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[Dill]

(07-24-2017, 07:24 AM)Bengalzona Wrote: The poll is skewed. They all are. Also, as you pointed out, people generally have ad-hoc opinions on issues and those change, sometimes quite often. A poll collecting a few of your opinions doesn't define you so that others can label you correctly. That is why I take these with a grain of salt.

I think there is something to be said for this one, though. Most people agreed with their results, insofar as they understood them. That in itself is not proof of accuracy, of course, since one's desire to be on one point in the spectrum may skew one's answers to produce that desired result.

Also, a number of the questions are not ones upon which people have ad hoc opinions. E.g. most people have fixed views on state vs private ownership of the means of production or state intervention in the economy. To their credit, the creators of this exercise understand it is not perfect and encourage feedback and suggestions. Measuring and labeling political views is inherently difficult since one person may be, for example, pro-life and pro welfare at the same time.

Overall, I think it was not a bad diagnostic exercise, which helped all of us understand more about our political investments, whether we knew we had them or not. 

So thanks to SSF for starting an interesting thread.