.
I really didn't agree with either.

Just overall really bad questions.

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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

That is true of nearly all "either, or" propositions. I frequently didn't fully agree with either proposition, but I chose the one that was closer to my viewpoint from a political perspective. For example, while I am personally pro-environment, I don't support the government taking the primary role in environmental protection, since I consider this unnecessary and counterproductive. Accordingly, I answered "not exactly". I think that this test will separate neocons from hardcore conservatives with its separation of social and defense/crime issues, though.

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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)

I believe why I hate that environment question so much is because I think taking care of the environment is a social responsibility. That doesn't mean I approve of it being a government responsibility. Same goes with the corporate responsibility question... but what makes the environment one worse is that being responsibile for the environment does not necessarily mean hurting the economy.

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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

In the long term, what benefits the environment benefits the economy, and that is why free-market environmentalism will work. Some socialistic types don't see it that way, though.

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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)

***Your Political Profile:***


Overall: 90% Conservative, 10% Liberal

Social Issues: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal

Personal Responsibility: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal

Fiscal Issues: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal

Ethics: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal

Defense and Crime: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal


How Liberal Or Conservative Are You?
http://www.blogthings.com/howliberal...iveareyouquiz/

Exactly what I expected

Overall: 85% Conservative, 15% Liberal

Social Issues: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal

Personal Responsibility: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal

Fiscal Issues: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal

Ethics: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal

Defense and Crime: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal


No surprises there.

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My enduring personal, original quote: Many mistake what should rightly be called "passivism" for pacifism. Pacifism and passivism are COMPLETELY different.
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Ronald Reagan was not the only one to suffer from Alzheimer's Disease. America did, too.

Overall: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal

Social Issues: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal

Personal Responsibility: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal

Fiscal Issues: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal

Ethics: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal

Defense and Crime: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal