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What’s Your Ideology?
READ THE DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY FOR EACH TASK ON THIS ASSIGNMENT!
This assignment asks you to take self-surveys online that will allow you to have a better
idea what your political views are, to figure out which of the current presidential candidates you
might prefer to vote for, and to discover which of the current political parties you might be interested
in affiliating yourself with.
Part 1: Where Do You Fit?
Read the two-paragraph introduction to the “Where Do You Fit?” self self-survey online at
http://typology.people-press.org/typology/ . Answer the questions CAREFULLY on the typology
questionnaire online to find out which political typology group you fit into. When you have completed taking this
survey, click on “Calculate my results!”. Read the description of your political typology carefully, then
answer the questions below.
1. What political “typology” does the sum of your answers on the survey indicate you “fit” into?
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2. What personal characteristics or beliefs do you have that can explain your being categorized into this political
“typology”? Look back at the explanation and list at least three personal beliefs/characteristics from the
typology you think match your own personal beliefs best.
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B. ________________________________________________________________________________________
C. ________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Which of the political typologies (check out the explanations of the other typologies online) is most unlike your
own?
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4. What personal characteristics or beliefs does this typology (above) have that can explain its being categorized as
directly opposite to your own? Look back at the characteristics of the typology you listed in #3, above, and list at
least three personal beliefs/characteristics from that typology that you think are the most opposite to
your own.
A. ________________________________________________________________________________________
B. ________________________________________________________________________________________
C. ________________________________________________________________________________________
Part 2: The Political Compass
Point your Web browser to http://www.politicalcompass.org/test/ . Take the Test. When you have completed the
"Test" click on "Now let's see where you stand" at the end of the questions on page six, and see your results. Read
your results, look over the graphic representations of your values and beliefs, politically. Find the link down the page
that says, "Show graph on separate page for printing," and click on this link. It will show a printable view of your
personal graphic results. Print out your personal results graph, write your name on it, and staple it together with
the rest of your work, today, with this handout on top. (Be smart: copy/paste the graph image into a Word
document, then print out just the single sheet with “Political Compass” typed in as a title!)
Part 3: The 2008 American Presidential Candidate Selector
Take the 2008 American Presidential Candidate Selector survey at
http://www.selectsmart.com/president/2008.html . Print out your results and staple it together with the rest
of your work, with this assignment sheet on top.
Part 4: Party Matchmaking
Go to the Party Matchmaking Questions at http://www.3pc.net/matchmaker/index.html and take this
survey. List the “top five” political parties that this survey indicates you’re most likely to be compatible with, in their
proper order according to the results it computed from your answers.
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15. Were the political parties “ranked” by your results in the Party Matchmaking survey, in the order you think they
should be?
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16. Explain below why this survey did or did not accurately represent your ideal ranking of political party choices.
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