Post Number Two!!

Politics and Personality Quizzes

Political Compass: This quiz asked me a lot of questions I never really thought about, like whether or not land is a commodity that we should be buying or selling. Many were issues regarding how we as individuals perceive economics, class, sex, society, and large businesses. There were questions that I didn’t understand, and it made me realize all the different issues that are debated in presidential elections. According to the quiz, I am a liberal leftish. I share the same views as Ghandi, who believed in the value of each individual.

Political Typeology: The next quiz asks me to choose between statements on what I felt were better ways to run the government and how society should view different people. It made me really think about whether the current government was doing more harm that good, regarding things like environmental laws and poverty. The quiz told me that I best fit with the “Disaffected Democrats,” which leans towards the Democratic Party. This isn’t really surprising, as I knew that I definitely didn’t agree with many of the Republican Party’s views.

ISideWith: The last quiz asked me a variety of questions to determine who I should vote for in the 2020 Presidential election. Like the Political Compass quiz, I was asked about topics that I’d never thought about before like constitutional rights for foreign terrorism suspects or rights for illegal immigrants. There were also things that I had never heard of before, such as Al-Qaeda or the Paris Climate Agreement, that I feel I should know about to some extent as a citizen of the US. When I was asked which candidate I would vote for in the House of Representatives and Senate Election, I unfortunately didn’t recognize a single name. My results were a long list of democrats that were concerned with environmentalism, compassion, humility, and communication. Now that I think about it, this isn’t surprising either since they share some of the things I care about.

To wrap it up, these tests made me realize I really don’t know much politically, and someone like me should become more educated before being allowed to vote. Throughout these quizzes, I feel like I answered these questions similar to how the majority of Gen Z would, as our generation tends to be more open minded than the older generations about things like abortion or same sex marriage. However, as a minor that lives under my parent’s roof, I don’t pay taxes, work a full time job, or anything like that. So I never really paid much attention to politics since I felt that a lot of the issues discussed don’t directly affect me very much. As I get older, I’d want to understand more about politics, but as of now there are more immediate concerns for me more. Honestly I’m more worried about adhering to my parent’s rules right now than those in the real world, so I will keep out of politics for the most part just to abstain from getting into heated arguments with my peers.