General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTake the Pew quiz to see what category you are in:
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/quiz/political-typology/Also, when you read their description of Faith and Flag Conservatives after you take the quiz, I think you will recognize a lot of Trump cultists.
Kaleva
(40,406 posts)Your best fit is
Establishment Liberals
along with 13% of the public
tblue37
(68,447 posts)phylny
(8,818 posts)TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)Miguelito Loveless
(5,849 posts)with only 6% of the populace.
SheilaAnn
(10,757 posts)Jerry2144
(3,303 posts)Green Line
(1,134 posts)Tracer
(2,769 posts)That surprised me a little. I thought most of the questions were just liberally framed.
crazylikafox
(2,939 posts)2naSalit
(103,788 posts)But I disagree with their criteria.
wryter2000
(47,940 posts)I thought I'd be more liberal than that, but Mainstay Democrat is good.
ARPad95
(1,672 posts)a kennedy
(36,235 posts)WillUSAF
(91 posts)Mossfern
(4,747 posts)Then I took the test again using the opposite answers that I did the first time around
and came out as a Faith and Flag Conservative.
It was interesting to see what the averages were though.
brush
(61,033 posts)sinkingfeeling
(57,943 posts)gab13by13
(32,601 posts)Is that you Bernie? Progressive left.
NewHendoLib
(61,888 posts)happybird
(5,403 posts)Your best fit is
Progressive Left
along with 6% of the public
Dave says
(5,450 posts)hunter
(40,806 posts)Nevertheless my public politics are always practical.
Anyone who says "both parties are the same" or throws their "progressive" vote away on some unelectable candidate hoping to send some kind of message needs to be smacked with a clue stick.
Politics is a messy business.
redstatebluegirl
(12,854 posts)Not a big surprise.
CottonBear
(21,615 posts)Chautauquas
(4,492 posts)Greybnk48
(10,743 posts)The word establishment strikes me as mildly insulting. Anyone else?
spooky3
(38,787 posts)highplainsdem
(62,820 posts)I'm fine with the label.
tinrobot
(12,104 posts)I answered a few questions that we could 'work within the system' to solve problems.
I guess that makes me establishment. Sure, whatever.
hunter
(40,806 posts)... there's only what works.
Sometimes you have to refuse to move to the back of the bus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks
tinrobot
(12,104 posts)That's where I was going with it. I'm all for radical change, but not so keen on tossing out the Constitution.
But, apparently, that makes me "establishment". OK.
hunter
(40,806 posts)But it has to be a measured approach. The "system" of Rosa Park's time was legally oppressing people who were not white and the white majority tacitly supported that oppression. People seeking progress had to step outside of that system to shed light on the injustice of it.
On the other hand storming the Capital Building to overturn a legitimate election is not a measured response. It doesn't matter if it's fascists and white supremacists or radical leftists who are scaling the walls.
I agree with you, the question was ambiguous, but it does highlight a difference between "conservative" and "liberal" Democrats.
hedda_foil
(17,001 posts)highplainsdem
(62,820 posts)Maeve
(43,486 posts)Left on!
NavyDem
(571 posts)I describe myself as socially liberal, and fiscally conservative. The term "Establishment" has become more a slur directed at people that are more into incremental change.
Some of the questions presented were way too black and white. For example, the question about prison time. I selected not enough, based on the fact that too many white, or wealthy individuals that do not serve enough time for the crimes they commit. The problem however, is that there is no room for nuance. As we all know, POCs are disproportionately given harsher sentences for the same crimes.
cachukis
(4,052 posts)malaise
(297,455 posts)Patton French
(1,824 posts)maxsolomon
(39,014 posts)Seriously.
Love, A Progressive Left.
gristy
(10,733 posts)sarisataka
(22,774 posts)As expected
Bettie
(19,806 posts)though, I know that our little 6% corner is despised by many.
usajumpedtheshark
(673 posts)wackadoo wabbit
(1,307 posts)When I take the Political Compass test, I'm always far to the left of Bernie!
bif
(27,122 posts)Coventina
(29,865 posts)DiamondShark
(1,167 posts)Chellee
(2,301 posts)BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Works for me
myccrider
(484 posts)which isnt surprising, but I agree that many of the questions choices lacked nuance. For example, I answered the prison sentence question as "too long" because of the mass incarceration of POCs and drug sentencing but I also think that rich/influential people get away with a huge amount of crime and arent held accountable. I also think "increased trade" has been a mixed bag for working people because there were few, if any, regulations to protect workers from income loss while trade increased. So trade could have been increased (maybe not as much) without huge losses if the govt had effectively mitigated the impact.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Not playing, thanks.
GoCubsGo
(34,977 posts)Especially when they're put out by organizations whose main purpose is to harvest data.