How Conservative Are You?

[Annie]

I got a 36.

Click the Calculate Results button to receive your score. Respondents with the most points (40) are 100 percent conservative; those with the least (0) are 100 percent liberal. See where you fall on the chart below.

http://franz.org/quiz.htm

 

[wiggles]

I got a 9.

 

[Dirt McGirt]

I got a 9.

You libtard.

 

[no1tovote4]

31 for me.

 

[Annie]

I got a 9.

Oh my! We do have our work cut out for us!

 

[Dirt McGirt]

I got a 9.

22 for me. Over at the old board that's about a 130.

 

[Annie]

Well the test may leave 'a bit' to be desired:

http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2006_12_31-2007_01_06.shtml#1168033265

[Eugene Volokh, January 5, 2007 at 4:41pm] 0 Trackbacks / Possibly More Trackbacks
Trust Test:

Andrew Sullivan, InstaPundit, and Ann Althouse link to this quiz that purports to measure where you stand on the liberal-conservative spectrum. I tend to agree with InstaPundit: "it was a pretty dumb test."

"Which do you trust more: The Pentagon or The U.S. Postal Service?," the test asks. Well, trust to do what? The USPS is generally pretty good at delivering the mail. Its success rate at its tasks (delivering each letter entrusted to it) is almost certainly higher than the Pentagon's success rate at its tasks (accomplishing every military objected that it's asked to accomplish). On the other hand, the degree of difficulty is a bit higher for the Pentagon's tasks, no?

Likewise, which do I trust more: trial lawyers or doctors? What does that mean? Which is more honest? I expect both are on balance roughly equally honest, just like most professional groups are on balance roughly equally honest. Which is better at accomplishing the tasks that are entrusted to it? Hard to tell. Which better serves the country? Also hard to tell, given how large a group trial lawyers are (if you interpret trial lawyers literally, they'd include defense-side lawyers as well as plaintiff-side lawyers, plus of course criminal lawyers on both sides); but that's pretty clearly not a matter of "trust."

Or how about Q 10: "Which would curb violent crime most? [A] Stricter controls on the sale of guns Mandatory sentences for those who use guns in the commission of a crime [C] Both." What about "neither," if you think that mandatory sentences are a bad idea (because you believe in leaving judges with considerable discretion) but you also think gun control is a bad idea — or for that matter if you think that both A and B are just unlikely to have any real effect?

Similarly, consider Q 11: "In the long run, do you think we can reduce crime more by building more prisons or providing more financial assistance to rebuilding our inner cities? [A] Build prisons Rebuild cities [C] Both." What answer should be given by a libertarian who thinks that neither "building more prisons" nor "providing more financial assitance to rebuilding our inner cities" will reduce crime?

Or consider Q 17: "The religious right is a threat to our political system [Agree / Disagree]" — what about people who strongly disagree with the religious right but see it as just a wrongheaded part of our political system, and not a threat to it?

I realize that all these tests, especially ones that try to collapse your views onto one dimension, are flawed; but this one strikes me as especially flawed.

 

[wiggles]

You libtard.

you and your neocon hegemony

 

[Dirt McGirt]

you and your neocon hegemony

Can't we talk about this without all those unnecessary political labels, you LIEberal demoncrat?

 

[Annie]

Can't we talk about this without all those unnecessary political labels, you LIEberal demoncrat?

Really, let's all get with MY game plan. Conservatives with open minds, well according to ME of course. j/k.

 

[jillian]

I got a 12

 

[Dirt McGirt]

I got a 12

Imagine, if you had only picked the Post Office over the Pentagon you would have had a perfect 0.

 

[Annie]

Imagine, if you had only picked the Post Office over the Pentagon you would have had a perfect 0.

 

[CockySOB]

Pulled a 30 myself. But a couple of questions had no good answer and no option to reject the answers, so....

 

[Annie]

Pulled a 30 myself. But a couple of questions had no good answer and no option to reject the answers, so....

Yeah I remember at least two where I wanted, 'none of the above.'

 

[sitarro]

The test is a joke, I scored a 32 and I am certainly not that conservative.

 

[Annie]

The test is a joke, I scored a 32 and I am certainly not that conservative.

Well with my 36, anyone want to say I'm more conservative than you?

 

[Shattered]

27.

See? I'm a lot more tolerant than people give me credit for.

 

[Avatar4321]

35.

 

[Annie]

35.

If I scored higher than you, this is screwed!