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Default The Shortest Political Test

http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html

ACCORDING TO YOUR ANSWERS,

The political description that
fits you best is....
LIBERTARIAN
LIBERTARIANS support maximum liberty in both personal and
economic matters. They advocate a much smaller government; one
that is limited to protecting individuals from coercion and violence.
Libertarians tend to embrace individual responsibility, oppose
government bureaucracy and taxes, promote private charity, tolerate
diverse lifestyles, support the free market, and defend civil liberties.
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This test is so biased, it's hilarious. Not only is the wording biased... but I answed 3 out of 5 of the economic questions as "Maybe" and it still called me a Libertarian.
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The problem with this test, as with so many other variations of the Nolan Chart, is that it ignores foreign policy. I can think of several posters or former posters (catzmeow, Sinanju, Hansmoleman) who would qualify, I believe, as libertarians on domestic issues, but whose overriding concern with foreign policy intervention (whether you agree or disagree with them) puts them back in the center. For that matter, S-S is mostly libertarian in his views on domestic issues, but he considers an international goal of restructuring the world through military action more important than anything on the domestic front, making him a populist. These tests also fail to measure priorities. Having stated that, I also score as a libertarian (60, 80). Overall, I'm a moderate with some libertarian leanings, so the test's bias is showing again.
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Statist...Bordering on Centrist I agree, JavaBlack, a lot of the economic ones I couldn't decide on because it was like "You should let seniors control their retirement (yes) and privatize social secuirty (no)" and all that.
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