Obama: Where Is He On The Political Compass?

Well I very rarely post to any of the political forums on ATS. Perhaps my graph illustrates why.



Kali we could be ideological sisters!

reply to post by Open2Truth


We are

reply to post by Open2Truth


Sisters? I'm female too and in the same quadrant. I wonder if the test has a slight sex bias?

How many males and how many females are in each quad?

reply to post by Kali74


Meh



Bwhahaaaa some would call that a " moderate"

reply to post by Trexter Ziam


Interesting dynamic to throw in.
Got a trio goin on in the lower left, clearly the place to be

reply to post by neo96


Neeeeoooooo hahaha. You're right with Ron Paul just about.

reply to post by Kali74


Trio of women but there are at least five others in the quad too - so 8 in all so far (if I counted right).

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reply to post by Kali74


Hmmmm.

I dont think mine worked out so well Kali.......

I have a friend and he is a college political science professor and he always has his students take this test.

I fall pretty close to the dalai lama and mandela. Left libertarian here. Female here, if someone's keeping track.

I think that's a bit too far right for Ron Paul too, but he IS definitely bottom half.

reply to post by Trexter Ziam


I wouldn't go pokin' around too much on sex/quadrant relation. You cold turn a corner and the next thing you know Margaret Thatcher is the last thing you see before they black bag you.

You'll barely be able to hear her say "She thought we were sisters muahahah" over the sound of your flip flops dragging across stone floors.

Interesting. I remember seeing this but never found the site. Here's mine.

reply to post by GogoVicMorrow


She'd need a step-ladder to bag me.

There will always be bossy-women, control freaks, and aggressive females. They are just less common overall. I think Margaret worked well with Jelly-Beans (Ronald Reagan). The world needs all kinds.

reply to post by Kali74


That took forever!!

OK, Kali…as a staunch conservative, my profile turned out EXACTLY as I expected.

reply to post by Kali74


I knew that graph reminded me of something



American Politics it ain't just a video game called Pong.

reply to post by sonnny1


What are you hiding Sonny? You win the thread though.


ETA okay 3-way tie for you Neo and Seabag lol

No comments on where Obama is?

That's mine, btw. I think it's a decent place to be, so I don't mind posting it.

So, yeah, almost exactly the same spot as yours. This test surprises me quite a bit, actually. Makes me feel good to see that my dot is close to Gandhi's, though. Tells me I may be hippie-dippy, but I'm at least in good company.

reply to post by Kali74


So according to your chart on where the candidates stand. Are you pointing out that people are more in tune with the Ron Paul ideals then anyone else who is an authoritarian? Because it seems like the people are on the same level as Ron Paul while Obama and the other candidates are on the top right...