Evaluate Yourself Politically

[Gringo]

I am...



(Just wondering, since I see so many posts representing such a completely NON-democrat mentality)

[ButterflyBlood]

1. a good sign of

how far to the left this site actually is

[Gringo]

2. I'm considering asking the mods to delete this

I've seen nothing in the posts here to indicate that high a percentage of leftists. I'm afraid the temptation for freepers to freep this one is irresistable. They can link their freeper friends here and go "Duh, look, Clem, DU is nothin' but commies! Har Har! Duh!"

I guess I'll have to.

[ButterflyBlood]

5. well now left-leaning liberal is taking over as the lead

[JanMichael]

21. Why? I voted #1.

Could have done with #2 but since I'm actually a member of both the Democratic Party and the SPUSA I figured "Leftist" is pretty accurate.

I can recal at least a dozen DU regulars the have labelled themselves as Socialists.

[Ellen Forradalom]

41. Looks normally distributed to me

Left of center, it's a bell-shaped curve. Looks like political opinion of the left-leaning variety is normally distributed around here.

[Aaron]

6. Doesn't look overly leftist to me

They're only about 1/3 or so of the responses. Although even if they were half or 2/3 - so what?

[Gringo]

9. I've alerted the mods and left it in their hands whether or not to delete

The "leftist" votes were leading big-time at first, so I put in the freeper qualifier on #1.

The mods are better judges than myself as to whether this poll could become some kind of anti-DU tool.

Too bad polls don't require honesty.

[Gringo]

16. The numbers seem to be a bit more realistic now

One freeper even 'fessed up to being a Hannity lover! LOL - I feel a little dirty being on the same board with a "Hannitized" person.

[quinnox]

3. I chose libertarian

But I am really a combo of traditional liberal and libertarian.

[Aaron]

8. Democratic Freedom Caucus

http://www.progress.org/dfc/

If you haven't heard of them already it may be worth a look. I like a lot of their positions and I consider myself a moderately libertarian liberal.

[the_sam]

24. Leftist

My views are close to those of Democratic Socialists of America, the Socialist Party USA, Solidarity, and Committees of Correspondence for Democracy & Socialism.

[poskonig]

39. I did the same.

I'm moderate on economic issues, very libertarian on social issues, and am a moderate interventionist with foreign policy. I'm also a Dean volunteer, if that matters.

[ulysses]

4. just voted #2

Wondering what constitutes "a completely NON-democrat mentality"...

[Gringo]

13. Of course it's only my opinion, but

People who want a flat tax, and large cuts in all government services, and couldn't give a flying fig whether unions are destroyed and jobs are sent overseas, that's pretty un-democratic.

But it's also as seen through the prism of my own mind's eye.

[ulysses]

15. gotcha

and agreed. :)

[bearfartinthewoods]

32. yes...i'm interested in that as well

[LWolf]

7. I chose socialist.

I don't know if that is truly accurate; I'm not good at labeling myself or at fitting into categories. I could have chosen leftist/liberal as well.

[Aidoneus]

10. leftist

...and I'm not a freeper trying to hijack it. At least not consciously.. who knows, maybe I am and just didn't realize it all this time?! :)

[Mr. McD]

11. I had to go other

What about the Libertarian left?:shrug:

[TheBigGuy]

12. "left leaning liberal' is pro labor?

I think that would be the Greens. Pro-labor would be "FDR is My Man"

Interesting way of looking at the spectrum...except for mixing "pro labor' w. "green" its fairly accurate.

I think this does pretty much reflect this site.

[ulysses]

17. how would being Green not equal being pro-labor?

Beware being triangulated by the right - industry/jobs vs. enviros. It's a pretty old game.

[Gringo]

18. I didn't really follow the logic either,

but everybody perceives these things a little differently, so...

Obviously, the first 4 choices are much more pro-labor than the libertarian/repuke choices, and that's what matters, right?

[WilliamPitt]

14. FDR was my man n/t

[AnnabelLee]

19. OK, who's the wiseass

that voted for "a far-right-wing fascist (I loooove Sean Hannity)"?
:D

[buddhamama]

20. i polled myself #2

but i'm really in between 1&2-the ranges in philosophy appeal to me, some of this some of that.

i'm a socialist at heart.

[JanMichael]

22. Socialist.

k'?

[Darth_Ole]

23. Strong liberal.. Way out in left field...

Wellstone was my man.

[Pikku]

25. liberal/conservative , authoritarian/libertarian

I have had a hard time with the liberal/conservative continuum since I took a quiz that ranked you not only left/right but also authoritarian/libertarian. As a result, you could end up in one of four camps, not two. Here is the test I took. I came out lib/lib.

I found that the liberal/authoritarian type (at its most extreme, Stalin, Mao and Lenin) was as alien to me as the conservative/libertarian (Ayn Rand, PJ O'Rourke) type . This places me in an awkward position vis a vis political polls like the one above. I think it also explains much of the split I see in the Dem party.

Maybe we could start using two axes instead of one to identify ourselves and each other. This may help us understand what we're up against, both in our own party and in the opposition.

Just a thought.

[Terwilliger]

26. did not vote

no proper vote choice

[newyawker99]

27. kick

:kick:

[JohnKleeb]

29. wouldnt other be best then

[Nihil]

33. "Other" is shorter ...

... and it gives the vote-tabulating process something to do
:-)

[JohnKleeb]

28. number two

I consider myself a democratic socialist though. Combine the best of the worlds imo you get mostly government ownership and you get freedom.

[union_maid]

30. Two or Three

I could be number two or three, so I voted for three because it had fewer votes. Now I'll start my workday pondering the possiblity that choosing the one that had fewer votes rather going with the crowd is depressingly symbolic of why we win fewer elections than we should. :o

[rhite5]

31. I ended up voting #1

I'm somewhere in the #1-#2 spectrum. Definitely pro-labor, anti-WTO, becoming more anti-capitalist as I get older and learn more, strongly believe in public ownership of utilities, including telephone and cable, public transportation, socialized medicine, public schools. (all are Socialist programs), I am an internationalist, and think of myself as a citizen of the world community. Have always been a member of the Democratic Party and hold a minor elective office. I ended up voting #1.

[mrfrapp]

34. Sorry, but this is dumb

You've revealed your prejudice by lumping Socialists, Marxists and
Communists into the same category. This is grossly misleading. To
add insult to injury, you've decided that anyone who would vote in
this category must be a freeper.

I'll post the obligatory link to the Political Compass. A poll of sorts that doesn't pigeon hole people.

[Gringo]

37. You're wrong on both points

I have no prejudice against socialists, marxists, et. al. When I started the poll, choice # 1 was winning by leaps and bounds, disproportionately to the postings at DU, and I think it's likely there was a freeper contingent who would like to use the poll to say "See! They're all commies!" Which is what they also do with anti-war prostests.

The fact is that the number of registered voters in those parties is miniscule, and thus considered fringe by the bulk of the population. There is also the misconsception that all communist ideals can be boiled down to the Stalinist Soviet Union. I'm sorry that society still has bugaboos about the far left, but they do.

This poll is more for entertainment than for anything else. It may have some accuracy as to the leanigs of DUers that do polls, but that's it. And all DUers taking the test (which I've taken) would do nothing to provide a snapshot of DU membership. Of course, you could make a poll, and people could choose the range in which they tested, if you like.

This is a democratic board. I don't see why you should be angry about this. I didn't have to include the far left at all. And I'm sure that a lot of those choosing #1 are not freepers, but that first burst of votes, before I put the qualifier made me very suspicious.

[jos]

35. Kucinich/FDR Democrat are basically the same

At least with respect to domestic issues.

A conservative Democrat could also be called a DLC democrat.

[CMT]

36. I picked the FDR type liberal democrat

eom.

[German-Lefty]

38. Social Democrat -- had to vote with the Marxists - try Political Compass

Never let yourself be governed by an undemocratic government.

Never let your government ignore its social repsonsiblities.

You can set up economies lots of ways, just don't mess with democracy and human dignity. If some kind of centrally managed economy or some libertarian style wonderland is the best system, I'm open to ideas. Just remember it has to work in real life.

What will happen to an information economy, with no way to control information because of freedom of speach? Well my guess is that captialism will end there.

http://www.politicalcompass.org/
Check this test out. It makes a lot of sense looking at political postions in two dimensions (social,economic).

[MaverickX]

40. I picked FDR liberal..

But FDR wouldn't really be considered liberal nowadays, he'd be seen as a moderate. Social security and govt regulation of the economy isn't as radical as it was when FDR was President.

[noonwitch]

42. Left-leaning liberal here

I'm not a socialist-I don't believe that the collective good should automatically cancel out individual rights. I have a coworker who is a socialist and we are forever arguing about issues like drug testing, which she feels is important to protect society.
I'm also a FDR liberal, too, who believes that the power of good government can help create a better society.

[Interrobang]

43. I picked #1, too.

As a Canadian, in many ways, I'm already further left than you guys are just as a matter of course. Our right-wingers aren't as far right as your right-wingers, I think, although once you get that far, the gradations between charcoal, midnight blue, and black get pretty hard to distinguish, so to speak.

If asked, I'd probably tell you that I'm a libertarian (small-l) socialist: I believe in personal freedom, but I also believe that the group collectively has responsibilities to its members. Unlike many large-L Libertarian types, I'm not (as they've told me I am) a "tyrrany of the majority" type; I believe that unchecked majoritarianism is just as dangerous as the other extreme. With Canadian Chief Justice Beverly McLauchlan (private gloat moment: CCJ is a woman!), I think " overlooks the need to accommodate and validate minoritarian views essential to long-term democratic stability ... Unchecked majoritarianism is impractical because it confers unchecked power."

[Moosenose]

44. I'm "other"...

I'm a fiscally conservative (balanced budget is important, either by cutting things like the military or raising taxes), socially progressive(GO SOCIAL PROGRAMS!!!), and generally Libertarian on civil rights issues (keep the government out of our wombs, gun and medicine cabinets, and humidors).

I don't know where exactly that puts me....but hey, who needs to be labeled??? ;-)