A very interesting little tool designed by academics and hosted by the CBC. You give your opinion on various issues, and at the end it tell you which party (ies) is closest to your opinions/beliefs
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Yeahhhh...there's some...debate as to whether or not the compass is entirely honest. It seems that there are an awful lot of people who just became liberals out there...much to their surprise.
Heh, umm, no. The current Liberal party is not centrist. It's horning in on the NDP's turf to the left. Compare them to Chretien's Liberals in the 90's and see what I mean. People may think Harper is right wing, but he's slowly becoming center right.
No, when people who are avowed Conservatives and Avowed NDP can't get themselves identified that way on that survey no matter what they choose for answers, the CBC is meddling in political affairs instead of reporting them...again..
I think at this point we should ask ourselves 2 questions:
1: are the questions asked in the survey "representative" - ie is this a reasonable array of questions?
2: are the parties' positions well represented in the "grid".
For example, on the question "possession of marijuana should be a criminal offence", the conservative position is "strongly agree", the bloq, liberals and NDP are "somewhat disagree" and the green party is "strongly disagree". Is this an good representation of the parties' position on the issue?
If you say yes to 1, and likewise on 2, then the test is fair. If not, it shows indeed that the devil is in the details.
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However, I'd rather have my district's polling results so I know who to vote for to give Baird The Boot.
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No, when people who are avowed Conservatives and Avowed NDP can't get themselves identified that way on that survey no matter what they choose for answers, the CBC is meddling in political affairs instead of reporting them...again..
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1: are the questions asked in the survey "representative" - ie is this a reasonable array of questions?
2: are the parties' positions well represented in the "grid".
For example, on the question "possession of marijuana should be a criminal offence", the conservative position is "strongly agree", the bloq, liberals and NDP are "somewhat disagree" and the green party is "strongly disagree". Is this an good representation of the parties' position on the issue?
If you say yes to 1, and likewise on 2, then the test is fair. If not, it shows indeed that the devil is in the details.
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