The Political Compass

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"There's abundant evidence for the need of it. The old one-dimensional categories of 'right' and 'left' , established for the seating arrangement of the French National Assembly of 1789, are overly simplistic for today's complex political landscape. For example, who are the 'conservatives' in today's Russia? Are they the unreconstructed Stalinists, or the reformers who have adopted the right-wing views of conservatives like Margaret Thatcher ?"

WHERE DO YOU STAND?

Over the years I've grown to wonder if there was some way to measure a individual's political leanings. It's not a simple left or right thing. Often you will hear people say things like I'm such and such liberal but such and such conservative. Confusing to say the least. I've considered making up some kind of questionnaire that would do this but never got beyond that. Today I stumbled across this site which kind of does what I was thinking about. It's a harmless fun thing to try out.