Heh. 80% personal, 20% economic, puts me smack in the middle of the Left Liberal quadrant. But I think the quiz itself is a bit skewed, in that it frames the entire debate in terms of the Libertarians' choosing.
There's a longer, but I think better thought out, quiz here, to match you to the Presidential candidate closest to your views. (Though it matched me to a guy I had pegged as a loon from early on, so I can't speak to its accuracy really.)
Your Personal Self-Government Score is 70%.
Your Economic Self-Government Score is 20%.
"Left Liberal"
I'm a lefty through and through! Well, that and a slight lean toward Libertarianism.
Your Personal Self-Government Score is 100%.
Your Economic Self-Government Score is 40%.
Just look at where that red dot shows up: http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz/s100_040.gif
The problem with the presidential candidate quiz is it doesn't take competence into account. I don't just want a president who shares my ideological views (I don't know that I want that at all, really), but I do want one who is competent. Oh yes, and electable.
Ammy, my graph was the same as your except my dot was one closer to the center.
The candidate quiz is interesting. I understand what you are saying Kevin, but it at least gives me an idea that I can build from. Not that some of it I didn't already know. As in: Bush only full fills my needs 9%. Its good to know that Kerry has me 75%. If someone was perfect, I would be scared and I know he wouldn't be elected.
I think that the candidate ranking is helpful, because then I know who would be good for me and then I just need to figure out who I think is electable. I just hope no one uses this quiz as an excuse not to look into the candidate or the issues more. It's a cool starting place, but thats it.
Thanks for both quizzes! They were fun. I was 100% Personal Self-Government, 20% Economic Self-Government, and Kerry fills my needs (ooh baby!... or was that, yuck!?) 83%. Another thing that can skew the score... not being completely familiar with every issue that you're questioned about. And since social issues (gay rights and gender equality topping my list) have always been more important to me than economic ones (although arts and education funding and campaign finance reform are not a joke to me), it's not surprising that I was more likely to answer 'no opinion' or 'maybe' on economic questions. I wonder how different my scores would be if I knew more?
*sigh* Here in Pittsburgh it's 3 in the morning and I'm watching an episode of The West Wing from Season 1 on DVD, wishing that Jed Bartlet really was my president. *laugh* See how sad I've gotten since Ra and Kevin abandoned me for Sunny CA?
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