Alexander Ioannidis Political Ideology

I lean more economically liberal and socially libertarian. I do agree with my results. I believe that government needs to do more to help lower class people make it in society. I think it is unacceptable for people to be starving or lacking medical care in the United States. My socially libertarian ways are also accurate because I believe people should be able to do what they want as long as they don't hurt others. This includes being pro-life. I am all for a woman being able to make her own health decisions, but not at the expense of an innocent child's life. With gay marriage, I do not think gay marriage is ok, but from a constitutional perspective, people should have the right to marry who they want and it should not be regulated by the government. I would describe myself as a moderate who leans toward the left. I am not extreme in my beliefs, but I do believe everyone deserves a fair shot and a level playing field. My only super conservative stance is on the issue of abortion. I am 100% pro-life even in cases of incest and rape. The only time I would be pro-choice is if the mother of the child was dying. On this note, I proudly endorse Bernie Sanders for President in 2016!

Please add my extra credit to the unit 2/3 test.

Kinsey Anderson-Political Ideology Extra Credit

According to the political compass quiz, my economic and social beliefs are left authoritarian. The quiz shows that my economic beliefs are approximately in the middle between conservative and liberal. I was surprised by this because my economic beliefs tend to be much more conservative. I think equal opportunity and equality are important, but I feel that extreme liberals go too far with equality. I disagree with the fact that people who are able to work, but choose not to are given money by the government. I also do not support the liberal idea of taxing the rich more in order to bring everyone more towards the center economically. I am not surprised that my social beliefs appear to be more conservative. I believe my conservative social ideology is rooted in my religious beliefs. I thought that economically and socially my beliefs would greatly be skewed towards the conservative side. Although my social beliefs were more on the conservative side than my economic beliefs, I find it interesting that both are not significantly conservative. Overall, I consider myself to have conservative economic and social beliefs.

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Jordan Sylar- Political Idealogy

My political compass results said that I was a tad socially and economically liberal, but more economically liberal than socially. I am not sure if I agree with this or not. I don’t know enough about economics to know exactly where I stand on some economic issues, however, I usually define myself as more of an economic conservative. I do agree with my social results though. While I do believe in adhering to traditional Christian values personally, I do not see it as the U.S. government’s job to enforce these values completely. I think a certain amount of social freedom should be allowed for the people, as long as it isn’t dangerous to others, like abortion. I don’t however, support change just for the sake of change. I do think that completely abandoning the ways of the past can be harmful. All together though, I think that I need to become more informed before I label myself politically. It’s dangerous when people label themselves ignorantly.

KP: Political Compass Extra Credit

According to my political compass, I am about as dead in the middle as you can get. I am right in the middle of everything, not socially or economically more liberal or conservative. To be honest, I was a little surprised that I didn’t have more conservative results. I would definitely say that I’m more conservative politically, especially for my age group, but I guess I just didn’t expect to be in the dead center. In comparison to a few of my classmates, my results are still the more conservative results I expected. I don’t think these results were completely accurate, as some of the questions were very unclear, or I didn’t have an idea about the topic in general. There were lots that I hadn’t stopped to think about, so the response was my gut instinct, that oftentimes I didn’t have time to think through all the repercussions that would follow my answer. Because there was no neutral or I don’t know option, some of the ones I just had to guess on probably left a small margin of error in my results. I do think this is a good indicator that I’m not super left or right winged, however I think my results could have been more accurate, and if that were the case I think I would have been slightly more to the right. Economic issues aren’t on the forefront of my mind and I don’t know a ton about the economy except what I catch on the news or hearing my parents discuss. As for social standings, I think it’s a hard place to be in. I am a Christian and I will always vote for what I believe is right according to the Bible, however, there is a separation of church and state that make it difficult for some people to keep their political ideas in line with their beliefs. Ultimately, I would say I’m a more moderate conservative when it comes to political issues.

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JD Sanderson - Political Ideology Unit 2/3 Extra Credit

From this, it says that I am economically and socially left leaning, but fairly towards the moderate side. I am barely more socially liberal than I am economically. I think the results are a little skewed. While I agree with the social views, I think that the questions about economics didn't represent all my views well enough. Most of them were about big corporations and how they treat people, with barely any about how employees should behave or what rights they should have. I think I am more economically conservative than this shows me to be. I do agree with how socially liberal I am though, of course everyone would as well. I would describe myself as a libertarian, not democrat as some people think for some reason. I do think people should be free to do what they want as long as they are not hurting anyone physically or financially; I don't think the government should be able to legislate morality. Economically, I think we should prevent any major economical changes from happening until we understand fully why our economy is doing so poorly. I believe that liberals want everything to change too fast without thinking about it first. It's almost like they think it's a good idea just because it's a change. In general, I would have to say that I lean liberal on most issues despite that fact.

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Political Ideology - Unit 2/3 Extra Credit

Let's talk ideology. Upload your results from the political compass quiz we took in class and analyze them for me. Do you agree with your results? How would you describe yourself politically? Post your own blog, title with your name and name of assignment. Then don't forget to include which assignment I should apply your extra credit from Unit 2 or 3. Let's have this complete by next Wednesday 2/24.