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Where are you on the political spectrum?

  • Ultra right wing 5.01% (97 votes)
  • Generally right 22.95% (444 votes)
  • Middle of the road 24.55% (475 votes)
  • Generally left 32.51% (629 votes)
  • Ultra left wing 6.82% (132 votes)
  • Couldn't care less 8.17% (158 votes)

Comments

  1. Twirrim said on May 10 2009, 11:41 AM:

    The UK has been trying to have a 3 party system for a long time, but try as hard as they like the Lib Dems have never been able to make as much of an impact as they'd like, in no small part because the voting system in the uk (like in the USA) is non-proportional which forces people to vote tactically. For example: in my home region the Tories are strongest, with Labour usually getting anywhere between a half and 2/3rds of the votes the Tory candidate gets. If I want rid of the Tory candidate the only way I can vote is Labour, not Lib Dem because Labour is the only one with a chance of getting enough votes to overthrow the Tory candidate. One other quirk of the UK system is.. well as much as I'm left of centre and don't particularly like the Tory who is our MP, he's a lying slimy toad of a man, he really is the best MP for his constituents and he does a very good job supporting the local community and putting his oar in on political issues on behalf of his constituents. The Labour candidate is a bit of a nobody, appears at all the right social situations but never really seems to have anything particularly intelligent or witty to say, and never seems to campaign strongly for anything. All that means I vote against my political views. I'm also of the belief that no political view is perfect. Both have flaws one way or another, and for a countries health I think there needs to be a routine change of power from one side to the other because we're completely incapable of effectively balancing the two sides ourselves. Obama coming in to power is a good thing if nothing else than because he's a democrat after a period of republican rule. The UK is long overdue a swing to the right, and needs it, no matter how socialist my political views, bringing the Tories back into power. For expressing political view, I prefer the "Political Compass":http://www.politicalcompass.org/ rather than a straight left/right positioning. For the record I am: Economic Left/Right: -4.12 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.08 (mid left, slightly libertarian, scale is -10 <-> 10)

  2. Faxon said on May 10 2009, 10:01 AM:

    The best reporting on parties and the political process is available on Dan Carlin podcasts. He pisses of both parties, and demonstrates why a two party system is a really bad thing for America, since both parties strive to exclude any other choice. No third party candidates are even allowed to debate in Presidential elections, since debates, once coordinated by the impartial League of Women Voters, are now managed by the Congressional Committee on Presidential Debates, thereby quashing any third party participation. "Don't Tread On Me". More true now than ever before.

  3. John S said on May 10 2009, 09:19 AM:

    We would be better off without parties. Nothings worse then stagnation of our government. We need to start blaming people and not parties. It's obvious not all Democrats are bad and the same goes for Rebublicans. In fact on many issues I am sure some would be able to find middle ground and pass legislation. But because they feel forced to follow party lines they tend not to follow their common sense. We should have people elected for what they stand for and not what any party stands for. One thing is for certain, we cannot continue to have our government become so devided that it fails to do what it is suppose to do.


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