Political Compass

After completing this test, I was surprised to see the wide variety of different political figures and contemporary politicians and their standing on the scale. The results of these political figures did not surprise me all that much. There seemed to be more that were towards the authoritarian/neo-liberalism side of the graph, which makes since because they are all part of the government. They value leadership and authority.
I found myself to fall directly in the middle of the scale with a little more towards the liberal side. I found this to be pretty interesting because it makes me seem like a well rounded individual. The only aspect that I lean more towards would be freedom. I understand and except the guidelines that we must follow in order to be a civilized country. Sometimes I believe that the government has such strict guidelines that it infringes on our freedoms. Some of the values that we were asked on the test are issues that I do not know what side I take. For example, the question dealing with abortion is a tough one for me to answer because I have different opinions about this topic depending on the situation. My faith teaches me that abortion is always wrong because it is taking the life of an innocent individual.
I do not believe that I would make a good political leader because of my value of freedom. I do not believe in telling people how they must live their lives. Our politicians and political figures are more interested in doing what is best for the country/state than what is better for the individuals. That is why we have more people without jobs than we have had in the past. Citizens must be able to make money in order to spend it and get the economy in a better situation. I often find myself not agreeing with what our political leaders do, which explains why I found my scores to be in the opposite direction of most of the big names in history.