1. Did you get the answer you expected? Why or why not?
2. Did you feel that the test accurately characterized your political ideology? Why or why not?
3. Look at the historical figures you match up with. Was this a surprise? Is there anyone that has a seemingly similar ideology that you do not want to be associated with?
4. Do you think if you took this test in five years the results might be different? Why or why not?
1. On the test my coordinates turned out to be (-2.88, -2.77). Honestly, I had to take the test again when I got home to be sure I recieved the correct score. I thought I would be closer to the middle on the y-axis.
ReplyDelete2. I suppose the test did alright characterizing my ideology. The questions asked were pretty specific; however, if more questions on my views on religious authority were asked I would probably have ended up higher on the map.
3. My score matched up close to Nelson Mandela. That does not surprise me because he is my favorite figure in history and I agree with most of his decisions during his fight against Apartheid. For me, I do not necessarily care who I am ideologically associated with because I do not plan on basing my actions on their actions anyway.
5. I do not think my results will change because most of my answers to the questions came from my background and environment as one of Jehovah's Witnesses.
1. I scored (-5.5, -3.13). I expected a response in this range, as I have always held a fairly libertarian view of society and I grew up in a fairly strong left-leaning household.
ReplyDelete2. Again, I fully expected to fall in this area, as this is how I apply myself to the political spectrum. I believe that the Government should play less of a role in social values (saying what can and cannot be done) and more of a role in the economy through regulation of large scale corporations.
3. I honestly did not expect that there would be so few people in the L&L quadrant. I line up with Ghandi, and while I have no problem with that, I thought many more leaders would have been more left on the scale.
4. I do not think my results will change all that much. I have been following politics and government for a long time, and many of the tumultuous changes that arise during that time have settled. I am confident of where I stand, and can defend my position well enough that I doubt my views will change dramatically.
I had air I scored a -5,-2 and I honestly thought I'd be more authoritarian because I tend to be quite strict about certain issues and I usually demand a few rules be absolutely enforced. but instead I find myself more libertarian than I had ever expected.
ReplyDeleteBut I believe that my ideology was somewhat accurately summarized, but as I have stated above-I expected to be more authoritarian-
I am not disappointed that my scores related mostly to Gandhi, I see that there's not many people at the lower left of the spectrum so I feel a bit unique in that way.
In 5 years, it's not that long, I highly doubt I will change. I am very resistant to change. I hate change.
1.) For my results I got: Economic Left/Right: 0.38, Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.51. I expected to be slightly to the right, as I know that I hover close to the line when it comes to my political views, especially because of how I have been raised to see things from different views and pick the one I closest agree with. I also expected to be more libertarian simply based on the environment I am in everyday and the people I am around most of the time.
ReplyDelete2.) I pretty much expected my result, and it's fairly accurate in my opinion (see above)
3.) This is pretty amusing to me, because there are actually no prominent leaders even in the same quadrant as I am. I suppose though the closest leader would be François Hollande, which doesn't bother me, as he seems to be close to the point where I am plotted, although he is to the left rather than the right.
4.) It's quite possible, although at my age I pretty much have my ideologies set. So unless there is some radical movement I become involved in in college, I doubt my results will change much. However, if they were to but a neither agree nor disagree answer choice, I would choose it a lot more and that could alter my results by a landslide, because I was having to choose the answer I *most* agreed with.
1. I did get the answers I expected. I got a 9.12 on the left/right scale and a 4.10 on the Social Libertarian/Authoritarian scale. I believe strongly in free trade, yet also having a strong government as well.
ReplyDelete2. I would say yes, this did a fair job of portraying my view, as it clearly showed my economic mindset, and did fairly well at my authoritarian control view (although I think my number should actually have been closer to a 5/6).
3. I actually matched up fairly close to Margret Thatcher on one scale, and was fairly close to Mitt Romney and other Republican leaders on the other. This didn't surprise me, as I view myself as a conservative and associate with many Republican polices.
4. I do expect my answers to change slightly as I get older. The way a few of the questions were phrased had to be answered based off my status as a teenager, but in the next few years I think I would have answered differently, and that would probably cause me to rise closer to that 5/6 on the authoritarian scale.
1. Wow, no. I did not get what I expected. Both of my parents are very conservative and that's how I was raised but the graded me as a leftest libertarian. Which libertarian, I'm not surprised by, my dad is and I hate authority.
ReplyDelete2. Although the results surprised me, I think they still accurately represent my beliefs, especially recently. I am strongly accepting of different cultures and I am pretty hardcore about women's issues and gay rights. Which are pretty liberal subjects, but I still support free trade and military spending because I have strong ties to the U.S. and our safety.
3. It's nice to be associated with Ghandi and Nelson Mandela. I knew there was some reason I kept crying in Invictus. But Alexis Tsipras was a surprise since he is a known communist and I don't really associate myself with communism.
4. No, in 5 years, with maturity and a more bitter outlook on the world my views will probably change. I think I'll stay pretty liberal on social issues. But once I have a job I'll probably become more conservative on economic issues.