In the past few years, I've tried my best to educate myself politically. Especially now that I am 18 years old and eligible to vote right as the Presidential Election is around the corner, I think it's my duty as a young citizen to display the importance of being educated in matters of politics in order to make an informed decision to vote. So since I'm already pretty much in tune with my political ideals and affiliations, let's see what the results of these different tests had to say!
Political Personality Quiz: This was the first quiz I took, and I saw questions that I would definitely expect to see such as questions that would gauge my opinions on environment protection, health care, government control, and other civil, social, moral, and ethical topics. I was not entirely surprised with most of the results; however, I did find a few things about this site's deductions rather strange. For example, it's not surprising at all that my highest ranking dimension is "literalist" considering that justice is one of the major issues I consider when looking at politics. Also, the statement that I feel "that what the country really needs is a politician with a functioning moral compass" is entirely spot on. This issue is also clearly evident in the presidential campaigns going on right now since the majority of the candidates are so morally convoluted even as politicians that it's amazing they even have people supporting them at all. However, this test's conclusion that I am a "traditional communitarian" who doesn't like "challenges to authority" or "complex decision making processes" is actually really inaccurate and seems a bit far off as a conclusion on a rather leftist liberal.
Political Compass Quiz: This second quiz was very similar to the first one since it asked many similar questions. One of the differences was that this quiz quantified an economic left/right value. Mine was -5.5 which is not surprising considering I am very much left wing on the political and economic agenda. It also quantified a social libertarian/authoritarian value. Mine was -4.72 which again is not surprising at all since I am clearly a liberal who values group effort and a big government a little more than small government. Another neat feature this quiz displayed was a little graph you could compare your result to. You could have ideals similar to Thatcher, Stalin, Hitler, Gandhi, or Friedman. My results lined up almost exactly with that of Gandhi so that was a nice little result!
Political Typology Quiz: This quiz was a little different from the first two since it provided only two statements in which you had to agree with one or the other. This layout was concise and clear, which I felt would lead to fairly accurate results. Once again, I was not surprised with the results, but I did find this result to have a fitting description of my views. It said that I am a "Solid Liberal" along with 15% of the public. The results stated that Solid Liberals always vote Democratic and find hope in America's success in its ability to change. It also stated that Solid Liberals believe that good diplomacy rather than military strength is the best way to ensure peace. These conclusions, which I definitely agreed with, didn't change any of my views on matters but rather reaffirmed my preexisting political beliefs.
iSideWith Quiz: This last quiz was probably the most interesting one to take and was also my favorite! The first thing that I noticed that was completely different from the others was that you could rank the questions from "Least," "Less," "Somewhat," "More," and "Most" important to you. The options for the answers also included interesting features since an "Other Stance" option was available that enabled you to choose an option besides "Yes" or "No." And if you didn't agree with any of the option provided, you could provide your own reason. I think this kind of format would lead to very accurate results since it lets the user choose or provide an answer that most closely identifies with their viewpoint or belief. The quiz also questioned about matters relevant to today since it asked about topics that have been popular in recent debates from matters like space travel funding to Obamacare to Syrian refugees to terrorism. My result that I side 98% with Bernie Sanders came as absolutely no surprise to me since I support him the most out of all the other candidates. However, I was slightly surprised at how I side 95% with Hilary Clinton since I don't really side with her. I think if this quiz had more questions about foreign policy, this percentage would be significantly lower since I do not support her foreign policy views at all. I was also very surprised as to how I side 19% with Donald Trump. I mean, how do I side with him even a little bit?! I suppose it's due to some of his moderate economic policies, but still! All jokes aside, I think this was a great quiz!
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