Quiz: If America Had Six Parties, Which Would You Belong To?
America’s two-party system is broken. Democrats and Republicans are locked in an increasingly destructive partisan struggle that has produced gridlock and stagnation on too many critical issues — most urgently, the pandemic and climate change.
Unfortunately the Quiz is behind the NY Times paywall. BUT there are two workarounds:
[1] You’re allowed a certain number of free articles every month. If you’ve already met your quota, you can clear your cache and that resets the dial.
[2] The good people at Daily Kos provided a link to the Quiz that let’s you avoid the paywall. I subscribe to the NY Times, so I don’t know if it works for everyone – but worth a shot. You might have to copy/paste it into the address bar if a direct click doesn’t work
FREE LINK:
It’s an interactive Quiz where the questions advance only after answering the first one. So I went ahead and typed out the questions for some background. But unless you answer them online, you will not get the results that place you in one of the six “new” parties. (Lee Drutman provided this graph where you’ll be plotted based on your answers.)
But I did include the thumbnail info of each – but the site provides a lot more info – demographics for each party, etc.
It’s readily apparent that you can “game” the quiz to put yourself where you want – but I was brutally honest, as I really wanted to know.
And a couple of the questions are fairly nuanced, which might change your answer. Have fun!
Straight Link:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/09/08/opinion/republicans-democrats-parties.html
[1]
Marijuana should be legal
Strongly Disagree – Somewhat Disagree – Neutral – Somewhat Agree – Strongly Agree
[2]
Should same-sex marriage be legal
Yes – No
[3]
How easy of difficult should it be to immigrate to the USA
Much Easier – Slightly Easier – Same – Slightly Harder – Much Harder
[4]
How do you feel about reducing government regulation of business
Strongly Disagree – Somewhat Disagree – Neutral – Somewhat Agree – Strongly Agree
[5]
Local government should decrease the size of police forces and the scope of their work
Strongly Disagree – Somewhat Disagree – Neutral – Somewhat Agree – Strongly Agree
[6]
It is the responsibility of the federal government to see to it that everyone has health care coverage
Strongly Disagree – Somewhat Disagree – Neutral – Somewhat Agree – Strongly Agree
[7]
When it comes to really important questions, scientific facts don’t help very much.
Strongly Disagree – Somewhat Disagree – Neutral – Somewhat Agree – Strongly Agree
[8]
The minimum wage should be raised
Strongly Disagree – Somewhat Disagree – Neutral – Somewhat Agree – Strongly Agree
[9]
I would rather be a citizen of the USA than any other country.
Strongly Disagree – Somewhat Disagree – Neutral – Somewhat Agree – Strongly Agree
[10]
Gun control laws should be …
Stricter – No Change– Less Strict
[11]
American society systematically advantages white people
Strongly Disagree – Somewhat Disagree – Neutral – Somewhat Agree – Strongly Agree
[12]
I think abortion should be …
Legal in all cases – Legal in some cases and illegal in other – Illegal in all cases
[13]
An important reason that some people are poor is because the economy is unfair
Strongly Disagree – Somewhat Disagree – Neutral – Somewhat Agree – Strongly Agree
[14]
Racial minorities have mostly fair opportunities to advance in the USA today
Strongly Disagree – Somewhat Disagree – Neutral – Somewhat Agree – Strongly Agree
[15]
Today, discrimination against white people has become as big a problem as discrimination against Black people and other minorities
Strongly Disagree – Somewhat Disagree – Neutral – Somewhat Agree – Strongly Agree
[16]
Should the government raise taxes on incomes above $200,000?
Yes – No
[17]
Do you favor or oppose of providing a way for undocumented immigrants already in the USA to become citizens?
Yes – No
[18]
Wealthy people spur innovation
Strongly Disagree – Somewhat Disagree – Neutral – Somewhat Agree – Strongly Agree
[19]
How important is the issue of climate change to you?
Very important – Somewhat important – Not very important – Unimportant
[20]
It’s the responsibility of government to reduce the income differences among people
Strongly Disagree – Somewhat Disagree – Neutral – Somewhat Agree – Strongly Agree
PARTIES
Progressive
The Progressive Party is focused on equity and racial justice, with a strong vision of inclusive social democracy. Its strongest support comes from politically engaged, highly educated younger people, especially women.
New Liberal [This is where my answers placed me]
The New Liberal Party is the professional-class establishment wing of the Democratic Party. Members are cosmopolitan in their social and racial views but more pro-business and more likely to see the wealthy as innovators.
American Labor
The American Labor Party is focused on economic populism, with an appeal to working-class Democrats who don’t have college degrees and don’t follow politics closely. It is more moderate on social and cultural issues compared with the Progressive Party, but also more diverse, appealing to many working-class Hispanics.
Growth & Opportunity
The Growth and Opportunity Party is the socially moderate, pro-business wing of the Republican Party. It is the heir to the old moderate “Rockefeller Republican,” the East Coast wing of the G.O.P.
Patriot
The Patriot Party is the party of Donald Trump’s 2016 primary campaign: the coalition of the small town, white working-class Americans who feel left behind by globalism and condescended to by cosmopolitanism. It is economically populist and strongly anti-immigration. Its strongest support among lower-income conservatives comes from exurban America.
Christian Conservative
The Christian Conservative Party is focused centrally on issues of religious liberty and morality, with very limited government. It will find stronger support among the most politically engaged and affluent, especially men.
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This sounds fascinating! I could not get past the paywall, even after clearing cache (which also locked me out of here, and ate my original comment. I think, though, if I reboot , having cleared cache may work – I just can’t right now. So I will be back!
Sorry about losing your work.
Did you try the “free” link? Folks at D Kos seemed to imply it worked.
Since I subscribe, either one would work for me. So I have no idea if it’s a viable workaround.
Neither link worked for me … not even after I rebooted, and ran CCleaner, and tried both Guess I’ll have to try in November – it seems to be calendar months, not “30 days from last accessed.) browsers (one of which is Edge which I almost never use – only as a last resort.)
I didn’t try the laptop, however. Some click-to-donate sites think the laptop is a different person, so that might be worth a try.
Neither worked for me either Joanne–am past my free copies for the month.
Neither links worked for me too. Automatically blocks, asking me to subscribe.
My laptop will not get me in either. I think it may work on some sites because iI do not have my computers in a network. But, I guess the Times knows a trick worth two of that .ere
Looking at the graph, however, it looks in many ways similar (though not identical) to the grapg in The Political Compass. That site uses left and right to refer to economics, and up and down to refer to social views, up being more and down being less authoritarian. So one’s results there should be similar to one’s results here. I have always turned out in the lower left corner and would expect to do so here as well. That would put me squarely among the Progressives.
I wish I had realized that sooner. It might have been a handy substitute for others who couldn’t get in
The link worked for me, but that may be because usually still logging on under my husband’s account for which I continue paying.
It won’t come as a great surprise that I’m closest to the progressive party. But my personal dot showed right in the middle. I think that’s because I fell off the left-hand side of the scales and the questionnaire didn’t know what to do with it.
I think most followers of PP would end up Progressive or New Liberal like you, Nameless.
Thanks Nameless. I think they made a mistake not including a Libertarian and a Green Party since they have numbers that rival some of the splinters above as both parties number fewer than those registered as Independent/No party affiliation (the majority of the country want nothing to do with either one).