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In reply to the discussion: I've decided to become a Demotarian [View all]truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)that it is candidates from the 2008 election. In the 2012 election Obama's position had moved--based on his policies and actions--to right up there by Mittens.
Also want to point out that Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama are all clustered around Nader, Kucinich and you, Mnpaul.
Also want to point out that everyone I have shown this to, who has taken the test and found his or her own position on the graph, was lower down and to the left of our fearless leaders. Everyone. Including my bigoted anti-minority anti-gay redneck BIL in Alabama.
(One thing I've begged this site (politicalcompass.org) to do is include past leaders like FDR, Eisenhower, and Nixon to give us an historical perspective. But I think they are just a bunch of guys from the UK doing it for free...)
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