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The red dot above represents where I sit on the graph that plots one's political views on two axes: economic issues (from the extreme left to the extreme right) and social issues (from the extreme authoritarian to the extreme libertarian). You answer a series of questions at The Political Compass and then get your results in the form of a graph, like my results above. I showed up on the graph about where I expected to show up, so the thing seems pretty accurate to me.
The graph below from The Political Compass indicates I am fairly deeply inside the "Libertarian Left" quadrant:
(I am not a member of the Libertarian Party, which belongs in the "Libertarian Right" quadrant. [Libertarians, as in members of the Libertarian Party, are socially liberal but are as economically tight, if not tighter, than typical Republicans.])
The Political Compass also plots some famous political figures on the graph:
Note that I appear to have out-Libertarian Lefted the Dalai Lama (and I answered each question honestly and to the best of my ability). I out-Libertarian Lefted Gandhi, too, as he is plotted on another graph on the Website.
Anyway, I found out about The Political Compass at fellow Salon weblogger Jan Haugland's Secular Blasphemy. It should take you no more than about 10 minutes to answer the questions on your political views and then find out where you appear on the graph.
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