Cynical Nation

Poorly and vageuly worded questions....not the best quiz. SOmeone's gotta come up with a really good one...

Your Political Profile
Overall: 40% Conservative, 60% Liberal

Social Issues: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal

Personal Responsibility: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal

Fiscal Issues: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal

Ethics: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal

Defense and Crime: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal

Mine seems pretty dead-on. And a friend of mine points out that I would be a great deal more conservative if I were in charge, because I know that I can trust *me*.

Your Political Profile
Overall: 30% Conservative, 70% Liberal
Social Issues: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Personal Responsibility: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Fiscal Issues: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal
Ethics: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal
Defense and Crime: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal

Pretty sure the 25% on social issues is that I don't think that legalizing marijuana for everyone is a good idea. Not like I could specify "fine for medicinal purposes", though.

Your Political Profile

Overall: 70% Conservative, 30% Liberal

Social Issues: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal

Personal Responsibility: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal

Fiscal Issues: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal

Ethics: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal

Defense and Crime: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal

Hmmm, sounds like a good Libertarian.

Here are my scores, for any that are interested. Although I agree they are overly vague and simplistic. Number 4, especially, where I did not like either choice.

Your Political Profile

Overall: 20% Conservative, 80% Liberal

Social Issues: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal

Personal Responsibility: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal

Fiscal Issues: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal

Ethics: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal

Defense and Crime: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal

Here's mine:

Overall: 85% Conservative, 15% Liberal

Social Issues: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal

Personal Responsibility: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal

Fiscal Issues: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal

Ethics: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal

Defense and Crime: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal

Guess that the 'firebrand liberal' as a Democratic Party co-worker once labeled me during the 1970s is pretty much history!

My results:
Your Political Profile
Overall: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal
Social Issues: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal
Personal Responsibility: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal
Fiscal Issues: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal
Ethics: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Defense and Crime: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal

Not sure I understand social & ethics separation. Isn't how we act socially based on ethics? Maybe that's just me. Or maybe I just DON'T understand, period. I don't see how my results for both are 180 degrees out of phase. Am I that F*@Ked up?

Here is what I think was a better test. It lets you give weight to each question. It was designed for the 2004 election, but has no candidate specific questions. It just gives the results as who you should (have) vote(d) for in 2004. I used it before the election even though I knew who I was voting for already. And except for the fact that a Libertarian candidate was my closest match, who I voted for was 2nd on the list.

http://www.selectsmart.com/president/

That was a fun exercise, Dan O. I ended up with David Cobb of the Green Party as my candidate. George W. Bush was dead last in 18th place.

Your Political Profile
Overall: 45% Conservative, 55% Liberal
Social Issues: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal
Personal Responsibility: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Fiscal Issues: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal
Ethics: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Defense and Crime: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal

The results are not surprising at all, in spite of the simple-minded, less-than-subtle, force you to be "one or the other" type of questions. Well, I'm not "one or the other". I have always called myself a moderate which is evidenced by the approximate 50/50 split on the over overall view.

Thoroughly Moderate Millie

Very heavy handed questions. I don't think I have ever shown to be this liberal on any other "quiz". The guns question? Very bad. But then, when you only have two very simplistic answers? What else could be the result?

Your Political Profile
Overall: 5% Conservative, 95% Liberal
Social Issues: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal
Personal Responsibility: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal
Fiscal Issues: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal
Ethics: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal
Defense and Crime: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal