Where does AO lie on the Political Compass?

[1stdeadeye]

Sam you are right.

A professor told me once while I was in college that if you are not a democrat when you are young and in school, you are heartless. However if you are not a republican by the time you are 30 you are foolish.

[shartley]

Originally posted by impostal22
want another statistic?? older people who graduated from college with >=masters tend to lean more left, while those older people who didn't go to college lean more right. further, those older people who are in the upper tax brackets tend to lean more right, while those in the mid to lower tend to lean more left.

i'm not even going to get into the implications of that, sam

LOL You would actually be very close in your "implications". And I am not ashamed of it.

Originally posted by 1stdeadeye
Sam you are right.

A professor told me once while I was in college that if you are not a democrat when you are young and in school, you are heartless. However if you are not a republican by the time you are 30 you are foolish.

[Crime Dog]

Heh. I must be one of those "heartless" people then. I've always been on the right/republican side of things.

[InexactMelissa]

-2.25 / -2.05

[Cryer]

Economic Left/Right: -3.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 2.00

[Fred]

2.62/3.79

[TransMan]

Economic Left/Right: -1.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.15

Bush: 100%
Edwards: 67%
Lieberman: 67%
Kerry: 59%
Dean: 56%
Clark: 55%
Sharpton: 44%
Kucinich: 44%

[impostal22]

Originally posted by shartley [/B]

i would argue that as you get older you get more concerned about what affects you directly rather than what affects everybody as a whole. this is also proven very much by the big rightwinger-old-folk() on this board. the majority of right wing issues are focused upon what affects individuals directly, anyway, so there's really no point in arguing it.

what causes this change, then? as you said, becoming a father, having a family, having a house, etc etc. these things are very large commitments, i think we can all agree on that. and as such, these commitments tend to overtake political standpoints.

i guess the thing you were wrong about is that young people's left views are what benefit THEM and not everyone else. the left is really focused on benefitting everybody while forcing many to sacrifice something (whether it's the right to own an ak47 or higher taxes). the right is focused on benefitting certain individuals (capital gains tax cuts, etc) while leaving others completely ignored.

you'll probably argue that capital gains tax cuts, for example, while benefit only certain individuals, are created to benefit the country as a whole. i don't want this to turn into an economics debate, so i'll already acknowledge that that is your standpoint. however, just look at most of the right's agenda: it's about government having less "interference" with the lives of individuals. this agenda OBVIOUSLY will only benefit those who can actually make it without this "interference."

ummmm i'm done rambling now

[shartley]

Originally posted by impostal22
i would argue that as you get older you get more concerned about what affects you directly rather than what affects everybody as a whole. this is also proven very much by the big rightwinger-old-folk() on this board. the majority of right wing issues are focused upon what affects individuals directly, anyway, so there's really no point in arguing it.

what causes this change, then? as you said, becoming a father, having a family, having a house, etc etc. these things are very large commitments, i think we can all agree on that. and as such, these commitments tend to overtake political standpoints.

i guess the thing you were wrong about is that young people's left views are what benefit THEM and not everyone else. the left is really focused on benefitting everybody while forcing many to sacrifice something (whether it's the right to own an ak47 or higher taxes). the right is focused on benefitting certain individuals (capital gains tax cuts, etc) while leaving others completely ignored.

you'll probably argue that capital gains tax cuts, for example, while benefit only certain individuals, are created to benefit the country as a whole. i don't want this to turn into an economics debate, so i'll already acknowledge that that is your standpoint. however, just look at most of the right's agenda: it's about government having less "interference" with the lives of individuals. this agenda OBVIOUSLY will only benefit those who can actually make it without this "interference."

ummmm i'm done rambling now

[PissedGodzilla]

-5.25, -2.41

[Kevmaster]

Im 18. I too have heard the heartless republican and the foolish democrat...

Economic: 4.25
Social: 2.67

Prez:
Bush 100% (surprising since i dont really like the guy--although he is the lesser of two evils)
Leiberman 86%
Kerry 83%
Edards 82%
Clark 82%
Dean 75%
Kucinich 69%
Sharpton 68%

aye...too much in the lower dems...too much for bush...aye

/me thinks he has no poltical party that wants him

[Jeffy-CanCon]

[f3rr3+]

x = 0
y = -2.21

0 exactly :P

[Dubstar112]

Economic Left/Right: -1.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.44

[71 LS6]

Economic left/right: -3.62
Authoritarian/Libertarian: 2.82