Are You Left, Right, or Center?

[jbox]

I like how they feel they can categorize "famous" people based on "how they might have answered the questions".

I can't speak for them personally, but from their FAQ:

4. How can you determine where politicians are honestly at without asking them?
How can you tell where they're honestly at by asking them? Especially around election time. We've relied on reports, parliamentary records, ... and actions that spoke louder than words.

I take that to mean that they attempted to use documented records that expose a person's position (like their voting history) on bills which most closely resemble their questions.

That doesn't seem very hard to me for areas of well documented figures, and highlights that an 'opposition' which rolls over at every opportunity is most likely in general agreement with those in charge, they just want more pie for themselves. It's funny that more people aren't worried about why Monopoly, Duopoly and Oligopoly all rhyme.

Now if you really want to pick on them you should be aiming at how many points are attributed to each question. Is it worse to hate Gays than Black people? Is it better to believe in pre-emptive strikes than secret police? Is libel better than racism? The right to a jury trial more important than the right to a trial without delays? Assigning 'accurate' weights to each question would seem to be the hard part from my experiences.

[Tailgunner]

Economic Left/Right: 3.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.59

I voted for Bush both times. More accurately, I voted against Gore because of that crap Tipper pulled with the PMRC, and I voted against Kerry to get his ambulance chasing running mate out of politics.

[ChadTower]

4. How can you determine where politicians are honestly at without asking them?

I'm sorry, but this is one of the dumbest questions I've ever seen in my life.  I used to work in tech support, too, so I've seen some things that aren't even credible.  I mean WOW, how could a person think they could draw out an honest answer from a politician on a potential voters' issue?

[KevSteele]

Geez, a lot of extremes in this group!

I'm apparently right where I thought I'd be, hovering around the middle:

Economic Left/Right: 3.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.77

Although I thought I'd be more socially liberal than I actually am (old age setting in, I guess).

I've always considered myself an independent, or if forced to choose I'd have to go with "Liberal Republican," but even that's inaccurate.

Frankly, my views are all over the map, and are as equally likely to piss off conservatives as they are liberals...

Kevin

[Arcadiac]

Too short to hang left OR right. 
ARCADIAC!

[DrewKaree]

Too short to hang left OR right. 
ARCADIAC!

Arcadiac, you can use the ol' motto:

It CAN'T be "too short", it reaches all the way to my body!