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I believe in social liberalism but the quiz says I'm a committed conservative.

What's going on?



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JackHandy said:
sundin13 said:

Why?

Because in life, the truth is always in the middle. 

Oh, and because only Siths deal in absolutes.

To which end, maybe the absolutism of "always" ain't accurate either. Just my opinion.



Trumpstyle said:

I believe in social liberalism but the quiz says I'm a committed conservative.

What's going on?

There are two possibilities:

1) There were no questions here even on lots of obvious topics like abortion, the death penalty, gay rights, the environment, gun policy, none of that. Those were only for the formal study groups, not the super-abbreviated version of the quiz that's available to the general public. So maybe that's the problem: that you just didn't have an adequate chance to lay out your views on enough cultural issues.

...OR...

2) Considering how easy it's been for so many other people here to land in the libertarian category ("ambivalent right"), you're probably just not as "socially liberal" as you think you are. I mean, as you know, I've always perceived ya as kind of conservative, so to me your result actually makes sense.



RolStoppable said:

Ambivalent right.

I think what got me there were the questions whether people get offended too easily and if people saying things that offend others greatly is a problem. I didn't vote in favor of transgender either, so I am considered a conservative; which is what you are when you are between democrats and republicans.

Thinking about all the questions a bit more, the way that political issues are divided among the two major parties in the US continues to be perplexing. If it wasn't so black and white, the resulting political types could be a lot more accurate.

My same problem with politics and don't think it is entirely restricted to just USA though that's absolutely the worst example I know of. It inevitably creates conflict, which is why everyone is so angry today. Everyone has a strong opinion either that way or the other way, neither is willing to compromise and everyone thinks they are right and people that think differently to them are horrific human beings.



RolStoppable said:

Ambivalent right.

I think what got me there were the questions whether people get offended too easily and if people saying things that offend others greatly is a problem. I didn't vote in favor of transgender either, so I am considered a conservative; which is what you are when you are between democrats and republicans.

Thinking about all the questions a bit more, the way that political issues are divided among the two major parties in the US continues to be perplexing. If it wasn't so black and white, the resulting political types could be a lot more accurate.

I find most people's results here so far entirely believable. That you, for example, landed in what's essentially the quizz's libertarian category makes perfect sense to me. The symptoms are all there in my observation.



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Just did the quiz. "Ambivalent Right" No idea what that means. I find reasons to strongly dislike both right and left. I go on Neogaf and I hate the right, I go on Resetera and I hate the left. That's why I go on neither.



Makes sense, I am a synthesis anarchist which is on the revolutionary far-left. I am also a Democratic-leaning Independent. Gave the Democratic Party a 30% satisfaction and the GOP a 0% satisfaction on this survey. 



Pemalite said:

"Ambivalent Right"

I think that mostly stems from my capitalist ideologies, borders and small Government.. And means I am pretty near the center which is the ideal place to be.

In Australia that would mean I am Center-left as American Politics are a step over to the right from us.

I am a bit confused about your conclusion.

This test is pretty well calibrated to American voters (being based on voter ideology data), and you still get Ambivalent Right.

Since American politics are to the right of Australian politics, wouldn't that mean you are even more likely to be on the right in Australia since on the American-calibrated test you still get "Ambivalent Right" and not something on the American center-left/left?



JackHandy said:
sundin13 said:

Why?

Because in life, the truth is always in the middle. 

Oh, and because only Siths deal in absolutes.

I feel that this perspective is somewhat ridiculous. The middle ground between justice and injustice is still an injustice. There is no inherent good to being in the middle. The middle-ground perspective must be justified just as much as any other perspective. 



Ambivalent Right, just like a lot of people here it seems.

This quiz just felt way too limited, even more than quizzes like the Political Compass. The 16 questions cover only a couple of topics, completely ignoring numerous other important issues. An even bigger issue is the lack of neutral responses for most questions, it forces me to radically take one side when in reality I can understand both sides or just don't have much of an opinion. And of course not being American made it even harder, especially since a lot of the questions are very relative (asking you what does or doesn't need to change compared to the current situation in America).

Also, looking at the results for the individual questions, it seems like I barely have more in common with the 'Ambivalent Right' group than with the general population. My biggest agreement with the ambivalent right (compared to the general population) seems to be that I don't support any politicians or parties.