A little political clarity

I've often found it hard to place myself on the traditional political "line":

On some issues, I definitely lean "left" (meaning, in common usage, "liberal"). Those tend to be social and economic issues, particularly those regarding civil liberties. On the other hand, I'm fairly traditional in my approach to morality and ethics, and more "conservative" theologically than people sometimes realize. In high school, I used to call myself "libervative," as a way of trying to work this out - I didn't care for moderate, because that seemed to imply being in the middle on most things. I, on the other hand, found myself on one side or the other on many issues... just not consistently the same side.

The Political Compass helped sort some of that out for me. Instead of using a single axis (Left vs. Right, Liberal vs. Conservative), the Compass sorts a person's political views into a two-axis system: The horizontal axis indicates the approach preferred to economic issues, while the vertical axis reveals one's social bias - particularly as regards the tension between government authority and individual liberty.

Although it didn't necessarily cast a great deal of illumination on my theological perspective, it did place me a little more precisely in the world of political ideas. Here's a chart showing where my own ideological bias lies, compared with that of prominent world figures:

The survey takes about ten minutes to complete, and is completely anonymous. It might help you put your finger on something that's hard to describe in one dimension. If you score yourself at the Political Compass, let me know - I'm very curious the political inclinations of the folks who read this blog.