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Title: How progressive are you?
Post by: thundley4 on September 15, 2010, 09:11:43 PM
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HarveyDarkey   (889 posts)             Wed Sep-15-10 09:43 PM
Original message
My score was 352, what's yours?
   
Edited on Wed Sep-15-10 09:49 PM by HarveyDarkey
Should have been higher, but I misread a couple of questions (it doesn't allow you to change your response).

On edit: response to my first response, oversight on my part.

Center for American Progress : Interactive Quiz: How Progressive Are You?
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/03/progressive_quiz.html
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9142778

Here's my results:
107/400 very conservative average score for Americans is 209.5

Not one of the Damn Dummies was even close to the average.  However since this is from a liberal website, I doubt the validity of the 209 average.
 
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: Celtic Rose on September 15, 2010, 09:27:12 PM
114, but some of the questions were worded very poorly.  Conservative Republicans apparently score 160 on average, so I don't know what that makes me  :uhsure: 
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: dutch508 on September 15, 2010, 09:29:14 PM
122/400


The Conservative Hammer.
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: Ballygrl on September 15, 2010, 09:32:43 PM
OMG! :lmao: this is my score:

Your ideological score is
66/400
This makes you extremely
conservative.
The average score for
Americans is 209.5
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: NHSparky on September 15, 2010, 09:36:49 PM
42/400.  You were saying about "hammers" you liberal panty waist?

Bitchslap for being such a poofter wannabe statist socialist, dutch.
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: Tucker on September 15, 2010, 09:42:29 PM
121/400.

 I must have been too generous in the food stamps answer. :lmao:

Actually I was selecting 2's and 9's and not 1's and 10's. I gave the benefit of doubt to the truly poor among us.
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: IassaFTots on September 15, 2010, 09:50:22 PM
Oh well hell.....

Your ideological score is
93/400
This makes you extremely
conservative. The average score for
Americans is 209.5

And I consider myself more of a libertarian than most on this board.  WTF????
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: Ballygrl on September 15, 2010, 09:51:01 PM
121/400.

 I must have been too generous in the food stamps answer. :lmao:

Actually I was selecting 2's and 9's and not 1's and 10's. I gave the benefit of doubt to the truly poor among us.

I gave some 1's and 9's out, but there were just some questions that I felt strongly about that I had to give a 0 or a 10 out, and a few questions I gave a 2 and 3 out, I think I had a 5 for 1 answer.
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: Ballygrl on September 15, 2010, 09:51:33 PM
Oh, and all you people over 100? you RINO's! :-)
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: IassaFTots on September 15, 2010, 09:57:14 PM
Oh, and all you people over 100? you RINO's! :-)

 :hi5:
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: Chris_ on September 15, 2010, 10:02:58 PM
98/400
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: Tucker on September 15, 2010, 10:15:44 PM
Oh, and all you people over 100? you RINO's! :-)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/tucker13/emoticons/0f6aa246.gif)
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: longview on September 15, 2010, 10:43:54 PM
108/400.

Oh, and all you people over 100? you RINO's! :-)

 :thatsright:
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: Odin's Hand on September 15, 2010, 10:48:31 PM
39/400
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: DefiantSix on September 15, 2010, 10:57:35 PM
52/400.  Curse my bleeding heart.  :banghead:
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: delilahmused on September 15, 2010, 11:39:47 PM
114, but some of the questions were worded very poorly.  Conservative Republicans apparently score 160 on average, so I don't know what that makes me  :uhsure: 

Yeah, the one I thought was incredibly misleading was the one about immigrants. I think LEGAL immigrants are an asset to the country (especially since they're willing to work hard to achieve the American dream). ILLEGAL aliens (they aren't immigrants) are a drain.

Cindie
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: BattleHymn on September 15, 2010, 11:45:10 PM
40/400. 
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: BattleHymn on September 15, 2010, 11:47:32 PM
Yeah, the one I thought was incredibly misleading was the one about immigrants. I think LEGAL immigrants are an asset to the country (especially since they're willing to work hard to achieve the American dream). ILLEGAL aliens (they aren't immigrants) are a drain.

Cindie

I believe that was question #20.  There was no good way to answer that question the way it was worded.
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: Celtic Rose on September 15, 2010, 11:59:38 PM
Yeah, the one I thought was incredibly misleading was the one about immigrants. I think LEGAL immigrants are an asset to the country (especially since they're willing to work hard to achieve the American dream). ILLEGAL aliens (they aren't immigrants) are a drain.

Cindie

Yep, that was one I had issues with.  Like most progressives, the quiz had issues with scale and individual situations.  I was more generous on some questions because, for example, I don't necessarily mind the government helping the truly destitute, but the way the question was worded, they either helped all the "poor" or none.
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: BattleHymn on September 16, 2010, 12:06:43 AM
DUmmie stats:

122 PARTICIPANTS

MEAN:  344.3525

RANGE: 166  (MINIMUM 230 MAXIMUM 396)

MODE:  351 (OCCURING FIVE TIMES)

Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: crockspot on September 16, 2010, 12:32:17 AM
87/400
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: Carl on September 16, 2010, 04:53:41 AM
57/400
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: Splashdown on September 16, 2010, 07:34:02 AM
104/400.

I think we need a purge here!

 :-)

I agreed that the government is doing too much to promote religion...the religion it's promoting, of course, is manmade global warming.

Some of those questions were a bit obtuse.
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: rustybayonet on September 16, 2010, 07:59:24 AM
91/400 ----- guess I need to go back to Conservative school to get the score lower  :hammer:
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: BlueStateSaint on September 16, 2010, 08:00:35 AM
67/400.  Oh well. :innocent:
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: Ree on September 16, 2010, 08:29:01 AM
94/400
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: Flame on September 16, 2010, 09:08:58 AM
I scored an 87.
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: jukin on September 16, 2010, 09:37:55 AM
51/400

Were those questions right out of the communist manifesto or what?

I think it could have been boiled down to three questions.

1. Do you think the USA is pure evil?

2. Do you think Whitey is pure evil?

3. Should we take all of the evil USA's and whitey's money and give to people that have not earned it?
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on September 16, 2010, 09:50:51 AM
98/400. :banghead:

Some of those questions were so poorly phrased.  You could tell it was written from a Lib/DUmmy perspective.
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: HACKSAW on September 16, 2010, 09:59:29 AM
45/400  :evillaugh:
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: Tucker on September 16, 2010, 10:18:05 AM
It seem that I'm one of the more liberal members here, with a score of 121. That being the case, with my sense of entitlement, I expect that each of you send me ten dollars on a weekly basis. No fair donating to a charity in my name. Send the money to me and I'll take of charity. You can trust me on this.
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: PatriotGame on September 16, 2010, 10:20:14 AM
BUUUUUULL-FUUUUCKING-SHIIIIT!!!

There isn't a single conservative, Republican, Christian, AMERICAN in the world that is against GIVING food stamps or *ANY* social help to those in need!!!111 We shellfishly do this every day!

What we *ARE* against is a DUmmy liberal standard of a self-anointed lifestyle of society parasitic suckling off the system just because you are black or your back hurts when you get out of your whore's bed in the morning AND, your lazy-assed self entitlement mindset.
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: DefiantSix on September 16, 2010, 10:23:56 AM
It seem that I'm one of the more liberal members here, with a score of 121. That being the case, with my sense of entitlement, I expect that each of you send me ten dollars on a weekly basis. No fair donating to a charity in my name. Send the money to me and I'll take of charity. You can trust me on this.

What if we just use a fake ID with your name and picture on it to buy beer with that money? (Pot doesn't really appeal to me, but I could go for beer and Cheetos.)  And then sent you a photocopy of our hands passing that money on to the convenience store clerk...  :-)
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on September 16, 2010, 10:31:19 AM
It seem that I'm one of the more liberal members here, with a score of 121. That being the case, with my sense of entitlement, I expect that each of you send me ten dollars on a weekly basis. No fair donating to a charity in my name. Send the money to me and I'll take of charity. You can trust me on this.

How about sending pictures of a $10 bill, would that count?
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: Tucker on September 16, 2010, 10:55:39 AM
How about sending pictures of a $10 bill, would that count?

This is gotta be worth something.

(http://www.noveltieswholesale.com/files/OBAMABILL.jpg)
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: njpines on September 16, 2010, 11:05:20 AM
61/400

gotta stop being so damn squishy and nice all the time!!  :evillaugh:
Title: primitives being regressive
Post by: franksolich on September 16, 2010, 11:44:44 AM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9142778

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/03/progressive_quiz.html

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HarveyDarkey  (890 posts)        Wed Sep-15-10 09:43 PM
Original message

My score was 352, what's yours?

Should have been higher, but I misread a couple of questions (it doesn't allow you to change your response).

On edit: response to my first response, oversight on my part.

Center for American Progress : Interactive Quiz: How Progressive Are You?

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/03/progress...

In case the link inside the quote doesn't work, it's up there above, right under the link to the campfire on Skins's island.

franksolich scored 145.

It's a big campfire.

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USArmyParatrooper  (1000+ posts)      Wed Sep-15-10 09:53 PM
Response to Original message
 
8. Some of the questions are too ambiguous

Example:

"The primary responsibility of corporations is to produce profits and returns for their shareholders, not to improve society"

I actually 'Strongly Agree' with this statement, but with a qualifier. As the CEO of a company (and arguably any employee) it is your JOB to make the company money. Companies aren't inherently evil, they exist to make money.

However; it's the government's job to regulate them and to protect the American consumer, the American worker and the American economy. There are many questions that force you to choose between government and private industry. In my view they go hand and hand.

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Warpy  (1000+ posts)        Wed Sep-15-10 09:55 PM
THE DEFROCKED WARPED PRIMITIVE, #09 TOP PRIMITIVE OF 2009
Response to Original message

15. 387, howling lefty

But y'all already knew that, right?

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TreasonousBastard  (1000+ posts)      Wed Sep-15-10 10:04 PM
THE PRIMITIVE FULL OF BEANS
Response to Original message

43. 310, but no 0's or 10's just out of spite.

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proud2BlibKansan  (1000+ posts)        Wed Sep-15-10 10:17 PM
ANNE, THE DYSMENOPAUSAL KANSAS SCHOOL TEACHER
THE DIE ALTE SAU, #19 TOP PRIMITIVE OF 2009

Response to Original message

58. 377

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NNN0LHI  (1000+ posts)      Wed Sep-15-10 10:40 PM
DON, THE GROUCHY OLD PRIMITIVE
Response to Original message

94. A brazilian! 

I was so liberal it hurt.

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tularetom  (1000+ posts)        Wed Sep-15-10 11:15 PM
Response to Original message
 
118. 289 - please don't put me on ignore

I'm still "very progressive".

The average score was 209.5, but some of those questions really sucked.

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CaliforniaPeggy  (1000+ posts)        Thu Sep-16-10 01:32 AM
THE CALPIG PRIMITIVE, #10 TOP PRIMITIVE OF 2009
Response to Original message

156. Mine is 348/400...extremely progressive.

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WCGreen  (1000+ posts)        Thu Sep-16-10 08:35 AM
THE GREEN COMMODE PRIMITIVE, CALPIG'S PAL
Response to Original message

194. 346...

It's because I am an accountant...

I didn't answer 0 on some of the tax statements.
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: blitzkrieg_17 on September 16, 2010, 12:35:55 PM
133.
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: AllosaursRus on September 16, 2010, 12:50:49 PM
60, but I screwed up on 1 so it is in fact less!
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: BlueStateSaint on September 16, 2010, 02:10:29 PM
60, but I screwed up on 1 so it is in fact less!


Suuuuurrre it is. :tongue: :whatever: :uhsure:
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: Randy on September 16, 2010, 05:46:46 PM
 :old: 31 :whistling: :gives:
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: Ballygrl on September 16, 2010, 06:12:27 PM
:old: 31 :whistling: :gives:

WOW! :cheersmate:
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: Randy on September 16, 2010, 06:16:19 PM
WOW! :cheersmate:

Evidently I'm intolerant or something. :lmao:   :innocent:
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: SteveG75 on September 16, 2010, 07:13:14 PM
77.

Just one thought. The primitives keep saying how they represent America. But they avergaed ~350 and the average American according to this survey is 209. They don't seem to have picked up on that.
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: Ballygrl on September 16, 2010, 07:15:08 PM
77.

Just one thought. The primitives keep saying how they represent America. But they avergaed ~350 and the average American according to this survey is 209. They don't seem to have picked up on that.

Only 20% of Americans subscribe to their ideology, 40% conservative, 35% moderate and IMO leaning towards conservatism.
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: BattleHymn on September 16, 2010, 07:51:05 PM
:old: 31 :whistling: :gives:

Evidently I'm intolerant or something. :lmao:   :innocent:

(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s233/ignitethefire65/abe_simpson.gif)
Get off my lawn!

Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: Strider on September 16, 2010, 09:21:57 PM
screw the environment,
the poor
the government,
the wet backs,
the minorities,
the terrorists
and the rest of the world...10/400...... :tongue:

and esp. :bird: the dems...
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: Boudicca on September 16, 2010, 11:44:24 PM
104/400.

I think we need a purge here!

 :-)

I agreed that the government is doing too much to promote religion...the religion it's promoting, of course, is manmade global warming.

Some of those questions were a bit obtuse.

The other religion our current government is promoting is Islam.  NASA outreach to the Muslim world my ass. :whatever:

I scored 142/400.  Does this make me one of the board's progressives? :evillaugh:
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: Chris_ on September 16, 2010, 11:46:08 PM
I actually expected a lower (higher?) score.  That's what I get for trying to be a nice guy.  Some of those questions were not only NO but HELL, NO.
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: Randy on September 17, 2010, 02:27:55 AM
I actually expected a lower (higher?) score.  That's what I get for trying to be a nice guy.  Some of those questions were not only NO but HELL, NO.

As there were a scattered bunch of Shit Yeah!! answers too. :-)
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: catsmtrods on September 17, 2010, 04:28:29 AM
45/400 Very rarely am I middle of the road!
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: Freeper on September 17, 2010, 06:48:48 AM
Ouch 125 I guess I should sign up at DU instead of being here.  :-)

Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: diesel driver on September 17, 2010, 07:00:10 AM
50/400 here, but I clicked too quickly on one answer.

I am EXTREMELY conservative by their rating, but I think they grade on the curve.

It should have been VERY EXTREME RIGHT-WING RACIST conservative.   :II:
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: diesel driver on September 17, 2010, 07:02:13 AM
45/400  :evillaugh:

YOU BRUTE!

I like you!   :cheersmate:
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: diesel driver on September 17, 2010, 07:05:23 AM
:old: 31 :whistling: :gives:
:suckup:

We're not worthy!
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: CactusCarlos on September 17, 2010, 05:05:33 PM
63 - now I have to go kick a homeless person.  :evillaugh:
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: Randy on September 17, 2010, 05:20:08 PM
63 - now I have to go kick a homeless person.  :evillaugh:

Going by my score I'll hold 'em down for ya.  :rotf:
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: AllosaursRus on September 17, 2010, 07:36:32 PM
Yeah, the one I thought was incredibly misleading was the one about immigrants. I think LEGAL immigrants are an asset to the country (especially since they're willing to work hard to achieve the American dream). ILLEGAL aliens (they aren't immigrants) are a drain.

Cindie

I went back and took it again as I answered the opposite on one question, couldn't back up,  and after seeing Hairless Reid is going to add immigration BS into a Defense Bill, I wanted to change my answer to ooo!

40/400!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: Ballygrl on September 17, 2010, 08:00:18 PM
Going by my score I'll hold 'em down for ya.  :rotf:

:lmao:
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: CactusCarlos on September 17, 2010, 08:41:56 PM
Going by my score I'll hold 'em down for ya.  :rotf:

:rotf:

:hi5:

Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: Lacarnut on September 18, 2010, 12:00:58 AM
76/400 Extremely conservative
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: diesel driver on September 18, 2010, 06:01:03 PM
I tried again and only got 40/400.  M

Must  Try  Harder!

Still  Too  Damned  Liberal!
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: diesel driver on September 18, 2010, 06:03:28 PM
I went back and took it again as I answered the opposite on one question, couldn't back up,  and after seeing Hairless Reid is going to add immigration BS into a Defense Bill, I wanted to change my answer to ooo!

40/400!!!!!!!!!!


I noticed that the "Back" and "Next" buttons were right above the "0" and "10", respectively.
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: BlueStateSaint on September 18, 2010, 06:04:45 PM
My wife took it, and she scored 156 out of 400, IIRC.

Oh well!  Our daughter will be a lot closer to my score. :-)
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: Ballygrl on September 18, 2010, 06:31:02 PM
My wife took it, and she scored 156 out of 400, IIRC.

Oh well!  Our daughter will be a lot closer to my score. :-)

I should ask hubby to take the quiz but no way will he sit through 40 questions.
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: AllosaursRus on September 18, 2010, 08:30:13 PM
I should ask hubby to take the quiz but no way will he sit through 40 questions.

I'm sure you can convince him! Give 'im a "reward"!
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: diesel driver on September 19, 2010, 08:18:57 AM
I'm sure you can convince him! Give 'im a "reward"!

Depending on her timing, it could either be a "reward", or a "distraction".   :uhsure:   :naughty:
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: Ballygrl on September 19, 2010, 08:58:02 AM
:lmao:

Fuuuunny! OK, I'll make him dinner tonight. :tongue:
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: diesel driver on September 19, 2010, 09:23:27 AM
:lmao:

Fuuuunny! OK, I'll make him dinner tonight. :tongue:

Now THAT'S a distraction!   :rotf:
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: Ballygrl on September 19, 2010, 09:36:43 AM
Now THAT'S a distraction!   :rotf:

:lmao:
Title: Re: How progressive are you?
Post by: The Hollywood NeoCon on September 19, 2010, 04:42:35 PM
I should ask hubby to take the quiz but no way will he sit through 40 questions.

Yeah, I got through 10 before I clicked off. If I wanted to read libtard bullshit, I'd go to Skin's Island.