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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis is a fun quiz from Pew - prob been posted before, but just in case...
http://www.people-press.org/typology/I come out as "Solid Liberal, along with 14% of the public"
Solid Liberals
14% OF THE PUBLIC
What They Believe
Strongly pro-government and very liberal on a broad range of issues
Very supportive of regulation, environmental protection and government assistance to the poor
One of the most secular groups; 59% say that religion is not that important to them
Supportive of the country's growing racial and ethnic diversity
Two-thirds disagree with the Tea Party
Who They Are
Highly politically engaged
75% are Democrats
Concentrated in the Northeast and West
57% are female
Best educated of the groups: 49% hold at least a bachelor's degree and 27% have post-graduate experience
A third regularly listen to NPR, about two-in-ten regularly watch The Daily Show and read The New York Times
59% have a passport
42% regularly buy organic foods
21% are first or second generation Americans
Javaman
(62,530 posts)reflection
(6,286 posts)but like most either/or choices, I always wish there were more qualifiers and more choices. The world is not binary. I had to choose some answers I wasn't entirely comfortable with because of this.
I'm afraid I was pegged as 'post-modern', along with 13% of the public.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)pintobean
(18,101 posts)most the choices are too far apart. If I can't give an answer that's even close to what I think, the quiz is useless.
leeroysphitz
(10,462 posts)JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)They start by asking you to review the categories and by doing so, they basically prime you to be more aware of the group with which you'd most likely self-identify.
By doing so, you become more likely to select answers that, at least to you, appear to be consistent with your predetermined self identified group.
Basically, they've created a response bias.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)raouldukelives
(5,178 posts)Crazy to see how far from the general public we are sometimes. Yikes!
Zoeisright
(8,339 posts)fucking stupid.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)or