Is there a good political compass?

TiredThinker September 13, 2020 at 03:24 1650 views 3 comments Political Philosophy

Is there a good way to measure a person's political orientation? I took the test at politicalcompass.org and it set me left of center, and Trump, Bush, and Obama off to the right. Assuming this isn't a good measure, would all such tests be biased by the makers? Or can a good test exist to accurately depict a person's views?

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Pfhorrest September 13, 2020 at 03:32 ¶ #451704 0 likes

Wikipedia has a whole article on different varieties of them and the academic research (or lack thereof) backing them up:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_spectrum

Another well-known one besides that political compass you linked is the Nolan Chart, which also has a quiz that will place you on it, but I won't link to it here because I think it's a poorly constructed and biased spectrum. Google "World's Smallest Political Quiz" if you really want to try it.

I have a political spectrum of my own, inspired in part by both of the aforementioned, but with adjustments:

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_db September 13, 2020 at 03:39 ¶ #451706 0 likes

Reply to Pfhorrest Really interesting diagram.

Pfhorrest September 13, 2020 at 04:23 ¶ #451711 0 likes

Reply to darthbarracuda Thanks!