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Are you more (or less) liberal than President Obama? Take our quiz!
Some Democrats see President Obamas first term as a string of promises broken by the realities of political office. On the other side, Republicans have labeled Mr. Obama the most radical, liberal president in American history, going so far as to brand him a socialist.
Are you more of a lefty than President Obama? Do his positions contradict your values? Or is the match just right? Take our quiz to find out.
- Laura Edwins, Contributor
Take The Quiz:
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/2012/0709/Are-you-more-or-less-liberal-than-President-Obama-Take-our-quiz/What-s-the-best-plan-to-reduce-our-dependency-on-foreign-oil
My result:
Congratulations! You're more liberal than President Obama!
longship
(40,416 posts)Nor to strongly advocate for his re-election.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)OneTenthofOnePercent
(6,268 posts)emsimon33
(3,128 posts)stevenleser
(32,886 posts)from anyone.
Yeah, really tough to put forth Liberal policies in that situation.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)the victims of stop and frisk, and the numerous people killed by tasers.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)It was Ohio governor James Rhodes
demosincebirth
(12,537 posts)That's only your personnel opinion.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)Yea, right <rolleyes>
Ask the teachers unions how pleased they are with Arne's privatizing education project.
demosincebirth
(12,537 posts)repugs would have loved to see that for their propaganda machine.
rufus dog
(8,419 posts)If you think Nixon or Ronnie wouldn't have cuddled up to the Christian Taliban you are delusional.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)The talibornagain weren't significant political force until Roe v. Wade.
Nixon signed the EPA into existence, the Clean Water Act, beginnings of emission standards on aitomobiles (including removing lead from gasoline), began nuclear disarmament with Soviets, established diplomatic ties with China. Not all he did was "liberal", but those he did do is more liberal than Obama.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)the policies and the people that progressive policies are aimed at achieving?
NNN0LHI
(67,190 posts)Skidmore
(37,364 posts)How about are you more or less liberal than Mitt Romney?
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)Totally meaningless poll.
Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)tularetom
(23,664 posts)I didn't agree when they said I might be a person who would have voted for Ralph Nader but otherwise it was a pretty good quiz.
yellerpup
(12,253 posts)and hold a more communistic viewpoint. Then they suggested I'd like Nader better than Obama! I vote Obama!
immoderate
(20,885 posts)I will vote for Barack, hoping he will do better.
The communist/Ralph Nader remarks were a bit presumptive of them. And with a hint of derision.
--imm
yellerpup
(12,253 posts)I think he will do better. We just really need to be on top of voter suppression, vote counting, and dirty tricks in the lower races so he gets a Congress who will work with him.
I was insulted to be thrown to Nader. There were some ugly, (and to me) unthinkable choices in that survey.
deutsey
(20,166 posts)and how much to the right everything has shifted since the '70s.
I rated "definitely a lefty" too (which I am), but I thought the communist/Nader remarks were way offbase in terms of my political leanings. I'm probably closer to a New Deal lefty, but in today's political world that's characterized as being a naively idealistic communist.
PS: I will vote for Obama as I did I did in 2008, but, as usual, my vote is more a vote against the other side than it is an entusiastic vote for "our side."
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)yellerpup
(12,253 posts)not now, not ever.
Bettie
(16,110 posts)Your results
Congratulations! You're more liberal than President Obama!
You're proudly towing the liberal line, canvas tote bag and all. You've probably been frustrated with President Obama's policies on more than one occasion, especially when he compromises with Republicans. You probably miss the Clinton years, and may have even been a Hillary supporter in '08.
I must say though, I didn't think the Clintons were all that liberal.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)but, then I am too the left of Dennis Kucinich so this is hardly a surprise.
drmeow
(5,018 posts)During the last presidential primary he came closest to my views but still not left enough.
frazzled
(18,402 posts)sitting in my armchair, not actually having to ... you know ... DO anything?
You know, I'm quite liberal in my head, but when I am actually charged with governing the country, and faced with a hostile opposing party and a few obstinate senators from my own (sometimes called Nelson or Baucus or some such thing), I'm sometimes forced to temper my personal opinions and cut deals. Just like Roosevelt and Johnson before me.
When I'm only having to type on a computer keyboard, I'm effing Che Guevara!
boxman15
(1,033 posts)Because of the circumstances of being president, especially with the modern day GOP descending into madness, it's impossible to be ideologically pure and get anything done. FDR was accused of the same things Obama is now: to the right, he was a communist, to the left he was a leader who blew his opportunity and caved too much to business and to conservatives (in his own party).
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)You're definitely a lefty!
Your politics are considered radical by many, and sometimes you even agree with communist policies. You disagree with most of President Obama's decisions, but you may not have voted for him anyway. Someone like Ralph Nader would be a better candidate for you.
bananas
(27,509 posts)WCGreen
(45,558 posts)I liked the nuance contained in many of the choices
I came in to the left of president Obama and sadly, I believe I will still be more liberal than former president Obama.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)And of course I will vote for Obama in the coming election!
maddezmom
(135,060 posts)Congratulations! You're more liberal than President Obama!
You're proudly towing the liberal line, canvas tote bag and all. You've probably been frustrated with President Obama's policies on more than one occasion, especially when he compromises with Republicans. You probably miss the Clinton years, and may have even been a Hillary supporter in '08.
surrealAmerican
(11,361 posts)... I'm "definitely a lefty", and they seem to think I might not have voted for Obama? They're certainly wrong about that.
It's not a very good quiz. Many of the questions had no good answers; a few had more than one good answer.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)Hell Hath No Fury
(16,327 posts)The gods know I wish he were a "radical/liberal/socialist" President.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)That would be a big improvement over his right of center position on many issues.
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)No surprise.
Congratulations! You're more liberal than President Obama!
You're proudly towing the liberal line, canvas tote bag and all. You've probably been frustrated with President Obama's policies on more than one occasion, especially when he compromises with Republicans. You probably miss the Clinton years, and may have even been a Hillary supporter in '08.
As for being a Hillary supporter, I did support her over President Obama, but they were my two last choices. I most closely aligned with Mike Gravel.
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)I just copied and pasted, but this particular grammatical error bothers me, too.
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(17,180 posts)I'm tempted to take the quiz again and answer everything along the lines of "they should be killed," "it's their own fault," "I got mine, so screw you," and the like just to see if I can score to the right of Attila the Hun/a teabagger/Yurtle the McConnell.
LeftofObama
(4,243 posts)Your results
Congratulations! You're more liberal than President Obama!
You're proudly towing the liberal line, canvas tote bag and all. You've probably been frustrated with President Obama's policies on more than one occasion, especially when he compromises with Republicans. You probably miss the Clinton years, and may have even been a Hillary supporter in '08.
Grey
(1,581 posts)Your results
You're definitely a lefty!
Your politics are considered radical by many, and sometimes you even agree with communist policies. You disagree with most of President Obama's decisions, but you may not have voted for him anyway. Someone like Ralph Nader would be a better candidate for you.
Third Doctor
(1,574 posts)This is no surprise. I'm the hated socialist that the repubs sweay by all of the time.
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)Your politics are considered radical by many, and sometimes you even agree with communist policies. You disagree with most of President Obama's decisions, but you may not have voted for him anyway. Someone like Ralph Nader would be a better candidate for you.
Looks like I should lay off those liberal propaganda channels MSNBC and Current!
But on a more serious note, I refuse to waste my vote on 3rd parties. I was only 10 at the time, but I witnessed the mistake Nader voters made in 2000 by splitting the vote on the left to help give us *. There are no viable 3rd party candidates, and all they would be is a spoiler to help Republicans. Until they can put up a candidate who has a decent shot at winning, along with some members of the same party to work with in Congress, there's no point IMO in supporting 3rd party candidates.
scheming daemons
(25,487 posts)Which candidate, Obama or Romney, more closely aligns with your world view?
Telling lefties they should "vote for Nader" is a RW psyops tactic.
patrice
(47,992 posts)patrice
(47,992 posts)went through some of the questions, felt like it was trawling for margin-splitting 3rd-way/party click trails.
Do you really think CSM is running it for free?
Not.
What are the poll owners supposed to get out of it for their money?
progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)He's much more moderate, but definitely more liberal than Clinton. I'm more of a moderate, and he suits me just fine.
I've matured enough in my life to know that you aren't going to get all of your favorite things fixed or handled by one person in office. That's foolish. And he's certainly not the "anyone but Rmoney," to everyone I know. Anyone who believes that a truly liberal president is going to be operating in DC, with a hostile group of republicans thwarting everything, special interest attack dogs, and unfriendly and hostile media, then you're dreaming.
treestar
(82,383 posts)Though the questions, I thought were too convoluted, containing more than one idea and premise. The quiz was not about how liberal Obama himself might be, but how he handles the Presidency - are they assuming the more liberal the person is, the more they would refuse to compromise? They seem to be asking the person who takes the quiz not whether they agree with Obama, but whether they agree with his compromises, which are totally necessary given that there are checks and balances.
JHB
(37,160 posts)I bagged it a third of the way through. I already know I'm more liberal than the president, and I'm not a socialist.
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)Congratulations! You're more liberal than President Obama!
You're proudly towing the liberal line, canvas tote bag and all. You've probably been frustrated with President Obama's policies on more than one occasion, especially when he compromises with Republicans. You probably miss the Clinton years, and may have even been a Hillary supporter in '08.
MrSlayer
(22,143 posts)I knew that without taking the quiz.
Some of the questions on there were ridiculous though and I didn't agree with any of the answers.
a kennedy
(29,669 posts)my results: You're definitely a lefty!
Your politics are considered radical by many, and sometimes you even agree with communist policies. You disagree with most of President Obama's decisions, but you may not have voted for him anyway. Someone like Ralph Nader would be a better candidate for you.
shouldn't even post this again.....http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002919910 but I HAVE LEARNED from my mistake......
and d*mn right I'm voting for President Obama again......
drmeow
(5,018 posts)"Your politics are considered radical by many, and sometimes you even agree with communist policies. You disagree with most of President Obama's decisions, but you may not have voted for him anyway. Someone like Ralph Nader would be a better candidate for you."
Yup - that's me! There were plenty of questions where my response was "the first part of this one and the second part of that one" or "none of the above"
I did vote for him and will vote for him again. I've given up on anyone in the US government actually representing my views.
PADemD
(4,482 posts)But vote for Ralph Nader? No!
fredamae
(4,458 posts)"You're proudly towing the liberal line, canvas tote bag and all."
Say what you will, but it nailed me to a "T". Even suggesting I might have been a Hillary supporter- I was.
I'm voting for Obama-no question, no doubt, no waiver-no fear of seeing attack ads-tho I am considering cutting cable until its over. I've heard about the total Koch/Rove/Adelson etc Multi Billion dollar negative ad blackout in the midwest and I just "ain't" into that.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)Your politics are considered radical by many, and sometimes you even agree with communist policies. You disagree with most of President Obama's decisions, but you may not have voted for him anyway. Someone like Ralph Nader would be a better candidate for you.
marmar
(77,081 posts)Strange, I never considered being anti-war, pro-equality, and pro-fairness to be "radical" concepts.
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)or this country is further to the right than we thought.
MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)not cutting Social Security, ending "free" trade, and so forth. But that measure, more than two-thirds of Americans are to the left of the President. Heck, even most Republicans are in favor of those things, IIRC
craigmatic
(4,510 posts)Congratulations! You're more liberal than President Obama!
You're proudly towing the liberal line, canvas tote bag and all. You've probably been frustrated with President Obama's policies on more than one occasion, especially when he compromises with Republicans. You probably miss the Clinton years, and may have even been a Hillary supporter in '08.
I wasn't a Hillary supporter and I only miss the Clinton years for nostalgia reasons not because he was a good president because truth be told Obama is more progressive than Bill ever was in terms of getting things done.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)well, not that difficult is it.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,627 posts)You're definitely a lefty!
Your politics are considered radical by many, and sometimes you even agree with communist policies. You disagree with most of President Obama's decisions, but you may not have voted for him anyway. Someone like Ralph Nader would be a better candidate for you.
Abra
(45 posts)Not that this is exactly difficult to accomplish. In my opinion, Obama is just the latest corporate party representative.
rufus dog
(8,419 posts)First off my outcome:
"You're proudly towing the liberal line, canvas tote bag and all. You've probably been frustrated with President Obama's policies on more than one occasion, especially when he compromises with Republicans. You probably miss the Clinton years, and may have even been a Hillary supporter in '08."
Now some of the questions were horribly worded forcing me to make a choice that this is closest to how I feel but far from my real opinion.
The the statement that I probably miss the Clinton years and may have been a Hillary supporter! WHAT THE FUCK!
I am more liberal than the President, the Clintons are to the right of the President, what a fucking asinine automated response.
JustAnotherGen
(31,828 posts)xchrom
(108,903 posts)whatchamacallit
(15,558 posts)Your results:
You're definitely a lefty!
Prophet 451
(9,796 posts)I'm a Social Democrat (which in US terms, probably makes me a commie).
permatex
(1,299 posts)I'm more liberal than Pres. Obama.
Still will vote for him.
TheKentuckian
(25,026 posts)I never even considered voting Nader, though I have no issue with those who did.
sakabatou
(42,152 posts)I don't want another asshole in the WH again.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)This poll would suggest that FDR is to the left of Pol Pot.
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)And look how many jumped right into it.
HarveyDarkey
(9,077 posts)Your politics are considered radical by many, and sometimes you even agree with communist policies. You disagree with most of President Obama's decisions, but you may not have voted for him anyway. Someone like Ralph Nader would be a better candidate for you.
Actually I'm A Socialist & voted for Cynthia McKinney.
Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)Your results
Obama's your main man.
You're a moderate liberal, or maybe even an Independent. You agree with most of the decisions President Obama has made while in office, and you understand that compromise is sometimes necessary
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)Lotta denial going around.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)It was crafted from what a Freeper would say about various viewpoints and how left they make you.
It doesnt really say much about Obama.
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=146626
We have been here watching the whole time, and the record says it all.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)Excuse me, not just say something about Obama, but the DUers that support him.
That is what you call obsessively negative about someone/something.
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah....Yeah, it's about me again. It always is.
Anything to divert from the actual corporate policies that keep coming and coming and coming...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002921492
You have a good day, Steven.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)You grasp onto completely ridiculous pieces of evidence and twist them to fit your narrative.
I realize this is a waste of time because someone doing what you are doing is probably beyond convincing, but someone has to say it.
bananas
(27,509 posts)Obama's a moderate conservative: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=1548942&mesg_id=1548942
Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)The Republican Party supports and even less idea about what the Democratic Party supports.
In 1984 when Reagan carried 49 out of 50 states, many political scientist were perplexed by the reality that when polled on specific positions by equally landslide proportions most American clearly were far closer to agreeing with Walter Mondale than with Ronald Reagan on the issues.
But even then - although Walter Mondale originally had a background as a Hubert Humphrey protégé - by the time of the 1984 elections his actually specific positions on specific issues had shiftd so much to the right that one was certainly not voting for the kind of New Dealer/Great Society policies that many people thought a Mondale vote represented. Even then, not only did Republicans assume that the Democratic Party was far more left than it actually was - most Democratic Party supporters assumed that the Democratic Party was considerably more left than it actually was. This has been the case for a long time now.
Stinky The Clown
(67,800 posts)Anyway, here is what it said about me.
Your politics are considered radical by many, and sometimes you even agree with communist policies. You disagree with most of President Obama's decisions, but you may not have voted for him anyway. Someone like Ralph Nader would be a better candidate for you.
Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)Congratulations! You're more liberal than President Obama!
You're proudly towing the liberal line, canvas tote bag and all. You've probably been frustrated with President Obama's policies on more than one occasion, especially when he compromises with Republicans. You probably miss the Clinton years, and may have even been a Hillary supporter in '08.
I mean WTF is that last sentence all about?
Anyone with even a cursory understanding of policy knows that Clinton pursed even more conservative-friendly/Republican lite policies than Obama. Are the authors of these statements really THAT ignorant?
And what does this mean?:
You're proudly towing the liberal line, canvas tote bag and all.
The general theme seems to be the standard line of establishment media and for that matter the whole political class - to believe in basic traditional democratic values is to be all ponies and rainbows.
Arkana
(24,347 posts)a Hillary supporter in 2008?
There was barely any difference between them--Obama may have trended slightly more left, but geez!
Xyzse
(8,217 posts)I am more liberal than the President Obama.
I knew this of course, even if I am no Democrat.
I've always considered him right of center, and the Right's allegation that he is the most liberal president is baseless. I just find them going off the deep end.
boxman15
(1,033 posts)The bullshit "You're a commie, so you'd be better off voting for Nader!!" comment really irks me, so I won't even bother. Besides, I know I'm to the left of the president.
But, Obama has been severely limited by an obstructionist Republican House and Blue Dog Democrats. Thankfully, I don't have to worry about that. Regardless, Obama is the most liberal president this country has had since LBJ (a very low bar, I understand). And he's way to the left of Romney, who's just Bush on steroids. A vote for anyone but Obama is a vote for Romney and trickle-down economics on steroids. That's what matters.