Test Results

Based on my responses to each of the 42 OK Cupid Questions (see here for access to all 7 pages), here are the results.

I came in as a social conservative, being 38% permissive socially.
I came in as an economic conservative as well, being 75% permissive economically.

These placements put me very close to the Republican/Capitalist border, and moderately close to the Centrist border. The verdict: Republican, but again, close to the border of Capitalist and Centrist.

Ok Cupid Test Part VII

Okay, folks, the last page of the OK Cupid test. I apologize for neglecting this last evening. Later today my test results will be shown. Below are the other 6 pages.

Part VI
Part V
Part IV
Part III
Part II
Part I

Question: Employees should have the right to go on strike without the risk of being permanently replaced.
Answer: Disagree
Rationale: Once again, a below average question; this depends on the situation. In general, strikes are unnecessary and harmful operations. They were quite useful in the late 19th early 20th centuries, but their age has passed.

Question: I think the American government should subsidize our small farms.
Answer: Strongly disagree
Rationale: No need, not a good use of government dollars.

Question: The life of one American is worth the lives of several foreigners.
Answer: Disagree
Rationale: An interesting question, but a life is a life.

Question: A society is only as successful as its least fortunate members.
Answer: Strongly disagree
Rationale: There are always going to be some unfortunate people, even in a great society (lower case).

Question: Practical considerations aside, a person who doesn't use many government services should pay less in taxes.
Answer: Agree
Rationale: In theory (all that matters here, because of the first clause; some other questions could have used it), yes, someone who doesn't drive need not pay for roads; someone who sends a kid to private school need not pay for public schools.

Question: I think everyone has a right to the basic material necessities of life.
Answer: Agree
Rationale: Well, everyone is born with it, but you can lose the right, by taking someone else's. Poorly worded, I don't give a "strong" opinion here.

Well, now you have my answers. This evening I will show the results. If you can't wait till then, take the test here and put in my answers.

OK Cupid Test Part VI

Page 6 of the OK Cupid political test.
Part V
Part IV
Part III
Part II
Part I

Question: A person has the right to claim the Holocaust never happened, if that's what he believes.
Answer: Agree
Rationale: That person is an idiot who accomplishes nothing, so why not let him spew his idiocy?

Question: Books with potentially deadly knowledge (like instructions for making awesome bombs) should be regulated.
Answer: Disagree
Rationale: A bad question. Learning how to fire a gun is "potentially deadly," but a book about that need not be regulated. The parenthetical statement makes this a very leading question.

Question: Being poor and black is an advantage in getting into college.
Answer: Agree
Rationale: Another poorly worded question. I will suppose this is an affirmative action question, but it could be read differently. I basically read this question as asking whether affirmative action is a significant tool used to overcome poor circumstances, but it is still too concise of a question.

Question: Eventually, a computer will write the best novel ever written.
Answer: Strongly disagree
Rationale: I don't think we could ever program a machine to produce quality writing on the scale of Twain, Faulkner, or Steinbeck.

Question: I should be able to sell my vote for cash if I feel like it.
Answer: Strongly disagree
Rationale: Talk about compromising the system.

Question: America isn't as free as it thinks it is.
Answer: Strongly disagree
Rationale: I've heard too much crap to do anything but "strongly disagree" here.