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A three-dimensional political spectrum quiz

A three-dimensional political spectrum quiz

The Vocem Chart Locator of American Politics

http://www.selectsmart.com/plus/select.php?url=Vosem
Some told me about The Vocem Chart Locator of American Politics, and I found it so interesting(though a little crude in implementation) that I thought I would share it with everyone here.

If you don't know what a Vocem chart is(and I didn't when I first heard about this quiz), it is a political chart that has a third dimension to it, so it can make differentiations based on fiscal, corporate and cultural issues, so instead of having a line(2 general areas) or a square(4 general areas) as a reflection of your political spectrum, a Vocem chart is more like a cube with 8 regions, four in the front and four in the back. A longer, and better thought-out explanation of this concept is available here.

The quiz is 25 questions, and it gives how closely you fit into one of the 8 squares. My own results were as follows.

1: Liberal (100%) Big surprise
2: New Labour (75%)
3: Anarcho-syndicalist (73%)
4: Totalitarian (63%)
5: Libertarian (46%)
6: Traditional Societies (44%)
7: Authoritarian (35%)
8: Conservative (13%)

And here is the breakdown of where those categories would appear on the cube:

Back bottom right: conservative
Back top right: authoritarian
Front bottom right: the pattern of traditional societies (those without social and technological change with each generation)
Front top right: totalitarian
Back bottom left: libertarian
Back top left: New Labour
Front bottom left: anarcho-syndicalist
Front top left: liberal

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this as much as I did. :)
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Reply #52 Top
1: Liberal (100%)
2: New Labour (76%)
3: Anarcho-syndicalist (68%)
4: Totalitarian (61%)
5: Libertarian (44%)
6: Traditional Societies (35%)
7: Authoritarian (33%)
8: Conservative (3%)

BAM!!!!!!!!! I am the least conservative person! Boo-yah! In yah face! And yes, many of the questions were far to wordy and too specific. Especially the marijuana question.
Reply #53 Top
usfbulls101: Well, depending on who you talk to here, that isn't necessarily a good thing.
Reply #54 Top
Rank Item Percent
1: Liberal (100%)
2: New Labour (75%)
3: Totalitarian (72%)
4: Anarcho-syndicalist (68%)
5: Traditional Societies (47%)
6: Libertarian (43%)
7: Authoritarian (42%)
8: Conservative (13%)

Here's their quiz: the presidential selector - Link

Reply #55 Top
No, you got it right.... just don't push the red button!


No, not the wed one....NEVER push the wed one (shades of Looney Tunes past)!
Reply #56 Top


I was looking for this map for a while... it goes along with the Nationstates game.... and it also sort of follows the precepts of the three-dimensional system... but with 27 regions instead of a mere 8.
Reply #57 Top
1: Liberal (100%)
2: New Labour (74%)
3: Anarcho-syndicalist (73%)
4: Totalitarian (66%)
5: Libertarian (45%)
6: Traditional Societies (45%)
7: Authoritarian (38%)
8: Conservative (15%)

*laugh* Not surprising at all. Let's get high.
Reply #58 Top
Rank Item Percent
1: Liberal (100%)
2: New Labour (87%)
3: Totalitarian (85%)
4: Anarcho-syndicalist (80%)
5: Authoritarian (79%)
6: Traditional Societies (69%)
7: Libertarian (67%)
8: Conservative (65%)

Ok, I knew I was liberal...but 100% liberal AND 65% conservative? I am soooo weird. Serves me right for having a degree in Economics with one major being in Industrial Relations...
Reply #61 Top
historyishere,

I like that top one, Benevolent Dictatorship that is hilarious.

Since when did the world have a Benevolent Dictatorship, that is definitely a pipe dream there for it will never happen.
Reply #62 Top
he he he . . . history got spammed!
Reply #63 Top
About time too!
Reply #64 Top
You weren't feeling left out, were you?

*BTW . . . did you notice that you have TWO top articles today?*
Reply #65 Top
And you were a big part of that TW

And now, to delete the spam....

*takes out a can opener and a butter knife*

mmmmmmmm..... hammy!
Reply #66 Top
he he he . . . history got spammed!


And it just happened again.... and ... bye bye spammer...
Reply #67 Top

I'm late to the game, but here's mine:


1: Totalitarian  (100%)
2: Liberal  (87%)
3: Traditional Societies  (86%)
4: Anarcho-syndicalist  (75%)
5: Authoritarian  (72%)
6: Conservative  (64%)
7: New Labour  (53%)
8: Libertarian  (45%)

Reply #68 Top
1: Liberal (100%)
2: New Labour (100%)
3: Anarcho-syndicalist (80%)
4: Libertarian (80%)
5: Totalitarian (56%)
6: Authoritarian (55%)
7: Traditional Societies (45%)
8: Conservative (35%)
Reply #69 Top
Well, you have generally high scores for the all
Reply #70 Top
Here's their quiz: the presidential selector - Link


1. Your ideal theoretical candidate. (100%) Click here for info
2. Cobb, David - Green Party (82%) Click here for info
3. Nader, Ralph - Independent (76%) Click here for info
4. Brown, Walt - Socialist Party (72%) Click here for info
5. Kerry, Senator John, MA - Democrat (64%) Click here for info
6. Peroutka, Michael - Constitution Party (26%) Click here for info
7. Bush, President George W. - Republican (23%) Click here for info
8. Badnarik, Michael - Libertarian (20%) Click here for info
Wow!
Reply #71 Top
Shocking, ain't it
Reply #72 Top
1. Your ideal theoretical candidate. (100%) Click here for info
2. Badnarik, Michael - Libertarian (84%) Click here for info
3. Cobb, David - Green Party (45%) Click here for info
4. Nader, Ralph - Independent (45%) Click here for info
5. Bush, President George W. - Republican (45%) Click here for info
6. Peroutka, Michael - Constitution Party (45%) Click here for info
7. Brown, Walt - Socialist Party (39%) Click here for info
8. Kerry, Senator John, MA - Democrat (36%) Click here for info

Who knew? Big drop from Badnarik to Cobb!!

Oh, I retook the first quiz (last results were under the old nick ShoZan) and now it is Anarch-Syn 100%, Libertarian 83%, traditionalist 68%, etc.
So, now I am a Amish fighting for Liberty Anarchist!!

Amish Anarchist Plinko!!
Reply #73 Top
Amish fighting for Liberty Anarchist!!


Didn't the clash sing a song about that... oh yeah!

Rock the carriage! Rock the Carriage!
Reply #74 Top
1: Liberal (100%)
2: Totalitarian (77%)
3: New Labour (71%)
4: Anarcho-syndicalist (70%)
5: Traditional Societies (52%)
6: Authoritarian (45%)
7: Libertarian (40%)
8: Conservative (15%)

However, there were a few questions that left me without any reasonable answer. Just for example:

5. Should the United States create a socialized system of free health care for all?
Yes
No
Not sure

Those of us who want to see serious tweaking of the system so that children are covered, even if the government has to play a strong role, and that workers who lose jobs do not end up uninsured due to layoffs, etc... No answer here comes close. I AM sure of my position, yet neither yes nor no comes close to describing it.
Reply #75 Top
Liberal 100% (no surprise there)
New Labour 80%
Anarcho-Syndicalist 71% (get the dictionary)
Totalitarian 64% (what the f***! How the hell did I get that?)
Libertarian 48%
Authoritarian 41%
Traditional Societies 38%
Conservative 11% (no surprise there either)

I also took the candidates test advertised below, with some surprises
Cobb, David (Green) 91%
Ralph Nader (Independant) 91% (What? I guess I have more in common with this guy I can't stand than I thought)
Walt Brown (Socialist) 84% (No surprise there)
Al Sharpton (D) 81%
Howard Dean (D) 81% (Wooo! Dean Rocks! I half expected something in the 90s)
Wesley Clark (D) 79%
Dennis Kucinich (D) 74% (not this loser)
Carol Mosely Braun (D) 70%
John Edwards (D) 66%
Dick Gephardt (D) 60% (my 2nd choice in the primaries)
Joseph Lieberman (D) 47%
Michael Badnarik (Libertarian) 42%
Lyndon H. LaRouche (D) 40% (who the hell is this guy?)
Michael Peroutka (Constitution) 19% (That's a lot more than I thought he would get)
Dr. John Hagelin (Natural Law) 9% (I don't know who this guy is, or what he stands for, so I guess it makes sense)
George W. Bush (R) 9% (Again, that's more that I thought he would get)

I guess Kerry really is the lesser of the evils after all