Palmer's Ozpolitics Political Test

Bryan has a new political test up that he is seeking beta testers for . It tests to see how closely your beliefs on political issues align with the political parties.

These were my results . Seemed fairly accurate to me, or at least my perception of my political alignment. I am pretty much disenfranchised by all political parties, but that tends to happen when you face each issue on its merits rather than following dogma, credo or rote doctrine.

In party preference, Andrew Bartlett would be happy;

One Nation 49.5%
Family First 43.7%
National Party 53.5%
Liberal Party 51.2%
Labor Party 59.8%
Australian Democrats 64.3%
The Greens 52.6%

But as the test noted, none are above 65% which suggests I have no strong alignment, or preference for any party.

In political outlook I come out centre-left. In economic policy it was centre, as was social policy, and traditional values were left. Bryan has used the left/right spectrum as progressive vs conservative. So a left lean in traditional values signifies a belief that the state should not be involved in enforcing morals etc.

Good test.

cam

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avocadia: No neutral position:

Or if there was, you had to look for it outside of the rest of the options. Which meant no fence-sitting, or no ability to have no opinion, or to be unsure - you\'re either slightly for or slightly against. I don\'t care what professional pollsters might say, I believe the results from a test with no neutral position are bogus.

Anyway, apparently I should be paying the Democrats, the Greens and Labor some dues.

ranomatic: Neutral Position: The lack of a neutral position bothered me as well, so I tried taking the poll twice and changing my neutral answers between slightly for and slightly against. Looks like if you don\'t have any strong opinions, the Democrats get the nod. I will try it again as an extremist just to see the result.

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