Democrat – You believe that there should be a free market which is reigned in by a modest state beaurocracy. You think that capitalism has some good things, but that those it helps should be obliged to help out their fellow man a little. Your historical role model is Franklin Roosevelt.
Which political sterotype are you?
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I got Green (i.e., Nader), which is not surprising considering that I seem to regularly fall to the left of you on the political spectrum.
I got Nader, too, which I don’t think makes any sense at all.
Al-Muhajabah, yours seems right. Didn’t you vote Nader in 2000 as well?
Andrew: You need to stop taking these quizzes. First, you are not a geek and now you are a Green! What’s happening?
Actually, I didn’t vote Nader but believe me I would do so now in a minute, and to hell with all those rationalizations about voting for someone who actually has a chance to win.
I didn’t used to be quite as radical as I am now but I have become extremely disillusioned with both the major parties in the last year and a half, to the point that I’m seriously looking for alternatives.
To tell you the truth, I don’t really fit easily into any particular political category. Economically, I tend to be more conservative and I really like some of the things libertarians like Jim Henley have to say about government. As you can see from my recent post about abortion, I’m not comfortable with a lot of the pro-choice positions. Those are all reasons I sometimes find it an awkward fit with liberals.
My views are closest with them about war and civil liberties, which happen to be the major issues right now. Also, there are a lot of conservatives that I might otherwise agree with but I have a hard time swallowing their views about war, civil liberties, or Islam.
In other words, I’m all over the political map sometimes. Right now I’m in a particularly liberal phase and unless there’s a drastic change in circumstances I look to be there for the foreseeable future, but I’ve been through other phases as well.
Al-Muhajabah:
A single left-right spectrum is usually not enough to define anyone’s views. People’s views are much more complex.
Jim Henley’s posts make sense to me as well most of the time, though I am not as suspicious of the state as he is. I consider myself a moderate liberal on economic and social issues and somewhat libertarian on civil liberties.
I don’t really understand the obsession with abortion in American politics. For me, it is a non-issue. Plus my views on abortion are sort of middle of the road which doesn’t make sense to most people. I am ok with it early on but not close to viability. I am not exactly sure where to draw the line though.
Yeah, that’s true. My dad is a libertarian like Henley is while my mom is more mainstream conservative with some libertarian tendencies. My sister is far more liberal, especially on social issues, than I am, although I think we’ve been moving towards each other for several years.
I’ve been thinking about posting on this to my blog but I haven’t yet found quite the right way to phrase it.