Stephen Michael Kellat

The Axes of Thought

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I do find quizzes as to where you fall on the political spectrum to be interesting.  In a state like Ohio you only have the choices of being a Republican or a Democrat.  Although third parties do in fact exist the problem of wanting to be affiliated with any of them results in you showing up as "non-partisan" in the voter records.  We have some very, very tough ballot access laws. 

I do like the quiz at isidewith at https://www.isidewith.com/political-quiz as it provides not just the US context but other countries.  I have had multiple family members try it and it gives expected results.  When it comes to me, though, the results get very messy.  Remember what I said about the somewhat strict duopoly in Ohio?  Yeah, I am officially an "R" as they are the relatively closest to where I stand on things.  Every time I take the quiz it comes up with at least one third party that I am better aligned with.

If you take my quiz answers to the US version and then switch the localization to Australia or Canada then I end up fitting in better to a mainstream party somewhere.  That's just weird to me.  Then again my country has increasingly gone mad since I left being a fed so I have trouble recognizing it lately.