The Worlds Smallest Political Quiz

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Worlds Smallest Political Quiz : Examine the following 10 statements. Respond with Y if you agree, M for maybe or sometimes, and N if you disagree.

Personal Issues Y M N

1) Military service should be voluntary (no draft).

2) Government should not control radio, TV, the press, or the Internet.

3) Repeal regulations on sex for consenting adults.

4) Drug laws do more harm than good. Repeal them.

5) Let peaceful people cross borders freely.

Economic Issues Y M N

6) Businesses and farms should operate without government subsidies.

7) People are better off with free trade than with tariffs.

8) Minimum wage laws cause unemployment. Repeal them.

9) End taxes. Pay for services with user fees.

10) All foreign aid should be privately funded.

For the personal issues, figure 20 points for each Y answer, 10 points for each M, and 0 points for each N. Figure a separate score for the economic issues (20 for each Y, 10 for each M and 0 for each N). Using your two scores as indications of your level of self-government in personal and economic issues, find your location in the political grid above.

Centrists favor selective government intervention and emphasize practical solutions to current problems. They tend to keep an open mind on new issues. Many centrists feel that government serves as a check on excessive liberty.

Libertarians are self-governors in both personal and economic matters. They believe government¹s only purpose is to protect people from coercion and violence. They value individual responsibility, and tolerate economic and social diversity.

Left-Liberals prefer self-government in personal matters and central decision-making on economics. They want government to serve the disadvantaged in the name of fairness. Leftists tolerate social diversity, but work for economic equality.

Right-conservatives prefer self-government on economic issues, but want official standards in personal matters. They want the government to defend the community from threats to its moral fiber.

Authoritarians want government to advance society and individuals through expert central planning. They often doubt whether self-government is practical. Left-authoritarians are also called socialists, while fascists are right-authoritarians.

Copyright © 1995-96 Advocates for Self-Government, Inc. OK to reprint quiz as-is with credit to the Advocates. The Self-Government Compass is adapted from an original idea by David Nolan.

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