Week 8 Discussion: Political Compass Results

Week 8 Discussion: Political Compass Results

Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:

• Lesson
• Political Compass Test Results
• Additional scholarly sources you identify through your own research

Initial Post Instructions
Go to the site: https://www.politicalcompass.org.  (Links to an external site.)
Scroll to the end of the site where it says “take the test”.
Answer all of the questions.
After you answer the questions, there will be a chart with your Economic and Social numbers.

After taking the political compass test, tell the class what your scores are and what they mean. Then, analyze why you believe the results or do not believe the scores. Finally, discuss how this course has been beneficial to your daily life and career choice. Use evidence (cite sources) to support your response from assigned readings or online lessons, and at least one outside scholarly source.

Solution:

Economic Left/Right: -5.26

Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.54

Taking the political compass test illustrates that I can be considered as a left-libertarian.  Ideal liberals, as asserted by Magstadt (2017) tend to favor public assistance programs such as Medicare as Medicaid. Besides, liberals tend to advocate for the reduction of military spending.  From where I stand, I believe that am a liberal, and thus the result of this test is a true reflection of my political orientation.  By studying and completing the political science class, I feel significantly endowed with a wide range of skills and knowledge regarding politics particularly in the United States.  Precisely, it is through this course that I have learned that different people have different political orientation or socialization that http://writers-corp.net