Ontheissues.org VoteMatch Quiz

Ontheissues.org has a great system for giving prospective voters a look into the political views of canidates. On top of that you can take the quiz yourself and see not only your political views but what politicians you would be likely to support based on their voting records.

You can take the quiz here: VoteMatch Quiz (http://www.speakout.com/VoteMatch/senate2006.asp#sec1)

Anyway it's kind of funny being called a liberal but based on the results I guess that's in part where my political views fall on the great chart. Personally I think it would be cool to see what other people got on the quiz so if you're willing just copy the chart and paste it on the thread. Also make sure you click on the topics to make sure you know what it means to support or oppose a topic.

Some of them can be a little tricky and in turn you might click on an option that doesn't reflect your actual view. For example I clicked "support" for Replace US troops with UN in Iraq (http://ontheissues.org/VoteMatch/q20_2006.asp) even though oppose (my actual view based on the explanation) meant that I believed the US should stay out of foreign affairs as much as possible in the same manner advised by the founding fathers.

Where your Personal score meets your Economic score on the grid below is your political philosophy. Based on the above score, you are a Liberal Libertarian .
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Your Score
You scored the following on the PoliticsMatch questions:

Personal Score 74% Economic Score 46%

I think you've got the wrong quiz linked.

I love that site, and it says I'm a Centrist. Though I have taken it before and been classified as a Moderate Conservative.

I think you've got the wrong quiz linked.

I love that site, and it says I'm a Centrist. Though I have taken it before and been classified as a Moderate Conservative.

Well I didn't get it completly wrong, but you're right it's not the link I would have prefered. To get to the results, including the great chart of wisdom, you have to go to the bottom of the page and next to the option that says in bold letters "Your political philosophy is" theres a link that says "(Click here for analysis and explanation (http://www.speakout.com/VoteMatch/political_map.asp?PS=50&ES=51&q1=3&q2=3&q3=3&q4=3&q5=3&q6=3&q7=3&q8=3&q9=3&q10=3&q11=3&q12=3&q13=3&q14=3&q15=3&q16=3&q17=3&q18=3&q19=3&q20=3))."

That will lead you to the results page that you and I are familiar with.

So to everyone else the instructions are as follows

- Take the quiz and submit the results
- Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the analysis and explanation (http://www.speakout.com/VoteMatch/political_map.asp?PS=50&ES=51&q1=3&q2=3&q3=3&q4=3&q5=3&q6=3&q7=3&q8=3&q9=3&q10=3&q11=3&q12=3&q13=3&q14=3&q15=3&q16=3&q17=3&q18=3&q19=3&q20=3) hyperlink next to the final option.

file:///C:/Users/Vihar/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-4.jpgYour Score
You scored the following on the PoliticsMatch questions:

Personal Score 68%
Economic Score 22%
Where You Fit In
Where your Personal score meets your Economic score on the grid below is your political philosophy. Based on the above score, you are a Populist-Leaning Liberal .



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A problem with this system is that most scores come from "stongly support" or "strongly oppose", and the areas which make me conservative are areas which I "support". That isn't factored, at least based on what I see.



It makes me seem much more liberal than I actually am.

A problem with this system is that most scores come from "stongly support" or "strongly oppose", and the areas which make me conservative are areas which I "support". That isn't factored, at least based on what I see.



It makes me seem much more liberal than I actually am.


I'm guessing you're talking about the issues at the bottom of the results page that deal with issues like gun ownership, military spending, school vouchers, and campaign financing. Don't worry they definately count towards the final score. Just to make sure I did a little test with the gun option (something I personally selected oppose but this is just a test).

By taking the default options with "no opinion" selected for everything I got a personal score of 50% and an economic score of 51%. Afterwards I selected "strongly support" on 'absolute right to gun ownership. That did nothing for the personal score but it did increase the economic score to 55%.

I suggest if you feel somethings off, take the quiz a few times and make sure the results are at least similar (technically this is a sampling technique meant to increase reliability). I usually score somewhere near the liberal liberterian corner. Also I found out that I wasn't scoring some of the issues properly so if you're unsure about something check out the hyperlink of the issue when you're taking the quiz to make sure you know what Strongly support, support, oppose, and strongly oppose actually mean within the context of the question.

Here's a shocker, I'm a hard-core liberal.

One of my favorite websites as well. I'm a moderate conservative based on the quiz. Which is fine and correct because I consider myself a bit to the right of the middle.

Your Score

You scored the following on the PoliticsMatch questions:

Personal Score 58%
Economic Score 28%


Where You Fit In

Where your Personal score meets your Economic score on the grid below is your political philosophy. Based on the above score, you are a Populist-Leaning Liberal .

Political Map

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Pretty sweet. I'm almost moderate!!

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And the highest president I scored was a 30% on Obama, which classified him as "not for me". John McCain was at 28%, same story.

Sounds about right. There's never, ever a moderate candidate.