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Hmm I'd considered myself Progressive until very recently, but I've been wondering lately if I've turned Libertarian to some degree.

Well, good for you! Welcome! Now you are free to be miserable over our lack of liberty like the rest of us ;)

As for my apparent shift from moderate left to moderate right I'd say it's my disagreeableness that's to blame, except I don't think I agree with the result...
 
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I got stressed sideliner. Yep completely right. LOL Though I lean more conservatively.
Got Stressed Sidelinet but I didn’t think the description fit well.
 
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Well, good for you! Welcome! Now you are free to be miserable over our lack of liberty like the rest of us ;)

As for my apparent shift from moderate left to moderate right I'd say it's my disagreeableness that's to blame, except I don't think I agree with the result...

Maybe they needed a "Political Curmudgeon" category for some of us! :)
 
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Hmm. I got Ambivalent Right. Close enough, I guess, although I consider myself more in the center.

Funny thing is, when picking a score of 0 to 100 for Republicans, I picked 0, thanks to all the current Trumpism. But I only gave Democrats a 30.
 
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Hmm. I got Ambivalent Right. Close enough, I guess, although I consider myself more in the center.

Funny thing is, when picking a score of 0 to 100 for Republicans, I picked 0, thanks to all the current Trumpism. But I only gave Democrats a 30.
I was generous and gave them a 60.

"I very slightly like you, stop making me regret this"
 
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I was generous and gave them a 60.

"I very slightly like you, stop making me regret this"

I gave Democrats a 50 and republicans a 30. Mostly because I agree with the libertarian leaning republicans on several issues. Trump left a very bad taste however.
 
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In what will likely shock many here, I got Ambivalent Right. Despite being Independent, and a Republican for most of my life, many on the Right here seem to believe I'm a card carrying leftist.
The right wing is no longer conservative, (they’re right wing populists nowadays).
 
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I thought, at least, one of the questions was a false dichotomy,...
Test said:
#2 Which of the following statements come closest to your view?
  • America’s openness to people from all over the world is essential to who we are as a nation.
  • If America is too open to people from all over the world, we risk losing our identity as a nation.
They didn't offer
  • We must be careful to screen out terrorists and other felons.
 
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I thought, at least, one of the questions was a false dichotomy,...

They didn't offer
  • We must be careful to screen out terrorists and other felons.

I think the questions are purposefully polar. They want to force you to one side or the other, which is why they ask which is closest to what you think. That makes answering them difficult sometimes.

Also, some of the questions skirted the issue that I think actually divides left and right. For instance, the question about corporate profits... I have no issue with corporations making profits, even obscene amounts of profit. It's what they do with the profits that I think really divides left and right.
 
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The PBS Newshour this evening had a report on an interesting new paper from the Pew Research Center that outlines 9 different political groups in the US, with the two major parties each being coalitions of four of these groups. Their groups are:
  • Faith and Flag Conservatives
  • Committed Conservatives
  • Populist Right
  • Ambivalent Right
  • Stressed Sideliners
  • Outsider Left
  • Democratic Mainstays
  • Establishment Liberals
  • Progressive Left
The Newshour and the Pew Research Center put together a quiz to help people figure out which group best describes them. If you're interested, the quiz is here: Political Typology Quiz

My own result was Progressive Left. Not overly surprising. :)

The full report, "Beyond Red vs. Blue: The Political Typology", is here: The Political Typology: In polarized era, deep divisions persist within coalitions of both Democrats and Republicans
I'm not an American, I'm a Canadian so no doubt my Canadian perspective skewed the results (they definitely did) but what I got was "Ambivalent Right" which is another way of saying I a conservative but I don't like how the US does it.

I will however comment on the labels that terms like "Outsider", "Stressed", "Ambivalent" have negative or displaced associations making you feel like you've answered something incorrectly or need to fix something. it is clear they are pushing you to fit in a 2 party system which seems counterproductive to the headline of "Beyond Red vs. Blue..." Since the groupings are in threes with upper 3 for right, lower 3 for left, and the middle 3 for "displaced" they should have identified a new group to allow individuals to feel their political identity is correct without feeling like they are pushed one way or the other.
 
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.....I will however comment on the labels that terms like "Outsider", "Stressed", "Ambivalent" have negative or displaced associations making you feel like you've answered something incorrectly or need to fix something. it is clear they are pushing you to fit in a 2 party system which seems counterproductive to the headline of "Beyond Red vs. Blue..." Since the groupings are in threes with upper 3 for right, lower 3 for left, and the middle 3 for "displaced" they should have identified a new group to allow individuals to feel their political identity is correct without feeling like they are pushed one way or the other.
The USA has a 2- party system. As for the headline, I think its about the constituency and not the parties.
 
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I will however comment on the labels that terms like "Outsider", "Stressed", "Ambivalent" have negative or displaced associations making you feel like you've answered something incorrectly or need to fix something.

Another Canadian apologizing for something they haven't done! I think the intent was not to make you the (hypothetical) voter feel bad, but rather to show that the parties aren't a comfortable home for many people. Can the parties respond to attract the more ambivalent people into the tent? Or will they bar the doors and try to keep their energetic bases from escaping?
 
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