That's what I think of my aging self, too, Robin & Martin, just a
wishy-washy liberal type; it makes you wonder.... I seemed to be
out-lefted by only 3%....
Doug
On 24-Apr-05, at 10:05 AM, MJ Walker wrote:
> Like me, Robin, only moderately left on economics but otherwise only
> out-lefted by 4% of the population - and I had myself down as moderate
> left, since the anarchist pigeonhole wasn't available.
>
> Abraxas
> Robin Hamilton wrote:
>
>> <<
>> Of course I can't vote, but apparently it wouldn't count, as I'm in a
>> very small minority anyway... <g>
>>
>>
>>
>> At least in the UK, Doug, Lucky you.
>>
>> I've just tried this, and apparently I'm about as far to the left as a
>> rehabilitation/Internationalist as it gets. Which is a bit worrying
>> as I
>> see myself as more of a middle of the road wishy-washy liberal than
>> anything
>> else, so if *I'm* on the edge of the graph, the good lord knows what
>> it says
>> about the rest of the country.
>>
>> :-(
>>
>> Just as well I don't get out much.
>>
>> On the other hand, I seem to be smack in the middle of the
>> pro-war|free
>> market / socialist|anti-war axis.
>>
>> What am I doing wrong?
>>
>> The Freemartin
>>
>> On 23-Apr-05, at 4:51 PM, Dominic Fox wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> http://www.politicalsurvey2005.com/
>>>
>>> This one is interesting, if that sort of thing interests you, because
>>> it offers two axes for comparison. It is, apparently, possible to be
>>> simultaneously very "left-wing" and very "right-wing", depending on
>>> which set of issues you look at. No wonder people get confused.
>>>
>>> Dominic
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
Douglas Barbour
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