USA Politics (redux)

[drogulus]

Wow, you score in the same exact spot as me. LOL.
this is your results, right???

Well, without the "n" in metal, yeah 

     I just copied your chart. But probably we are exactly the same (made out of atoms and shit).

[Sergeant Rock]

This result (much more than the first version which put me deep into the libertarian left) reflects my centrist views more accurately.




Sarge

[71 dB]

Well, here's my result, not a shocker.  Had some quibbles with some of their terms; and some of the questions are to the max reductive, perhaps inevitable in such an undertaking.

My result was similar to yours....

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[drogulus]

     Krugman Wonks Out: Braking Bad? When the Fed Fights Inflation.

     Krug never stops never stopping with his chart:

     

     As a long time reader, genuinely appreciative of Krug for his empiricism, I know the chart deeply and what it's supposed to mean.

     Krug thinks if you get the interest rate right a good economy pops out. He sort of thinks that, or maybe he sort of does:

The usual caveats apply. Aggregate demand doesn't respond instantly to monetary policy, so this is a schematic, static representation of something that actually has hard-to-predict dynamics. We don't have really good estimates of the IS curve's slope or of the economy's maximum sustainable potential either, so if you ask, "how much would rates need to fall to achieve maximum employment" all we can provide is a modestly educated guess.

     See what I mean? You want to make policy on that? I would choose policy where the causal arrows are clear. It's interest rates that pop out of a good economy, not the reverse.

[greg]

This result (much more than the first version which put me deep into the libertarian left) reflects my centrist views more accurately.

I'm really glad to hear that, I might have to share this version of the test with more people, then.

[Florestan]

My result.

[ritter]

I suppose I'm a moderately authoritarian centrist   

[Florestan]

I suppose I'm a moderately authoritarian centrist   

Given that my authoritarian score is lesser than yours but my right score is greater than yours, I suppose I'm a moderately authoritarian centrist either.

But seriously now, authority without liberty is conceivable and historically documented but I very much doubt there can ever be liberty without authority.

[Florestan]

This result [...] reflects my centrist views more accurately.

Ditto. The older version put me too much to the left --- I have never ever identified myself as left (not even center-left), let alone leftist. Centrist, probably center-right is where I stand. In strictly Romanian terms, I identify myself as a Liberal. I've always voted a party called National Liberal Party, except when I voted a party called Liberal Democratic Party. For comparison, in Germany I'd vote CDU, in Spain PP,  in The Netherlands CDA and in the UK the Conservatives --- implying I agree with most but not the whole of their agendas.

[greg]

Interesting that everyone else scored above the authoritarian line.   

But IIRC the original test had a question like "Absolute power corrupts absolutely" which seems to be a saying most people probably agree with.
And this one had a question like "Having admirable people in positions of power (not corrupted) is a good thing" which again, probably most agree with.

That question seemed more realistic and reasonable IMO, and probably explains the push upwards.

[Stürmisch Bewegt]

My result was similar to yours....

(hopefully moderator will approve the attachment...)

Yay! Can world domination be far behind?   

Seriously, was surprised to see the survey designers use the word "Communism" in one of their questions when "Socialism" would seem to have been a more appropriate choice.  I suspect their use of the term is revelatory of some agenda. 

[SimonNZ]

I didn't get a red dot on my graph at the end.

Perhaps my results were off the chart.

[JBS]

My results
I tend to think of myself as being center right, but this puts me to the left

[71 dB]

I didn't get a red dot on my graph at the end.

Perhaps my results were off the chart.

Just like New Zealand is off the map. 

[Fëanor]

OK, here's me.  Slightly more Left and more Authoritarian than most (-- but don't call me a Commie  )

[André]

Can't post the image, but results are -2.33 and -0.33, with 4.69 on the progressive/conservative axis.

This must not be from a university. There are grammatical errors in the questions - or at least a glaring one.

[Herman]

This must not be from a university. There are grammatical errors in the questions - or at least a glaring one.

it's obviously not a serious test

[Karl Henning]

it's obviously not a serious test

"For entertainment purposes only."

[SimonNZ]

It seems to have a number of people scoring much more moderately than they express themselves. Flattering most everyone that they can call themselves "center".

[milk]

Hmm...against all the latest woke craziness of the left and still on the left?