That Pew Research test was surprisingly un-Pew quality in my opinion. I wonder what they expect to accomplish by gathering data with such a simple, ambiguous test.
Only in the States am I considered so far left. In Europe I would be considered left of center. This tells me that the US has become so far right that they have become unrealistic and out of step in their views compared to the rest of the world. Fifty years ago, I would have been considered a Kennedy Liberal in the States. We are goosestepping into dangerous territory and those of our population who’ve not experienced America much longer than 35 years don’t even realize it, nor are they able to see it. But a few sense it despite the revisionism of our history since the Reagan era.
I like Bella’s test better, but still, some of the questions were a bit uncomfortable when one thinks how the answers may be interpreted.
Economic Left/Right: -4.5
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.59
One square on the graph right of Ghandi. I can live with that. But I don’t like the Libertarian label at all. I see neither Ghandi nor I anywhere near the Libertarian camp as it is interpreted in the States. Possibly by the Euro definition.
Both Ghandi and I were committed to Social Democracy in this crowded and hungry world. And that is the simplest and most accurate description for where I stand.