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       OPERATION POLITICALLY HOMELESS


"Are you really a liberal?  A closet conservative?  A libertarian?
Despite its name, the World's Smallest Political Quiz is savvy and
willing to tell you the truth." -- Yahoo Internet Life

The World's Smallest Political Quiz is also on the World Wide Web.
       http://www.self-gov.org/quiz.html


Current Results

Total number of quiz takers (782,907):

Libertarian        37.6%
Left-liberal       16.2%
Centrist           29.7%
Right-Conservative  8.4%
Authoritarian       8.1%

Also check our site for the daily presidential poll.  Results can be
found at:

       http://www.self-gov.org/presres.shtml



                       WORLD'S SMALLEST POLITICAL QUIZ

  Take the World's Smallest Political Quiz to find your political
  identity. Choose Y when you agree with a statement, M for Maybe,
  Sometimes or Need-More-Information, or choose N for No.


 ARE YOU A SELF-GOVERNOR ON PERSONAL ISSUES?

 20   10   0
Y __ M __ N __ Military service should be voluntary. (No draft)
Y __ M __ N __ Government should not control radio, TV, the press or
              the Internet.
Y __ M __ N __ Repeal regulations on sex for consenting adults.
Y __ M __ N __ Drug laws do more harm than good. Repeal them.
Y __ M __ N __ Let peaceful people cross borders freely.

____ My PERSONAL self-government score: add 20 for Y, 10 for M, 0 for N.



 ARE YOU A SELF-GOVERNOR ON ECONOMIC ISSUES?

 20   10   0
Y __ M __ N __ Businesses and farms should operate without govt. subsidies.
Y __ M __ N __ People are better off with free trade than with tariffs.
Y __ M __ N __ Minimum wage laws cause unemployment. Repeal them.
Y __ M __ N __ End taxes. Pay for services with user fees.
Y __ M __ N __ All foreign aid should be privately funded.

____ My ECONOMIC self-government score: add 20 for Y, 10 for M, 0 for N.



How to use the Self-Government Compass

Mark your PERSONAL score on the left and your ECONOMIC score on the
right.  Then, follow the grid lines (rows of dots) until they meet at
your political identity!   An example for someone who scored 20 on
Personal and 30 on Economic is indicated with an asterisk (*).

The compass measures self-government. Liberals value freedom of
expression.  Conservatives value free enterprise.  Libertarians
value both. Authoritarians are against both.

                       .
                     ./ \.
                   ./  .  \.
                 ./  .   .  \.
               ./  .   .   .  \.
             ./  .Libertarian.  \.
           ./ \.   .   .   .   ./ \.
         ./  .  \.___.___.___./  .  \.
       ./  .   . ! .   .   . ! .   .  \.
     ./  .   .   !   .   .   !   .   .  \.
   ./  .  Left . ! .   .   . ! . Right .  \.
100 \.   Liberal !  Centrist !Conservative/ 100
      \.   .   . ! .   .   . ! .   .   ./
     80 \.   .   !___.___.___!   .   ./ 80
          \.   ./  .   .   .  \.   ./
         60 \./  .   .   *   .  \./ 60
(%)           \. Authoritarian ./           (%)
Personal     40 \.   .   .   ./ 40     Economic
Self-Governor     \.   .   ./     Self-Governor
                 20 \.   ./ 20
                      \./
                     0   0




    _________________________________________________________________



Political Philosophies



    * Libertarians are self-governors in both personal and economic
      matters. They believe government's 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.
    * 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.
    * 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.


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