Well from what I understand, the top (Authoritarian) favors more government intervention and influence, and Libertarianism is more cocerned about less government intervention, and emphasis on individuality.

Authoritarian Left more specifically favors generally higher taxes, social programs, things like that that enpower the federal government further but for the apparent good will of the people. Hillary Clinton I believe is a good example of this.

Authoritarian Right favors more government power as well, but more focus on state governments. The right is generally in favor of fewer taxes than the left, though on the Authoritarian side many are in favor of taxes as well, just for different things than the left. They often support the funding of corporations and the military. George W. Bush would be a good example of that.

Libertarian Left favors things like social programs, greater equality, etc, but generally thinks these things should be more independently based and the government should not be too involved/empowered with this. They are generally for lower taxes, and often favor more radical views than authoritarian leftists like the legalization of marijuana and the abolition of NAFTA. Dennis Kusinich and Mike Gravel are good examples.

Right Libertarians heavilly emphasis sovereignty of individual states and the free market. They believe in the power of the individual to thrive, whether that be the individual person or enterprise. Like left libertarians, they are weary of two much government intervention, particularly federal, and often vigorously support a bit more radical views. However, they tend to favor more conservative views when it comes to more social matters, like the 2nd ammendment, death penalty, and lower taxes. They generally strictly follow the Constitution. An example would be Ron Paul.

That's a highly simplified view of it, there is more to it than that obviously. But that is how the spectrum works in a nutshell from my understanding.

I'm more moderate every time I take this thing.

Looks about right.

From what I've seen of the political figures on the compass, most  politicans tend to be top-right, especially Americans:

In Britain's case, perhaps there are just as many Top Left, though both of our main parties and the largest minor parties (excluding the SNP and Lib Dems) are top right:

The EU is all right, and mostly top:

And a range of international political figures here:

So, my question is this:

Why does this site have such an enormous bias towards socialism and liberalism? It's not bad; I'm just interested. Perhaps a lower average wage? Higher levels of education? What makes somebody more left-wing and liberal?

A bit too "lefty" and not that "authoritarian" than I'd expect. Surprising amount of "lefties" here =) on second thought, actually explainable why is that.

I think a more correct question would be to ask why the people on this site who would take this test are so biased. Using 43 people as a sample for all of VGC (or just gamrConnect), seems a bit rough.

In my case, I know a few people who rely on the government for their survival, my mom for instance. She has a work injury, and can't get a job that suits her abilities because of it. I will gladly pay high taxes to allow people like her to recieve the education and medical help they deserve. I like helping out this way.

Not that our current government aren't doing what they can to screw it all up, but that's another discussion.

-8.88 on the Economic

-7.69 on the Social

I'm a deeply bottom left, but accidentally pressed Centre. Ah, well.

I did one on this site before... I see if I can find that thread again