Here is the link to the quiz: http://www.isidewith.com/political-quiz
This quiz matches your views on certain issues, such as social, economic, foreign policy, etc., with different parties. This quiz also asks you to rank how important these issues are to you, and then compares your preferences to those of different parties. Once you take the quiz, this website gives you a great breakdown on which parties you agree most with and on what specific issues. It gives you a percentage of how many of your views agree with each party, as well as providing a graph that breaks your stance down by issue. This website also tells you where you place on the ideological scale, and other places in California where other voters are most likely to agree with you.
I took this quiz myself and found that my views align the most with the Democrat and Green parties. If anyone else wants to take the quiz I would be interested to see which party(s) you agree with!
This was a really interesting quiz to take. I actually hadn't considered many of these issues until just now. I also ended up siding most with the Democrat and Green parties.
ReplyDeleteThanks for finding this quiz, Jenny! It brought up some really interesting issues some that I have thought of before and some that I haven't. Although, the results that I got were was what I originally supported. The results sided me mainly with the Democratic and Green parties like Annie because of their stance on environmental and social issues mainly.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great post Jenny! I was surprised how many questions focused on environmental and immigration problems. My views ended up reflecting a mix of all parties.
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ReplyDeleteThat was a really cool quiz, thanks for sharing Jenny. I got mostly Green and Democrat, as well. I thought it was interesting that there was a question in the quiz specifcially about Common Core, which is what all of us are taking this week. I didn't really think about Common Core as a political issue, I only saw it as more of a student and education issue. It is nice to know that the debate about Common Core is nationwide. Based on student discussions about Common Core here at LAHS, I have found that a lot of juniors are against the new SBAC testing. According to the Washington Post, more than half of the surveyed teachers didn't support the new Common Core.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/08/19/poll-common-core-support-among-teachers-plummets-with-fewer-than-half-supporting-it/
This was a cool quiz. I normally thought of myself as a republican, but this quiz classified me as a green and democrat. I didn't rank any of my answers for importance so that could have been part of the reason, but mainly, the questions didn't focus too much on the economy, which include the main republican policies that I support. Anyhow, thanks for the link
ReplyDeleteI was curious about the Green Party because we all hear about the Democrats and Republicans, but very rarely about the Green Party. Apparently, the Green Party has very liberal views on a variety of social issues. According to their website, they are "committed to environmentalism, non-violence, social justice and grassroots organizing." I imagine this would be a party that many people in our school identify with because the Bay Area is known for its liberal politics.
ReplyDeleteI took the quiz this morning and I found it very interesting. The final question about the candidates for the 2016 election was odd. They had Elizabeth Warren, Hillary Clinton, and Bernie Sanders as the first three options, and then they had four Republicans. In those four they had Ben Carson, but not Jeb Bush or Marco Rubio. Bush and Rubio are consistently ahead of Carson in polls, but this quiz put them under the "Other stances" option. They also didn't even have Carly Fiorina as an option, yet they had Sarah Palin. I ended up aligning with the Republican/Constitution Party, which was not a surprise.
ReplyDeleteGreen Party represent!!! I discovered the Green Party's platform while doing an English project about a year ago and their liberal perspectives largely line up with my personal views. There are a few reasons I wouldn't vote for them in the national election, however. The first of these reasons would be that voting for a third party is essentially a wasted vote. When one votes for an extremely conservative/liberal party, they take away votes from the more moderate parties (the Democrats and Republican parties). If the Green Party ended up getting 1.5% in the national election and the Democrats got 49%, the Republicans would walk away with a conservative victory (49.5%) even if the majority of the nation voted more liberal.The second reason I wouldn't vote for the GP is because while their platform is fantastic, it's too idealist and simply unsustainable. Their policies would simply never work on the global scale, no matter how beautiful they may appear to be on the inside.
ReplyDeleteBernie Sanders, the self proclaimed "Democratic-Socialist" is currently my favorite candidate (unless Warren announces, that may change may change my preference). His policies align with the opinion of much of Americas youth and his economic and social reform suggestions are tried and true (Europe, specifically the Scandinavian countries). If America's youth were to show up to voting polls, Sanders would be a leading candidate. A big problem for Sanders is that young people don't vote in masses and the electorate is still dominated by 40+ year olds. Make sure your voice is heard no matter who you support in 2016, even if it's not Bernie Sanders!!! Your vote and your voice count!
Along with many of the people who commented, my political views were, as expected, also solidly on the left. I had actually taken a similar quiz years ago and got mostly independent and actually a bit to the right. It's interesting to see that as you get older, your viewpoints and positions can change. What do you think allows people to change their views?
ReplyDeleteWhat does it say about the system that the first time I tried to do this, my computer crashed?
ReplyDeleteThe second time around, I had the same results that most of you have found: Green party, closely followed by the Democrats. I did find that while I do agree on a lot of social issues with the Green Party, I also found a few things that I strongly disagree with them on. For instance, they are very strong supporters of A boycott and divestment of Israel, which prompted a rather funny reaction when the branch of the Green Party in Israel found out. (see here: http://www.green-party.org.il/public_statement.htm).
I agree with Andreas, I would probably never vote for the Green Party, because they have no shot at winning, so a vote for them is a waste of a vote, allowing for a less worthy candidate to gain an advantage.
Cool post I had never really thought about where I stood on most of the issues brought up in this quiz. Being from a split political family, my mother being a registered democrat and my father being republican, we don't really talk about political issues. I sided more with the democratic and green parties because I care more about social issues and the environment than about economics and other business concerns.
ReplyDeleteThis is interesting. I never really involved myself with politics, although I always suspected I was somewhat of a democrat. However, the result I received said Green Party, followed by Democrats. Although I matched with the Green Party on many issues, I disagreed with them on others and could never really be an avid supporter. I think the algorithm should take into account party popularity (because it really is a thing that matters, no matter how much people try to deny it) to try to get more realistic results. Thanks for posting, Jenny!
ReplyDeleteI wasn't surprised with my results. I was democratic on domestic, enviornmental, immigration, economic, and healthcare issues and republican on foreign policy issues. I thought it was really cool how I could compare myself to other people who took the test in the Bay Area and throughout the country. According to the United States map which showed which areas in the U.S. my results were most similar with, my results were most similar with the Bay Area's views. This isn't surprising considering I am a relatively liberal person and the Bay Area is a very liberal area.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't surprised with my results. I was democratic on domestic, enviornmental, immigration, economic, and healthcare issues and republican on foreign policy issues. I thought it was really cool how I could compare myself to other people who took the test in the Bay Area and throughout the country. According to the United States map which showed which areas in the U.S. my results were most similar with, my results were most similar with the Bay Area's views. This isn't surprising considering I am a relatively liberal person and the Bay Area is a very liberal area.
ReplyDeleteVery nice post! I wasn't terribly surprised by my results. But I did find this valuable in terms of establishing clearly for myself what my stance is on specific issues. I am going to be voting next year, so I really did find this a valuable resource in establishing the why and wherefore of my opinions. It was also really cool that the quiz has neutral descriptions of each of the issues so even if you don't know a lot about the issue then you have a chance to decide where you stand.
ReplyDeleteVery nice post! I wasn't terribly surprised by my results. But I did find this valuable in terms of establishing clearly for myself what my stance is on specific issues. I am going to be voting next year, so I really did find this a valuable resource in establishing the why and wherefore of my opinions. It was also really cool that the quiz has neutral descriptions of each of the issues so even if you don't know a lot about the issue then you have a chance to decide where you stand.
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