Political Views
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Topic: Political Views
Posted By: FionaS
Subject: Political Views
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 12:17pm
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If you have some time on your hands, or feel like some intellectual stimulation, give this a go. Some of the questions are really thought provocing (some of them, IMO, are not well worded either). Quite relevant given the upcoming election.
http://www.politicalcompass.org/test - Political Compass - Where do you sit? ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 12:37pm
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I did it aaaaaages ago, but in case you need it:
http://www.politicalcompass.org/nz2005 - NZ Political Party Compass |
Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 12:43pm
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Ironically, I doubt very much I would vote for any parties who sit in a similar position on the compass to where my views apparently sit. According to that test, I tend to vote for parties who are in an opposite corner!!!
Why? Because I think many parties have seem to have a social agenda that overrides where they theoretically sit. Does that make sense??? ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 12:43pm
| Yuhuh. It does. |
Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 1:01pm
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Or maybe I'm just confuzzled! LOL. ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 1:28pm
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YAY...I am a modern day Gandhi!! LOL ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 1:28pm
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AND I will have to vote for the Greens! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: DJ
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 1:32pm
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Thanks - that was very good!
Liberal leftist here, and my dot is in about the same place as Greens (and I vote green). Interesting where Labour sits - towards the right! And I was surprised to see the lack of liberalness (if that is a word) of the Maori party. ETA - just saw that NZ positions were 2005. Would be interesting to see that updated. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: DJ
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 1:35pm
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Roksana - very important to party vote green, or according to the latest polls they won't even get 5%!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Jay_R
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 1:42pm
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Hey, I'm Ghandi too!
Funny, cos while I do agree with a lot of their policies, I am surprised that the Greens are the party I 'apparently' am closest to in core beliefs. Thanks for that - really interesting. |
Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 1:55pm
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No surprises there. I'm a left-libertarian (my dot's a bit higher up than the greens so I'm not nearly as liberal as them).
BTW I was completely shocked by the number of racist questions in there - does racism really come into play in NZ politics or are they there for other countries? -------------  
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Posted By: surfergirl
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 2:10pm
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Hmmmm - v. interesting. Just confirmed a few things for me.
Thanks! ------------- http://www.alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: sherbert
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 2:59pm
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I am more liberal than ghandi, and a little less liberal than the dali lama. ------------- nearly nuts |
Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 3:21pm
Wow Im more liberal than I imagined 
However I couldnt bring myself to vote Green .. I cant stand Sue Bradford  ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 3:42pm
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Jo - Yah I was surprised at those questions too... but I thought these were NZ First related questions....I could be wong! And my Dot was higher than Greens tooo.. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 5:13pm
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I'm almost bang in the centre, but somewhat left. Where does it refer to what party vote? -------------  |
Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 5:19pm
| There were too many big words and complicated phrases |
Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 7:11pm
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I'm exactly where the Green's dot is! Whoa freaky. Most of us seem to have the same result so far..... hmmmm.......
Busymum the party vote chart is on the link that nikki posted. Kelly have to agree, lots of big words! I had to think hard for some of them! ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Jennz
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 8:02pm
Haha I'm more left wing/liberal than the Greens and Ghandi! I always vote green anyway- guess going by that I don't have much choice!  ------------- Jen, Charlotte 7 & Kate 3 
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Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 8:14pm
| Hmm it said I'm nearest the greens - yeah right! |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 8:28pm
| i'm the dalai lama apparently. |
Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 9:09pm
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I was suprised to find I am much more of a "lefty" and a liberal than I thought I was!
I got the impression that the test itself was coming from a US/UK kind of viewpoint. And since moving overseas I have realised that as kiwis (and as a country) we seem to be a bit more "left of centre" than we realise ------------- SJ Callum - Dec 2008 Daniel - Oct 2010 |