It's hard to tell since the test is not well designed. For example, the first question is If economic globalisation is inevitable, it should primarily serve humanity rather than the interests of trans-national corporations. which assumes that the interests of humanity are not the same as trans-national corporations. This is clearly not an either/or situation since corporations are run by people who are part of humanity. The phrasing indicates their bias.
Asking whether or not the U.S. is to the right of center is a pointless question along the lines of "how high is up?". I.e., the answer depends entirely on where you zero the scale.
You should have read the FAQ - it will answer both these points. Not reading their FAQ just makes you look careless.
They both are "right wing" but I'll grant you that Kennedy may be left of center in the US, because the US may be a right wing country. I say "may" because that's really only an assumption.
If 1000 random Americans took the Poltical Compass test, I wonder where the true center of American politics would lie? My experience is that many people who take this test find themselves less right wing than they thought they were. They self-identify as right wing based on a few issues (perhaps taxation, or free trade, or abortion) but in other areas their sympathy is left wing.
In any case, it is hard to denegrate Dean as being "far left" when his position is so close to the "moderate" Lieberman, and right of Clark.
"Dean is far-left" is a standard right-wing straw man. Dean is not *even* left. Check out Political Compass's analysis of 2004 Pres. Candidates for a little perspective.
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It's hard to tell since the test is not well designed. For example, the first question is If economic globalisation is inevitable, it should primarily serve humanity rather than the interests of trans-national corporations. which assumes that the interests of humanity are not the same as trans-national corporations. This is clearly not an either/or situation since corporations are run by people who are part of humanity. The phrasing indicates their bias.
Asking whether or not the U.S. is to the right of center is a pointless question along the lines of "how high is up?". I.e., the answer depends entirely on where you zero the scale.
You should have read the FAQ - it will answer both these points. Not reading their FAQ just makes you look careless.
This test is likely rigged. What can you expect from something that places all but the most extreme leftists "right of center" ?
That's a good attitude. If a test doesn't agree with something we that we already just *know* is true than it must be flawed.
They both are "right wing" but I'll grant you that Kennedy may be left of center in the US, because the US may be a right wing country. I say "may" because that's really only an assumption.
If 1000 random Americans took the Poltical Compass test, I wonder where the true center of American politics would lie? My experience is that many people who take this test find themselves less right wing than they thought they were. They self-identify as right wing based on a few issues (perhaps taxation, or free trade, or abortion) but in other areas their sympathy is left wing.
In any case, it is hard to denegrate Dean as being "far left" when his position is so close to the "moderate" Lieberman, and right of Clark.
"Dean is far-left" is a standard right-wing straw man. Dean is not *even* left. Check out Political Compass's analysis of 2004 Pres. Candidates for a little perspective.