Swing Voter 1 Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 I found a new political test! go to http://speakout.com/VoteMatch/?quiz=Poli#sec0 to take it, below is my score. Your Score You scored the following on the PoliticsMatch questions: Personal Score 98% Economic Score 17% Where You Fit In Where your Personal score meets your Economic score on the grid below is your political philosophy. Based on the above score, you are a Hard-Core Liberal . Personal Score This measures how much you believe government should intervene in people's personal lives. Personal issues include health, love, recreation, prayer and other activities that are not measured in dollars. A high score (above 60%) means you believe in tolerance for different people and lifestyles. A low score (below 40%) means you believe that your standards of morality & safety should be enforced by government. Economic Score This measures how much you believe government should intervene in people's economic lives. Economic issues include retirement funding, budget allocations, and taxes. A high score (above 60%) means you believe in personal responsibility for your financial matters, and that free-market competition is better for people than central planning by the government. A low score (below 40%) means you believe that a good society is best achieved by the government redistributing wealth. You believe that government's purpose is to decide which programs are good for society, and how much should be spent on each program. Examples The chart below indicates how four "hard-core" political philosophers would answer the questions. From this example, you can see how you fit in with each philosophy. Your answers are on the left. A "hard-core liberal" would answer personal questions to minimize government involvement, but would answer economic questions to include government intervention. A "hard-core libertarian" would answer both personal and economic questions to minimize government involvement. A "hard-core conservative" would answer personal questions to include government intervention, but would answer economic questions to minimize government involvement. A "hard-core populist" would answer both personal and economic questions with proposals that include government intervention. = Strongly Support = Support = No Opinion = Oppose = Strongly Oppose Personal Issues You Hard-core Liberal Hard-core Libertarian Hard-Core Conservative Hard-Core Populist Abortion Is A Woman's Right Sexual Orientation Protected By Civil Rights Law Teach Moral Values in Public Schools Death Penalty Mandatory "Three Strikes" Sentencing Laws Drug Use Is Immoral: Enforce Laws Against It Allow Churches To Provide Welfare Services Link Human Rights To Trade With China = Strongly Support = Support = No Opinion = Oppose = Strongly Oppose Economic Issues You Hard-core Liberal Hard-core Libertarian Hard-Core Conservative Hard-Core Populist Require Companies To Hire More Women/Minorities More Federal Funding For Health Coverage Privatize Social Security Spend Resources To Stop Global Warming Make Income Tax Flatter And Lower Immigration Helps Our Economy - Encourage It Support and Expand Free Trade Continue Foreign Aid to Russia, Israel, Others You Hard-core Liberal Hard-core Libertarian Hard-Core Conservative Hard-Core Populist = Strongly Support = Support = No Opinion = Oppose = Strongly Oppose Issues Not Counted In Philosophy You Hard-core Liberal Hard-core Libertarian Hard-Core Conservative Hard-Core Populist Absolute Right To Gun Ownership Parents Choose Schools Via Vouchers More Spending On Armed Forces Personnel Reduce Spending on Missile Defense ("Star Wars") You Hard-core Liberal Hard-core Libertarian Hard-Core Conservative Hard-Core Populist = Strongly Support = Support = No Opinion = Oppose = Strongly Oppose Final Notes To ensure balance among political viewpoints, we arranged the wording of the questions so that half the time, the answer involving more government is answered by "support", and half the time by "oppose." Hence, each of the "hard core" philosophers would choose "support" for 3 or 4 of the Personal questions and for 3 or 4 of the Economic questions. There are four questions which are not counted in your political philosophy. Those questions do not fit this theory -- for example, Democrats typically oppose unrestricted gun ownership, while a 'hard core liberal' would support it on grounds of the government not intervening in a personal issue. These omissions ensure that the theoretical definitions match with current-day politics. Many of these statements cross over the line between personal issues and economic issues. And many people might answer what we call a "Personal" issue based on economic reasoning. But we have tried to arrange a series of questions which separates the way you think about government activities in these two broad scales Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bdog 1 Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 PoliticsMatch Your Political Philosophy The below is a way of thinking about your political philosophy by dividing your PoliticsMatch answers into "personal" and "economic" questions. It is only a theory - please take it with a grain of salt! Personal Questions: Liberals and libertarians agree in choosing the less-government answers, while conservatives and populists agree in choosing the more-restrictions answers. Economic Questions: Conservatives and libertarians agree in choosing the less-government answers, while liberals and populists agree in choosing the more-restrictions answers. Your Score You scored the following on the PoliticsMatch questions: Personal Score 95% Economic Score 94% Where You Fit In Where your Personal score meets your Economic score on the grid below is your political philosophy. Based on the above score, you are a Hard-Core Libertarian . Political Map Personal Score This measures how much you believe government should intervene in people's personal lives. Personal issues include health, love, recreation, prayer and other activities that are not measured in dollars. * A high score (above 60%) means you believe in tolerance for different people and lifestyles. * A low score (below 40%) means you believe that your standards of morality & safety should be enforced by government. Economic Score This measures how much you believe government should intervene in people's economic lives. Economic issues include retirement funding, budget allocations, and taxes. * A high score (above 60%) means you believe in personal responsibility for your financial matters, and that free-market competition is better for people than central planning by the government. * A low score (below 40%) means you believe that a good society is best achieved by the government redistributing wealth. You believe that government's purpose is to decide which programs are good for society, and how much should be spent on each program. Examples The chart below indicates how four "hard-core" political philosophers would answer the questions. From this example, you can see how you fit in with each philosophy. Your answers are on the left. * A "hard-core liberal" would answer personal questions to minimize government involvement, but would answer economic questions to include government intervention. * A "hard-core libertarian" would answer both personal and economic questions to minimize government involvement. * A "hard-core conservative" would answer personal questions to include government intervention, but would answer economic questions to minimize government involvement. * A "hard-core populist" would answer both personal and economic questions with proposals that include government intervention. = Strongly Support = Support = No Opinion = Oppose = Strongly Oppose Personal Issues You Hard-core Liberal Hard-core Libertarian Hard-Core Conservative Hard-Core Populist Abortion Is A Woman's Right Sexual Orientation Protected By Civil Rights Law Teach Moral Values in Public Schools Death Penalty Mandatory "Three Strikes" Sentencing Laws Drug Use Is Immoral: Enforce Laws Against It Allow Churches To Provide Welfare Services Link Human Rights To Trade With China = Strongly Support = Support = No Opinion = Oppose = Strongly Oppose Economic Issues You Hard-core Liberal Hard-core Libertarian Hard-Core Conservative Hard-Core Populist Require Companies To Hire More Women/Minorities More Federal Funding For Health Coverage Privatize Social Security Spend Resources To Stop Global Warming Make Income Tax Flatter And Lower Immigration Helps Our Economy - Encourage It Support and Expand Free Trade Continue Foreign Aid to Russia, Israel, Others You Hard-core Liberal Hard-core Libertarian Hard-Core Conservative Hard-Core Populist = Strongly Support = Support = No Opinion = Oppose = Strongly Oppose Issues Not Counted In Philosophy You Hard-core Liberal Hard-core Libertarian Hard-Core Conservative Hard-Core Populist Absolute Right To Gun Ownership Parents Choose Schools Via Vouchers More Spending On Armed Forces Personnel Reduce Spending on Missile Defense ("Star Wars") You Hard-core Liberal Hard-core Libertarian Hard-Core Conservative Hard-Core Populist = Strongly Support = Support = No Opinion = Oppose = Strongly Oppose Final Notes To ensure balance among political viewpoints, we arranged the wording of the questions so that half the time, the answer involving more government is answered by "support", and half the time by "oppose." Hence, each of the "hard core" philosophers would choose "support" for 3 or 4 of the Personal questions and for 3 or 4 of the Economic questions. There are four questions which are not counted in your political philosophy. Those questions do not fit this theory -- for example, Democrats typically oppose unrestricted gun ownership, while a 'hard core liberal' would support it on grounds of the government not intervening in a personal issue. These omissions ensure that the theoretical definitions match with current-day politics. Many of these statements cross over the line between personal issues and economic issues. And many people might answer what we call a "Personal" issue based on economic reasoning. But we have tried to arrange a series of questions which separates the way you think about government activities in these two broad scales. Political Map and some content from Advocates for Self-Government. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kerry Edwards for President 2 Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 Your ScoreYou scored the following on the PoliticsMatch questions: Personal Score 60% Economic Score 34%  Where You Fit In Where your Personal score meets your Economic score on the grid below is your political philosophy. Based on the above score, you are a Moderate Liberal . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SSVegeta123243 1 Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 Your Score You scored the following on the PoliticsMatch questions: Personal Score 66% Economic Score 32% Where You Fit In Where your Personal score meets your Economic score on the grid below is your political philosophy. Based on the above score, you are a Moderate Liberal . i told u people i was a moderate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Swing Voter 1 Posted October 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 I told you I wasn't Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SSVegeta123243 1 Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 and we all believed u Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Swing Voter 1 Posted October 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 Glad to hear it, we need a foil to hardright and Roger. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SSVegeta123243 1 Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 the funny thing is that i took the party test and they said i was a green Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SSVegeta123243 1 Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 and i took the primary test and they said i should vote for liberman and he is the last person i would ever vote for Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Swing Voter 1 Posted October 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 They said I was a socialist, and said to vote for Sharpton, or Braun. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SSVegeta123243 1 Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 and they said in the presidential election they said i should vote nader dispite the fact kerry and i agree on everything Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Swing Voter 1 Posted October 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 I took the tax test, here's the bill, and I still like Gore better, I would give him my money with joy not to have Bush in office. Personal Income Tax Analysis Current, Buchanan, Bush, Gore, Manual Your Taxable Income $59,439.00 $58,000.00 $58,201 $59,464 $68,000.00 Your Marginal Rate 31% 17% 33% 31% 0% Your Tax Bill $14,176.09 $9,860.00 $12,806.33, $14,183.84, $0.00 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SSVegeta123243 1 Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 but it's good to see bush and i agree on nothing at all Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SSVegeta123243 1 Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 swing that might happen with kerry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Swing Voter 1 Posted October 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 It would make me happy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SSVegeta123243 1 Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 another funny thing is that the two people i agree with the most are ventura and powell Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Swing Voter 1 Posted October 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 I am with Nader, Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SSVegeta123243 1 Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 i can't believe powell disagrees with bush on so many issues Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Swing Voter 1 Posted October 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 He dosn't if he did he would have the guts to quite. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SSVegeta123243 1 Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 i think powell focuses on military and foriegn issues and doesn't worry about the social stuff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Swing Voter 1 Posted October 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 I still have little respect for the man, he won't stand up to his boos even if he disagrees. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SSVegeta123243 1 Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 of all the republicans i have the most respect for powell i think he is a good man that has done his job Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Swing Voter 1 Posted October 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 I respect Hagel, and Grassley, and even Lindsy Graham. They have principles a break with the party when they think it is right. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SSVegeta123243 1 Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 i mean would it really be best for the party if the secretary of state went on news and bashed the president on abortion Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Swing Voter 1 Posted October 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 No it would not, but should he place party good abouve his morals? Thats what Hitler and Stalin asked for. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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