A little quiz for those of you who (like me) obviously have too much time on your hands, and who for some reason need a transparent internet quiz to tell you what you probably already know.
The Center For American Progress has prepared this quiz so you can tell how progressive you are! They’re all fairly obvious questions about (mainly) US policies and general social values.
I scored 352 out of 400, “extremely progressive.” Not a surprise. Average score for Americans is 209.5.
On their little graph of different groups along a progressivity (I know that’s not really a word but I don’t care) scale, the highest group was Liberal Democrats with an average of 247.1. Wow, I guess I am extremely progressive, for my country. Just one more illustration of how I feel there’s no political group or movement that really reflects my values in my home country. Sigh.
I would be interested to see how people from other countries score on this. So if you’re a non-American and you take it, let me know your score!!
March 14, 2009 at 4:41 pm
Oh well I scored 80/400 I guess that means I’m EXTREMELY conservative and I’m an evil hatemonger, racist, moron, or whatever adjective “progressives” want to put in this place is fine. Call me names all you want I guess I just won’t be as enlightened by the “world’s view”. Oh Well!
March 14, 2009 at 4:53 pm
Whoa dude! No name calling here! At least not by me! If you promised not to assume I think you’re evil, i bet we could have very interesting and civil conversations.
March 14, 2009 at 5:38 pm
Hi guiri,
I did the test and I got 321 points…
I guess in Europe certain things are more accepted than in the US (in other tests, for instance, i guess we would score lower)…
Thank you for sharing it!
)
Regards from Amsterdam,
Paquito.
March 14, 2009 at 7:56 pm
362, but I am Swedish, so anything below 300 on something so USA-centric would’ve surprised me.
March 15, 2009 at 5:37 pm
I took the quiz from a foreign (Swedish) perspective and scored 280. Guess I am pretty cool too huh?
March 16, 2009 at 9:41 am
As an Englishman I scored 270. Interesting quiz I looks like Belbin like to me, I think I scored lower than some because of my corporate views
Oh well.
March 16, 2009 at 2:53 pm
331/400 (English). Guess that makes me some kind of Commie.
I found too many of the statements tended to lend themselves to extreme answers and some of them bordered on truisms. The homosexuality question, for instance, doesn’t really lend itself to nuance. Ditto the “life begins”.
March 16, 2009 at 3:13 pm
I will agree to that because I feel that BOTH sides feel that they are doing what is best for the country. I just wish we could come to an agreement without going to extremes. Sorry, but I have been called so many things on this site because I don’t have a liberal philosophy. So I tend to protect myself first then open up as I feel there is a mutual respect.
March 19, 2009 at 11:17 pm
I done the test and got 261/400 (Very Progressive)I am from the United Kingdom, and feel that all governments need to rethink there roles on the world stage. Capitalism like all the other Isms relies on a lower and upper class system.
The world should be divided up in to economic zones where each zone and nation has a specific output, task and responsibility, no competition or price wars, currency should be at a set limit with a different banking system to the current one, and every single person on the planet reaps the rewards.
March 26, 2009 at 12:19 pm
344 – an Australian, thought mainly of Australia when the questions said US. Think in Australia you would get a very wide spread of views.
May 16, 2009 at 6:22 pm
I managed 278/400 (Very progressive); I’m from the UK.
Some questions were a little confusing to me, maybe because of limited experience and being US-centric.
“Religious faith should focus more on promoting tolerance, social justice and peace in society, and less on opposing abortion or gay rights”
If I disagree with that, am I saying that religions should focus more on opposing abortion and gay rights ? It’s a completely nonsensical question; religious faith should should focus on whatever people /believe/ in… maybe there are people that think that faith should or should not do certain things, but how are you meant to answer a question that you have no place commenting on ?
May 21, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Ooooh, you beat me! I only got 351. My excuse is that I’m old, and the conventional wisdom is that people tend to get more conservative as they age. [So when I was your age I probably would've maxed out, right?]
As others have noted, most of these issues require a lot more nuanced presentation than this. But if you look at such a quiz as just a fun exercise, and use it to explore the Why behind your thinking, it can be helpful.
May 24, 2009 at 7:01 pm
262 From Canada
I guess I live too close to the USA