How Idealistic are you?

[BritishHuman]

Another sort of Political Compass: http://politics.beasts.org/

It, like others recently, has two axes. In this case they're Left/Right and Pragmatic/Idealistic.

I scored
left/right -4.3045 (-0.2591)
pragmatism +1.1014 (+0.0663)

(so that's fairly liberal, and somewhat of a pragmatist).

Anybody else feel up to it? Only 75 questions...

[GOPisEvil]

1. Hmm...damned Tory.

;-)

Axis Position
1 left/right -5.6489 (-0.3400)
2 pragmatism +1.1214 (+0.0675)

[Caution]

2. Here's my scores

left/right -10.0199 (-0.6031)
pragmatism +0.1364 (+0.0082)

Very liberal, slightly pragmatic

[Larry Gude]

3. Interesting...

l/r .34

prag +5.32

I'm always curious how these things are actually scored...

[SlavesandBulldozers]

4. yeah

1 left/right -2.1203 (-0.1276)
2 pragmatism +2.1620 (+0.1301)

i had myself pegged as more of an idealist, and further left. Big surprise. Nice link.

[prole_for_peace]

5. my scores.

left/right -7.3835 (-0.4444)
pragmatism +0.1622 (+0.0098)

i thought i was more even more liberal than this...

[HereSince1628]

6. Huh? I thought I was much more idealistic

but, at least I _AM._ What happened to the rest of you folks?

1 left/right -7.0608 (-0.4250)
2 pragmatism -1.5137 (-0.0911)

Anyone know a candidate's stump speeches well enough to rate a campaign?

[Neoplatonist]

7. Call Me A Rationalist

1. Left/right -1.9272 (-0.1160)

2. Pragmatic -1.19922 (-0.7220)

I had a feeling I'd score like this. I tend to focus my beliefs directly on Aristotle's golden mean--between excess and deficiency or between contradictions; on Nicholas de Cusa's Infinite Line, where there is no proportion between the infinite and finite.

I study philosophy, theology, and Classical Studies. If something seems true, I use Symbolic Logic to make sure. I trace it's idea back to infinity. I wish I were more liberal, i.e. normal, but I'm too rationalistic.

[Leftist78]

8. hmm...

left/right -10,0441 (-0.6046)
pragmatism -1.1685 (-0.0703)

[Catfish]

9. Interesting survey

1 left/right -4.4994 (-0.2708)
2 pragmatism +0.4136 (+0.0249)

This is about where I thought I'd be.

[Metatron]

10. Me and Charles Kennedy

left/right -7.0198 (-0.4225)
pragmatism +1.7783 (+0.1070)

Thanks for the link.

[Nikia]

13. Whose Charles Kennedy?

That' who I was closest too also.

[supernova]

19. Another Charles Kennedy

Here's my coordinates:

Axis Position
1 left/right -6.0358 (-0.3633)
2 pragmatism -0.9106 (-0.0548)

Charles Kennedy is (was?) Leader of the UK's Liberal Democrats.

[HereSince1628]

11. Only 3 of 10 are idealistic?

You guys need to get out the Chairman's little red book twice everyday and read poetry.

[BurtWorm]

14. Idealism is overrated. It can be like an opiate in some circumstances.

And who says poetry has to be idealistic?

[Nikia]

18. I was slightly idealisitc

I forgot to record my (score). My prag score was -0.4987.

[BritishHuman]

20. It is interesting how pragmatic most of us are.

It says on the site that the pragmatic/idealistic axis is fairly flat - it's difficult to get a high positive or negative on it. Just look at where the celebrities are on the graph.

I was a bit worried at only being -4ish on the left/right scale, so I'm happier now to find that's not so bad.

[BurtWorm]

12. I'm further left than Red Ken and Tony Benn!

Axis Position
1 left/right -10.4434 (-0.6286)
2 pragmatism -0.8643 (-0.0520)

I could have sworn I was giving conservative answers. Those must have been measuring idealism and pragmatism.

[jeter]

16. Wow, i'm more conservative than most of you.

I'm

1 left/right - 3.8303
2 pragmatism -0.0046

[BurtWorm]

17. Fascist!

;)

[guitar man]

15. not as far left as I thought

Axis Position
1 left/right -2.2736 (-0.1369)
2 pragmatism -0.2039 (-0.0123)

[ulysses]

21. who's Tony Benn?

I'm him, evidently, but closer to the middle on the pragmatism axis.

1 left/right -7.6124 (-0.4582)
2 pragmatism -0.7174 (-0.0432)