Political Quiz from NBC:

[GreenPartyVoter]

"Are you part of the New American Center?" http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/15/20977799-quiz-are-you-a-member-of-the-new-american-center

Me, I turned out to be a Bleeding Heart Liberal.

[Ken Burch]

1. Me too(I'd have preferred "unreconstructed socialist")

And I felt the wording of the poll had a right-of-center bias on many questions.

(for example, listing the rich as "very successful people" when discussing how much or little they should be taxed).

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. Yep. I noticed that about hte wording too. Also, I feel they missed many possible questions and

answer variations, but I think they may have been concerned about people losing interest if they had too many questions.

Overall, I still like the politicalcompass quiz although I have to say this one had some nice graphics in the explanation.

[GP6971]

2. Same here. n/t

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. :^D

[Tx4obama]

3. It said I am a Left Wing Bleeding Heart :)

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. I am in good company, then! :^)

[Bigmack]

21. Me, too.... but I don't like the term...

It implies wimp-itude.

I prefer to think of myself as an "In your face Left-Wing Patriotic American"

I love my country... just like the child of an alcoholic loves his mother.

I love her...but I just want her to do better at taking care of her children.

[Tx4obama]

7. I wish polls/media would say 'Anti-Choice' instead of 'Pro-Life' - it would be more accurate

Republicans are NOT pro-life 'after' birth.

And democrats are not 'anti-life' we are 'pro-choice'.

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. So true!

[lonestarnot]

8. Hemorrhagic.

[GreenPartyVoter]

11. :^D

[pacalo]

10. Bleeding Heart Liberal -- & proud of it!

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. That smiley is looking really proud!

[pacalo]

13. Good to "see" you, GPV!

[GreenPartyVoter]

14. You too!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

15. I'm a pickup populist according to the poll

Whatever the fuck that is. They said I primarily worry how the economic system is unfair. I guess that's true but I think I care about other issues.

[GreenPartyVoter]

47. Yeah, I'm not sure about some of these names!

[shraby]

16. Bleeding heart here.

[GreenPartyVoter]

48. +1

[duffyduff]

17. Bleeding heart here. n/t

[GreenPartyVoter]

50. Seem to be a lot of us on this site, but I would have expected that. :^)

[Incitatus]

18. Bleeding heart. nt

[GreenPartyVoter]

59. +1

[DevonRex]

19. Bleeding heart.

Click here for more on the Bleeding Hearts and other segments on the ideological spectrum.

[GreenPartyVoter]

60. :^)

[sheshe2]

79. Me too!

[LostOne4Ever]

20. Its official

Im a bleeding heart!

Take that center!

[GreenPartyVoter]

61. Heheh :^)

[Jamastiene]

22. I got the same result.

They had a little dot all the way over to the left on the results page.

[GreenPartyVoter]

62. +1

[hfojvt]

23. minivan moderate

3rd spot from the left, although it does not seem to define the names of all the spots.

But minivan? As a single guy, there is certainly no point for me to own a minivan. Nor would I want one, even if I could afford it, if I was married with children.

[GreenPartyVoter]

54. Heheh. Actually, the whole minivan thing was brilliant when we had babies and tots in

car seats. Having a minivan meant being able to climb in and strap them rather than having our butts hanging out in inclement weather.

[Lugnut]

24. Bleeding Heart here too!

[GreenPartyVoter]

63. :^D

[rollin74]

25. It said I'm a pickup populist

[GreenPartyVoter]

64. Populists are good. Does the pickup mean the truck?

[Matariki]

26. "Part of the 10% that believes in the full progressive agenda"

[GreenPartyVoter]

65. +1

[kelliekat44]

27. The answer to one question will put you into the "bleeding heart" category. nt

[GreenPartyVoter]

66. Which one was it? Was it about government? (I can't remember the questions now.)

[MoonRiver]

28. I'm a left-wing, bleeding heart liberal!

Who knew!

[GreenPartyVoter]

67. Surprise, surprise, surprise!

[MoonRiver]

71. We're in the same club GPV!

[Gothmog]

29. I am bleeding heart

[GreenPartyVoter]

68. :^)

[berni_mccoy]

30. LOL, I'm a bleeding heart. Thought I was more moderate than most here, but nope.

[GreenPartyVoter]

69. Hmmm... Did they ask the wrong questions, or ask for the wrong answers? Because I felt like

answer options were a bit limited and definitely pushed people in one direction or another.

[mindfulNJ]

31. Another Bleeding Heart

Not surprised

[GreenPartyVoter]

72. +1

[a kennedy]

32. Love my bleeding heart.....

[GreenPartyVoter]

73. +1

[Skidmore]

33. No, a bleeding heart liberal.

and "part of the 10% of the electorate that believes in a full progressive agenda."

Ha!

[GreenPartyVoter]

74. Ha, indeed! :^D

[HappyMe]

34. I'm a bleeding heart liberal too.

Damn good questions.

[GreenPartyVoter]

75. Have you done the political compass?

[mcar]

35. Me too

No surprise.

[Javaman]

36. I'm trying to take this survey but to no avail, I'm unable to find it.

what am I missing?

[City Lights]

39. Same here.

I see no link to any survey.

[GreenPartyVoter]

43. My link takes you to an NBC page, and on that page is a box. Not sure if it's java or flash or what

but I think that may be why you don't see it??

[City Lights]

44. I see the box, but can't click in it.

I was wondering if it's my browser (Firefox) causing the problem.

[GreenPartyVoter]

45. Hmm. Maybe. I am using Explorer right now. Haven't looked at it with FF.

[GreenPartyVoter]

42. It's in a box in the center of the screen. Maybe it's Java or something?

[tjwash]

84. Works best with chrome

[Tikki]

37. Bleeding Heart...and it says that only 10% of the U.S. population joins us....

we would have thought a bit more.



The Tikkis

[GreenPartyVoter]

86. I would have thought so too, although I suppose we might get that feeling from

spending time here?

[malaise]

38. Left wing bleeding heart

and proud

[GreenPartyVoter]

87. *high five*

[panader0]

40. Bleeding Heart here...

[GreenPartyVoter]

88. +1

[davidpdx]

41. I got the same results

I wavered on a few of the questions. Some where hard to come to an exact decision.

[GreenPartyVoter]

89. I did too. Mostly because I could have agreed with more than one answer, but

once in a while it felt like nothing quite fit right.

[Roland99]

46. Part of the Bleeding Heart 10%! "believes in the full Progressive agenda"!

[DJ13]

80. Same here

[name not needed]

49. Bleeding heart.

I would have also accepted "elitist liberal snob" or "person capable of rational thought".

[GreenPartyVoter]

90. LOL I agree. The names they used aren't the best.

[SteveG]

51. Bleeding Heart

nt

[GreenPartyVoter]

91. :)

[0rganism]

52. Remember to look at the full survey results, not just your own

Of course you're a bleeding heart liberal. So am I. This is DU, it's not a big shock. If you dig a little deeper, the results are, IMHO, mixed at best.

Only 45% of the total respondents strongly agreed with "The test of a nation is how well it treats its weakest members.", and only 39% of what they're calling "The Center".

42% of the total (37% center) agreed with "We need the government to maintain programs like food stamps, welfare and Medicaid so that people who hit hard times don’t fall through the cracks."

48% of the center and 51% of the total agree with either "Taxes should be abolished" or "Taxes should only be used to finance essential government programs." (whatever those are)

60% of the total and 58% of the center agree with "Require all registered voters to show a photo ID, such as a valid driver’s license, at the polling booth before they can cast a vote"

There's a lot of alarming shit in that survey. And it looks like a well-designed poll with a relatively large sample size. I didn't see any documentation of weighting factors which might have been applied, so it's possible they just went with raw data which can skew results. E.g., 93% of the total report voting for a presidential candidate in 2012, but we know damn well turnout wasn't 93% (if only!)

[GreenPartyVoter]

53. I did notice support for what many of us have been saying for a long time, which is

that there is a lot of RW thinking going on in the center. I blame the mainstream media for giving us right-leaning spin during a lot of the "reporting," and for not challenging anyone or anything. Not so much journalism as press releases these days.

[0rganism]

55. The media totally turned on us during the '80s

I blame Reagan for causing it, and the Democrats/left for not seeing it for what it was early on when it could have been stopped.

[GreenPartyVoter]

58. Loss of the Fairness Doctrine and other issues I think definitely contributed, as well as the advent

cable news and RW talk radio. What a disaster!

[hfojvt]

56. sample size does not mean very much

since it is not a random sample

[0rganism]

57. you sure about that?

There appears to have been a full survey done for the study prior to posting the self-selecting "where do you fit" quiz.

August 5-11, 2013
2410 registered voters
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/NEWS/NBCEsquireSurvey.pdf

If the 2410 registered voters were randomly selected, then it's an excellent sample size. i'd be a lot more comfortable with it if they'd include a section on methodology though.

[DefenseLawyer]

70. My heart bleeds

but I feel fine.

[GreenPartyVoter]

93. :)

[MFrohike]

76. That poll is dumb

I'm not knocking you for posting it, I'm knocking them for making it like that. The wording is ambiguous and the choices are vague. I really saw nothing that reflected what I think about a given issue. I also don't like the hyping of the "center." Call me when the center has ever done anything useful in American history. The only thing I ever see the "center" do is bitch and whine about everybody else and cast votes that screw most people.

[GreenPartyVoter]

77. Oh, I agree with everything you said. But I'm still a sucker for

taking polls.

[MFrohike]

81. Yeah, me too

I guess we should really blame ourselves for not being able to pass it up, but there you go.

[Walk away]

78. What a shock! I'm a "Bleeding Heart" or in my dictionary...

A Rational Human Being with a brain and good judgement.

[GreenPartyVoter]

94. :)

[Rhythm]

82. Yep... i fell off the left-side of the plank, too :-)

[GreenPartyVoter]

95. :-D

[tjwash]

83. MBA Middle

Am I the only one?

[GreenPartyVoter]

85. So far. :^) At least the only one who reported back in the thread.

[jmowreader]

92. My little dot was off the left end of the scale

You know the thing about bleeding heart liberals? At least we HAVE hearts!

[GreenPartyVoter]

96. We're really cool that way. :-)