Are You on The Left, The Right ... or Up or Down?

Here's something that's not only fun to do but could be very useful for political groups when they're deciding on their Vision or Mission Statements.

This takes about five minutes of your time: Head to the Political Compass website and follow the link to 'take the test.'

What's unique about this test is that it doesn't just measure where you stand on the traditional Left-Right continuum (based primarily on your economic views), it also measures, on an 'up-and-down' axis, where you stand on social issues, then places your result on a x-y grid.

The links on the left-hand side of the Political Compass homepage are interesting, but don't read about the test before you take it!

Reading about the test beforehand might skew your results. Just dive in and take the test.

For what it's worth (which is: not much, at least until you take the test!), I scored a -8.25 / -6.56.