Are you to the right or left of our leaders

PixelPound

Seems I need to change who I vote for

Masomnia

I'm as far right as Gadgetmind (:D) and as libertarian as the Greens. No party really fits me.

Quite comfy where I am thanks.

lazer

Economic -2.88
social -3.64

And the number of times I have been accessed of being right wing just because I happen to like some of Maggie's policies

cepheus

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Economic Left/Right: -1.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.67

There you go.

Difference of opinion doesn't make one extreme. We are all shaped by our own experiences through out our lives along with the nature of our work. The broader ones experiences the broader the view. Many people are totally inflexible to change yet the world is a constantly changing place.

According to the compass those who supported the Tories should be almost as extreme as you can be, and there are plenty here. However, I'm not sure if they know exactly what they are voting for and are subliminally affected by the media's acceptable range of views which is heavily skewed to the right.

What people score rarely seems to equate with what you they say or imply on these forums though, so there's something strange going on. Perhaps the questions are misleading, or people just lie and don't wish to expose how right wing or authoritarian they are, especially if they have an agenda or belong to a lobby group? It's the ones which like to give the impression that they are a fair broker which gets the alarm bells ringing, it's a common tactic with political persuasion techniques. Did you support the non-nationalist political leanings of the SNP, or believe we should be more left wing than Ed Miliband for example? I can't remember that.

cepheus

gadgetmind wrote: »

No, it makes you a bit like me, but you're more extreme.

Economic Left/Right: 2.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.82



No wonder I find it hard to know which party to vote for!

You are very near to where the Lib Dems were in 2005

MacMickster

cepheus wrote: »

What people score rarely seems to equate with what you they say or imply on these forums though, so there's something strange going on. Perhaps it's the questions or misleading, or people just lie and don't wish to expose how right wing or authoritarian they are? I'm not sure. Did you support the non-nationalist political leanings of the SNP, or believe we should be more left wing than Ed Miliband for example? I can't remember that.

So people, at your invitation on a thread that you specifically started in this specific forum, complete a set of online questions and then receive an analysis of where they fit on the political spectrum. A graph is produced which seems to have the axes rather oddly positioned.

When people, who you have never met, report the results of this exercise you then suggest that they have lied in completing the questions?

Maybe the survey is flawed, or whoever has guessed where historical figures and political parties would answer have made some big mistakes.

Alternatively, maybe you (are you Audrey) are the real extremist, viewing centrist views as right wing?

missyrichards

I'm in the bottom left box, quite close to Libertarian.

michaels

I am surprised the Greens are libertarian, they have always come across as extremely prescriptive in how people can live their lives?

cepheus

michaels wrote: »

I am surprised the Greens are libertarian, they have always come across as extremely prescriptive in how people can live their lives?

They are socially libertarian and support rights for individuals on gender and ethnic issues, right to die, abortion, refugees status, privacy. However not economically so, expecting the rich to pay something back to society and not evade taxes. The Greens seem to prefer a greater power for local rather than central government which separates them from some historic socialist views.

cepheus

If the media are calling Corbyn left wing, should they not be calling Cameron Right wing?

Petition for BBC to call David Cameron 'right-wing Prime Minister' backed by 65,000 people. Campaigners are fuming at alleged BBC bias against Jeremy Corbyn - who's called the 'left-wing Labour leader' on the news

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/petition-bbc-call-david-cameron-6462386#ICID=sharebar_twitter