| fatslob-:O said: How do you know that most Americans would fall in the bottom half ? You can't conclude that ideological interests aren't been met without sampling information or without the validity of the sampling evaluated ... People like to think that their own political interests best represents everyone elses but if the citizens don't show it through their actions then their interests may have well not existed at all ... Political compass isn't always the best fit either, I like this place much better ... |
I will admit my evidence is mostly anecdotal, but having seen probably hundreds of people take the political compass (of various ideologies) most fall in the bottom half (in either quadrant.) Very few fall in the top-left, and a decent amount, but not the majority fall in the top-right.
If the U.S had a non-partisan democracy you'd have a point, but as it stands now the primaries are a very limited selection.
Most Americans belong to neither the Democratic nor the Republican party, so I don't know if the bolded applies.
The approval rating for congress and the president are also pretty abysmal.
The point of this thread though was to tell people who do agree with the third parties to take the leap. Voting for somebody you don't agree with won't help your goals come to fruition.
