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DemocratSinceBirth

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30. I am not one of the "you must vote as I say" brigade.

Sun May 24, 2015, 02:27 PM

May 2015

All I am saying is that politicians carry different burdens than us. They have the burden of actually getting elected and getting votes from people that don't think like they really do.

Kind of like the Beach Boy I alluded to. He can make all the music he wants but it isn't going to do him any good if nobody wants to listen to it.

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My spot: 99Forever May 2015 #1

So we were both at about the same data point as Gandhi./NT DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #2

Fascinating. 99Forever May 2015 #7

And Mandela./NT DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #8

Not bad company to be in. 99Forever May 2015 #10

This is interesting DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #12

Me: bigwillq May 2015 #3

silly. cali May 2015 #4

Why is the test silly?/NT DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #5

I've done so many times. LWolf May 2015 #6

Economic Left/Right: -8.63 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.67 Tierra_y_Libertad May 2015 #9

This is interesting DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #11

I suppose. I voted for Jull Stein in 2012. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2015 #13

Everybody who has taken the test so far is to the left of the Socialist parties./NT DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #15

Good. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2015 #18

I suspect that a lot of so called centrist politicians if they took the test... DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #20

Political expediencey and just plain hypocrisy explains that. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2015 #25

Your vote is something else. DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #26

I've voted in 23 federal elections. My vote has never decided the outcome of any of them. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2015 #28

I am not one of the "you must vote as I say" brigade. DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #30

As I said, political expediency and hypocrisy explains that. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2015 #37

Then why are you here on DU? Isn't there a Socialist/Green Underground where people advance those okaawhatever May 2015 #19

Because I'm a Democrat. How about you? Tierra_y_Libertad May 2015 #21

Tierra can believe what he wants... DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #22

No, that's not the only rule. This site is to support Democrats and the Democratic party. If an okaawhatever May 2015 #24

If that's the rule and it is strictly enforced there will be five of us posting./NT DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #27

I do vote for Democrats. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2015 #38

I seem to drift farther left every time I take this. Ruby the Liberal May 2015 #14

I believe I started, several years ago, from a -3 and -5 to where I am now. DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #17

Done: okaawhatever May 2015 #16

Similar to many here... Dem2 May 2015 #23

Funny -- I thought all 1%ers were still conservatives... brooklynite May 2015 #29

They are coming for me soon... awoke_in_2003 May 2015 #31

You are almost off the chart. DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #32

At one time I thought I was a republican... awoke_in_2003 May 2015 #36

Economic Left/Right: -9.5 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.92 BainsBane May 2015 #33

Economic Left/Right: -8.63 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.64 Lyric May 2015 #34

-9.25/-7.49. Pretty accurate. ms liberty May 2015 #35

Authoritarian....up their ass. ileus May 2015 #39

Meh, pretty close to the last few times I took the test. Lancero May 2015 #40

-9.75, -10.41. I didn't know a score below -10 was possible... GliderGuider May 2015 #41

my results. hrmjustin May 2015 #42

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Economic Left/Right: -8.25 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.44 NutmegYankee May 2015 #45

Economic: -5.88, Social -1.23 Rochester May 2015 #46

Mine Populist_Prole May 2015 #47

Nearly in the middle Omnith May 2015 #48