Moral Politics Test

[markomalley]

Note to mods: I post this in "open" because there are a lot of folk who don't venture to the 'tacks section. Please try to keep it in this section if at all possible, as I would tend to consider it a fairly 'general interest' topic...thanks...

---

From the website:

This test is a morality-based political test. It finds your political position not by asking you what you think about political issues but by defining your Personal Moral System.

Political opinions are shaped by your moral values. Once we map your personal moral system, we can accurately tell you what your stance is on any political issue.

The test determines where you stand along the Moral Matrix and then plots your position.

You can take the test by clicking here

You can read about their methodology by clicking here

I found it to be interesting. Hope you do as well!

[Greek2me]

I enjoyed it. You could see where it was leading though. Only 80% of the people are to the left of me. I would have thought it was more. :)

[Abigail]

I came out just slightly left of the middle. I'd say it worked out pretty accurately in my case.

[krys]

Just a little to the right of middle here and it was a surprise to me. I thought I was much more conservative than that. It may prove the statement that we mellow with age (tee hee)

[Belle]

Matches

Your Score

Your scored 2 on the Moral Order axis and -3.5 on the Moral Rules axis.

The following items best match your score:

1. System: Conservatism

2. Variation: Moderate Conservatism

3. Ideologies: Capital Republicanism

4. US Parties: Republican Party

5. Presidents: Richard Nixon (95.58%)

6. 2004 Election Candidates: George W. Bush (85.18%), John Kerry (76.93%), Ralph Nader (59.44%)

Statistics

Of the 192547 people who took the test:

1. 0.5% had the same score as you.

2. 69% were above you on the chart.

3. 25.6% were below you on the chart.

4. 14.5% were to your right on the chart.

5. 77.2% were to your left on the chart.

Seems like pretty low "Moral" scores. I don't know....is that good or bad?

[ChasUFarley]

I thought I was GOP until I took the test...

Probably my views on healthcare and education made it come out D...D...D... (oh, I can't say it....!)

(And it's probably from spending too much time at the Cafe!)

Your Score

Your scored 1 on the Moral Order axis and 1 on the Moral Rules axis.

Matches

The following items best match your score:

1. System: Authoritarianism

2. Variation: Moderate Authoritarianism

3. Ideologies: Social Republicanism

4. US Parties: Democratic Party

5. Presidents: Gerald Ford (81.78%)

6. 2004 Election Candidates: John Kerry (77.90%), Ralph Nader (69.06%), George W. Bush (68.13%)

Statistics

Of the 192549 people who took the test:

1. 0.4% had the same score as you.

2. 28.1% were above you on the chart.

3. 64.7% were below you on the chart.

4. 22.8% were to your right on the chart.

5. 71.4% were to your left on the chart.

[templelady]

1. System: Socialism, Liberalism
   
2. Variation: Moderate Socialism, Moderate Liberalism
   
3. Ideologies: Social Democratism, Capital Democratism
   
4. US Parties: Democratic Party
   
5. Presidents: Gerald Ford (86.56%)
   
6. 2004 Election Candidates: John Kerry (85.85%), Ralph Nader (75.29%), George W. Bush (67.15%)
   

Statistics

Of the 192567 people who took the test:

1. 2.2% had the same score as you.
   
2. 35.3% were above you on the chart.
   
3. 53.1% were below you on the chart.
   
4. 28.6% were to your right on the chart.
   
5. 59.7% were to your left on the chart.
   

Not too far off--but I would say that in actuality it would be closer to 38.6% to my right and 49.7% to my left

[markomalley]

FWIW, no surprise here for me.

Moral Order: 5.5

Moral Rules: -6.5

But what the heck is Paleoconservatism?

(I guess it must be the opposite of neoconservatism!)

[GarthP2000]

But what the heck is Paleoconservatism?

Conservatism of B.C. comic strips?

Heh! Seems like the 'moral spread' of the concepts given don't go very far from the political/economic concepts themselves. Its almost like the political concepts guide, if not determine, morality itself, rather than the claim of 'morality determines your politics'. I also noticed how vague most of the questions were, and even that a few of them were confusing. That is not a good sign, honesty-wise. (I like that they set up a check box indicating that, so it does show _some_ honesty on their part.)

Again, Yet Another Example of someone making politics into something more than what it really is, exhalting politics into a Moral Standard that allows self-righteous twits to use it to judge/deride other people by, and actually thinking that their 'God' approves of this.

<_< What's next, God is to be determined to be a Republican or Democrat?

BTW, this would make for an interesting end run around the concept of separation of church and state now, wouldn't it? Politics determine morals, ... which, of course, are determined by God, ... Thus we have a nice little 'acid test' for determining someone's godliness by what party loyalty they have.

[markomalley]

Conservatism of B.C. comic strips?

Heh! Seems like the 'moral spread' of the concepts given don't go very far from the political/economic concepts themselves. Its almost like the political concepts guide, if not determine, morality itself, rather than the claim of 'morality determines your politics'. I also noticed how vague most of the questions were, and even that a few of them were confusing. That is not a good sign, honesty-wise. (I like that they set up a check box indicating that, so it does show _some_ honesty on their part.)

Again, Yet Another Example of someone making politics into something more than what it really is, exhalting politics into a Moral Standard that allows self-righteous twits to use it to judge/deride other people by, and actually thinking that their 'God' approves of this.

<_< What's next, God is to be determined to be a Republican or Democrat?

BTW, this would make for an interesting end run around the concept of separation of church and state now, wouldn't it? Politics determine morals, ... which, of course, are determined by God, ... Thus we have a nice little 'acid test' for determining someone's godliness by what party loyalty they have.

Well, I personally thought that my score should have been displayed in the top left hand side rather than the bottom right hand side. Talk about BIAS!!!

[GarthP2000]

..... Why Mark. You had to know that it just _had_ to be a ............

.........

................... CONSPIRACY!!!

[jardinero]

Well, I'm a little surprised like Krys is. Here's mine:

Your scored 1 on the Moral Order axis and -0.5 on the Moral Rules axis.

Matches

The following items best match your score:

1. System: Conservatism

2. Variation: Moderate Conservatism

3. Ideologies: Capital Republicanism

4. US Parties: Democratic Party

5. Presidents: Gerald Ford (88.10%)

6. 2004 Election Candidates: John Kerry (81.12%), George W. Bush (73.39%), Ralph Nader (68.36%)

Statistics

Of the 192668 people who took the test:

1. 0.8% had the same score as you.

2. 35.2% were above you on the chart.

3. 53.1% were below you on the chart.

4. 22.8% were to your right on the chart.

5. 71.4% were to your left on the chart.

J.