Unique Test to See How Much of A Liberal or Conservative You Are

[Doctor Jack]

This is quite a bit different from the usual online tests rating your liberal or conservativeness. Instead of asking "Do you support abortion rights" or "I support tax cuts to stimulate the economy", this asks correlation questions. It is impossible to know whether an answer is one that a conservative would go with or a liberal. It is based on the answer that someone that is typically liberal would give or typically conservative would give. For example, just making up a question, it might say "I enjoy spicy food" and if 90% of liberals say true and 10% of conservatives say true, then if you say "true" it is correlating that you are somehow like a typical liberal voter. It might sound like bullshit but there is a lot of research and science behind this type of personality based assessment.

Might results 62% Liberal and 38% Conservative

http://chartsme.com/

[tammywammy]

1. I got a 50/50 result.

[Doctor Jack]

2. Get out!

Shame the non-believer! SHAAAAAAAAME!

[tammywammy]

4. Haha

It's an interesting test though.

[athena]

57. Same here.

I think this test is flawed. If you're a highly sensitive person, things will bother you much more than they will a less sensitive person.

[prayin4rain]

111. Me too. And it confirmed that I could never work in the medical field. nt

[JennyMominFL]

3. 68/32

68 Dem/32 con.. I have read some studies about this.

[Doctor Jack]

8. One of the best known personality tests is based on the same concept

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Multiphasic_Personality_Inventory

Its something like 600 true/false questions.

[csziggy]

5. 64% Liberal, 36% Conservative

[Delphinus]

19. Me too.

Hard to believe *any* part of me is conservative!

[nolabear]

6. 73% Liberal, whatever's left conservative.

I never said I was good at math.

[mrs_p]

7. Bizarre questions

I have a medical pathology background so not much disgusts me. That's got to bias this result.

[Doctor Jack]

12. Maybe health care workers are more liberal or conservative?

Then again, I have been a doctor for 5 years I get grossed out every now and then. People's spit gets to me sometimes

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

99. There still seem to be a lot of conservative doctors.

Ben Carson for example... I know there have been others.

[tblue37]

131. I have two (now adult) kids, and I also ran a home daycare for 18 years.

Having raised 37 kids, most from infancy or toddlerhood, I simply got used to dealing with childhood effluvia.

However, I never could stand the draning snot mixed with spit combination. Yuck.

[uppityperson]

44. I was thinking that also, 81:19 but it takes a lot to disgust medical people

[hunter]

121. Yep. That and other rough experiences.

A good person does whatever needs to be done and disgust always gets in the way of that.

There are things that make me feel a little yucky but I'm not sure I've ever felt disgust about anything concerning our physical nature as human beings. I was changing diapers as a ten year old kid. No big deal. Some diapers are really yucky.

I used to work with transplant techs. Occasionally I was the guy carrying body parts like eyes or skin or bone in the Igloo cooler. These medical techs were some of the sweetest people I've ever met. They chop up dead people to save and improve the lives of people still living.

But yes, the sense of humor of transplant techs, in conversations with other medical people, tended to be a little dark, even ghoulish.

I think "disgust" is a useless fiction. I feel the same about punishment. These are fictional emotions, it must be hard work to raise a kid to accept these fictional emotions as any kind of reality.

I was fortunate to be a somewhat feral child. I never learned how to be disgusted or how to be punished. I can't be disgusted, and I can't be punished.

Learned disgust and learning acceptance of punishment are key features of the fascist mindset.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

128. I think disgust is the magic word in this test.

I think conservatives will see a guy with his guts hanging out and consider how it affects themselves and how dare that person "disgust" me.

[trueblue2007]

9. TOTALLY STUPID ... it said i have a prepublican brain.

i have been a liberal DEMOCRAT FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS !!!!!

[Doctor Jack]

14. Its ok

Just pack your stuff up, say your goodbyes, and get da fuck out! Check out the Free Republic, they might take your kind over there.

[skylucy]

35. I agree! I came out liberal but with a 60 to 40 % split. I'm not buying this either.

I happen to be very liberal but also have a lot of stomach issues. In fact, I have been resting most of the last two days fighting nausea. Probably going to set my recovery back a bit just by taking that stupid test. Excuse the **** out of me because it turns my stomach to stir my soup with a well used fly swatter!! Going to take a big swig of Pepto Bismol now.

[athena]

60. You're probably just a sensitive person.

Apparently, we can't have sensitivity in the Democratic party.

[pangaia]

64. Thats what YOU think.

[scscholar]

65. Sam here. How does finding vomit disgusting...

make me one of their kind?

[Skittles]

82. you want I should kick your truered ass, trueblue?

I WILL KICK THE RED RIGHT OUT OF YOU; yes INDEED

[trueblue2007]

138. i don't have any publican in me. stuff just makes be barf.

like poop and vomit.

that was the dumbest test i have ever taken in my DEMOCRATIC LIFE !!!!!

[Behind the Aegis]

10. My results 82% Liberal and 18% Conservative

Interesting. Some of the questions weren't so much about "disgust" as it would make me "sad".

[Shandris]

11. "Your brain is a Democrat."

32/68. Interesting.

I actually figured it would label me conservative since that was how I was brought up and hence a lot of the underlying substrata-level stuff is still resident. But apparently my native disgust (or lack thereof) is enough to overwrite even that early brainwashing, muhahahaha!

Alternately, disgust reactions aren't related to early childhood teaching at all...but that seems kind of off to me? Hrm. Maybe I'll look more into this, because now I'm genuinely curious.

[Cirque du So-What]

13. 84% liberal, 16% conservative

[greymattermom]

15. 89% democrat

But, I am a medical researcher who has taught Gross Anatomy. I think it measures that.

[Doctor Jack]

21. We have enough medical experts here to start a moderately sized hospital

[Warpy]

29. Same score but I was a nurse for a long time

I worked mostly in surgical units and had to pack a lot of necrotic wounds over the years.

[Avalux]

16. 72% to 28%.

This confirms what I already know of course - I am a raging liberal.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

98. I got the same score.

The general theme is that liberals have lower level of disgust. I don't think that is always true, but maybe it usually is. I know from my own experience that disgust is heightened by pregnancy. I think pregnant women would be hard to read with this test.

[Avalux]

118. That's what I was thinking.

Alternatively, I think I have a lower level of disgust partly because I a medical professional. But maybe I wouldn't be a medical professional if I didn't have a lower level of disgust? Chicken or egg scenario.

Pregnant women though - that's a temporary condition and wouldn't be accurate.

[lucca18]

17. 79 liberal / 21 conservative

[apcalc]

18. 74/liberal/26 conservative

My nurse mom taught me about the importance of sanitation and disease prevention.
Drinking out of someone else's glass? No.
Not disgusting, but not sanitary. Would not be happy!

[FSogol]

20. 78% Liberal / 22% Con. Seems like more of a test of squeamishness.

[FSogol]

23. Their explanation:

A 2014 study concluded that people who were more prone to disgust are more conservative and tend to align with the republican party. But, why?

Some scientists believe it's ancestral and that the adverse reactions were used to protect primitive ancestors from contamination and disease. This way a person wouldn't confuse drinking water with dirty pond scum.

The study measured participants' brain response to "disgusting" imagery using an MRI. The study could predict party affiliation with up to 98% confidence. The questionaire on chartsme.com uses Jonathan Haidt's disgust scale in lieu of MRI and imagery, so results are likely far less accurate. Watch TED Talk to learn more or read "Yuck!: The Nature and Moral Significance of Disgust".

[grubbs]

32. So it says that

Conservatives are so dumb that that actually have to have an instinctual aversion to prevent them from eating garbage. Roger that.

Too bad they don't have an aversion to saying garbage.

[pangaia]

66. I think it is because generally conservatives do not

Look inward, do not study themselves, often through fear. They are attached to everything outside themselves and fill their empty lives with reacting to everything around them. They busy themselves with sticking their noses into everything, believing everything is about them
This same psychosis is what causes them to concern themselves, for example, with the sex lives of consenting adults.......and on and on...


Edit..i typed all this with one finger. Pretty good, eh...

[forgotmylogin]

68. I just read something similar...

that conservatives tend to frame what they consider "bad" issues in the same terms as "germs" and "disease" and "infection"...invasive, viral, and predatory, and this invokes and plays on the natural squeamishness some people carry.

I've always held the philosophy that liberalism embraces the politics of inclusion, and conservatism endorses the politics of exclusion.

Liberals want to talk with their enemies and find common ground. Conservatives want to build a wall to keep out those who disagree.

This test then sort of makes sense. If lots of things tend to squick one out and make them turn away, they tend to exclude the situation from consciousness. If a situation does not cause discomfort, one is more likely to go in and assist and remedy or understand the situation. It's sort of how each political philosophy works.

[pangaia]

71. Well said.

And i suspect the psychology of the political comes from an undeveloped "essence." They are so much more "personality," the shallow outer, rather than the deeper inner essence.

[Wounded Bear]

22. Your brain is a Democrat...

63% good/37% evil

[ChairmanAgnostic]

24. 78-22 librul

[LiberalLoner]

25. I got 76 liberal

23 conservative.

[MFM008]

26. 59% republican

OK I have issues. Being a repuke is not one of them.
I may pick up a dead cat but I won't ever vote republican.

[bluedye33139]

54. Same for me

[Agnosticsherbet]

27. 85% liberal 15% conservative

[grubbs]

28. 70/30

Liberal. The 30 percent conservative is because my grandpa left me his WW2 colt 1911 .45. And I will never get rid of it. He always claimed he never shot anyone with it, but then he would always wink with a crap eating smirk on his face. I still don't know. But I am fairly sure he was messing with me either way.

[Chemisse]

30. I got 55% conservative

So I call bullshit.

It's based on a disgust response. I disagree with their stance that someone who is easily disgusted is more likely to be conservative.


Ahh - a little investigation shows that this is being extrapolated to simulate the moral repugnance that conservatives are more likely to engage in.

I would say there is a big difference between being disgusted with contaminated food and disgusted by other people's moral standards.

[skylucy]

38. Agree! Excuse the f*** out of me because I am disgusted by stirring my soup with

a well used fly swatter! Stupid test.

[sarae]

48. LOL

who knew that being disgusted by used fly swatters makes you more of a republican?

SO BE IT

[yawnmaster]

73. but it was well cleaned. eom

[greyl]

75. Exactly, therefore, there's no "good reason" to be disgusted. nt

[Chemisse]

77. Call me OCD, but I'd have trouble forgetting there were once fly corpses embedded in its mesh.

It makes me shudder to think of it!

[yawnmaster]

122. insects can be tasty. eom

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

100. Well... it was thoroughly cleaned. :) n/t

[unblock]

31. only 78% liberal? way off ;)

[ghostsinthemachine]

33. My brain is a democrat

80-20.

[handmade34]

34. close to 100%

liberal wow

[liberal N proud]

36. 76% Democrat

I am going to have to work on getting rid of the other 24%

That is disgusting 24% blech!

[bearssoapbox]

37. 18 Con-82 Lib

I'm one of those Left-Wingers OxyRush is always talking about.

Oh Yeah.

[annabanana]

39. Well THAT was fun!

I seem to be only 68% Democratic. I would have guessed more.

[NutmegYankee]

40. Your brain is a Democrat - 84% Liberal, 16% Conservative

[Vattel]

41. This test was moderately disgusting to me.

[edhopper]

42. Bullshit test that is a corelation

for a general population, but not the individual.
I am extremely liberal with a weak stomach when it comes to blood and guts.

And this makes me conservative? Malarkey.

[Chemisse]

78. Yeah, that's me too.

But it is utterly unrelated to my political philosophy.

[Solly Mack]

43. 90/10. I think the underwear habits did me in.

I can take a lot of things, but - as long as you are able to - change your fucking undies, OK?

Just fucking do it. Your happy bits will thank you.

[sarae]

49. lololol

How conservative! Real liberals wear them until they disintegrate.

[Solly Mack]

50. lol! It was a fun test. Not to be taken seriously. I didn't, anyway.

But, seriously, change your bloomers before they get up and walk off on their own. No one needs a pack of aggrieved undies roaming the neighborhood.

[sarae]

58. lol @ aggrieved undies

There's a disclaimer on the test that says it's not nearly as accurate as the longer version, in which participants respond to photos of different things (presumably photos of dirty undies?).

[Solly Mack]

84. I couldn't do that test then. lol

[retread]

51. Real liberals go commando.

[sarae]

59. This is true.

[roamer65]

55. I agree.

Not changing underwear is a Rethuglican thing anyway. Teddy Nugent comes to mind.

[Solly Mack]

85. Clean undies make for a better day.

If your tuchus is happy, you're happy.

Well, I'm happier.

[JHB]

113. I know. Being revolted by Ted Nugent makes me more conservative?

Oh, excuse me: "a friend" acting like Ted Nugent.

How does THAT work?

[Solly Mack]

115. I don't even want to think about Ted Nugent's underwear.

[spooky3]

114. Ha--me too!

[Go Vols]

45. 74% Liberal

[bench scientist]

46. Democrat brain 88 % liberal , 12 % conservative.

[sarae]

47. I hate bugs but rats don't bother me...

so I got this?

66% Liberal / 34% Conservative

[roamer65]

52. 53 pct Lib, 47 pct Con.

In other words I'm a Eisenhower Republican (aka modern day Democrat)

[sofa king]

53. Oh, my god. I'M A REPLICANT!

[The empressof all]

61. IT LIES!!!!!!

Just let it go...................

You and I are just perfect in our own way....

[StraightRazor]

56. Awesome test, thank you for posting; 70-30 Liberal...

Interesting method - the more disgust you feel under varying circumstances (even seemingly meaningless ones), the more conservative you tend to be.

Who knew?

[Motley13]

62. 52 conservative

all because I don't like maggots or
someones intestines

[pangaia]

63. 94% liberal

[OregonBlue]

67. 72% Liberal. Fun. Will have my grandkids do it.

[cry baby]

69. 83% liberal. I laughed out loud at some of the questions. nt

[MrScorpio]

70. Two thirds Dem

Not surprised at all.

[rusty fender]

72. Bullshit test

Some people just get queasy about gross things, like Seinfeld. I'm very, very liberal, but I get grossed out easily.

This test has me scoring 61% conservative and 39% liberal. Such bullshit!

[Chemisse]

79. Agree - the whole premise is false, imo. n/t

[rusty fender]

87. Absolutely

[Drunken Irishman]

74. 57% liberal

[redStateBlueHeart]

76. 60% Liberal, 40 conservative n/t

[betsuni]

80. I figured it was about disgust levels and totally lied that I wasn't disgusted by anything.

My brains are Donald Trump.

[NCTraveler]

81. Liberal 84 conservative 16

I don't get it. While I do believe I'm pretty far left, I see two posters whom I know are left of me and they scored as much more conservative than I.

[herding cats]

124. That was my score as well.

I'm assuming it's just the specific things they used didn't "ick" us out as much. Some peoples tolerance for some specific things do vary after all. The quiz was too short to get an honest read on a person overall in my opinion.

[Separation]

83. Liberal %82

Some of the questions though are tricky. In my line of work before I retired I dealt with a lot of death and gore. When dealing with that sort of thing (disembowelment, amputations, blood, etc.) you tend to either compartmentalize it so you you can do you job.

[Doctor Jack]

86. Seems to be correct

Looks like about 90% of us are coming back as liberal. Interesting

[canetoad]

88. 83% liberal

Disgust pretty well gets suspended when you own animals.

[smirkymonkey]

89. 50%/50% - Perfect Moderate,

Not really, just a bit squeamish.

[Lancero]

90. 65/35 - Hardly a accurate test like you imply though, since the site outright says...

The questionaire on chartsme.com uses Jonathan Haidt's disgust scale in lieu of MRI and imagery, so results are likely far less accurate

The original test would be interesting to see, but this just comes off as a cheesy, and completely useless, 'five questions to find your soulmate' type quiz.

[Hobo]

91. I'm about right

25% con 75% liberal. That feels about right.


Hobo

[brettdale]

92. dont agree at all

76% repug 24% dem.

That test must be ran by faux news.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

93. Me

66% Liberal, 34% Conservative

[Buckeye_Democrat]

95. The test might be based on studies such as these

People who react strongly to disgusting images, such as a picture of someone eating worms, are more likely to self-identify as conservative.
http://2012election.procon.org/sourcefiles/Smith_Disgust_Sensitivity.pdf

Conservatives and liberals react similarly to positive incentives, but conservatives have greater sensitivity to negative stimuli.
http://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1310&context=theses

[auntpurl]

96. 76% liberal 24% conservative

I feel unreasonably proud of that.

[lillypaddle]

97. 57/43 nt

[yuiyoshida]

101. okay by this I am a little bit conservative but

those questions though...

[Croney]

102. 69/31

[louis c]

103. 78% Democrat

[JonathanRackham]

104. Ketchup on ice cream? All the time as a kid.

83% liberal.

I've camped with scouts for 15 years, nothing disgusts me.

[baldguy]

105. Would you rather eat a piece of fruit or a piece of paper?

Because I'd rather eat fruit, I'm a conservative?

[renie408]

106. Not THAT unique...I got 62% liberal and 38% conservative, too. n/t

[Ruby the Liberal]

107. 58% Conservative

But I have a weak stomach. Some of those scenarios made me want to puke just thinking about them. Maggots? Stepping on worms?

Seems more like something some grad student dreamed up while stoned on a Tuesday night.

[Grey Lemercier]

108. 81 lib 19 con

[Old Union Guy]

109. Yet another BS web quiz. n/t

[trof]

110. 75% lib.

[pintobean]

112. 28 con/72 lib

and it's a total bullshit quiz.

[TuxedoKat]

116. 82% to 18% (nt)

[daleo]

117. 67% liberal, 33% conservative

Too much focus on the "disgust" dimension, but probably somewhat valid nonetheless.

[mountain grammy]

119. 68% Democrat, 32% Republican

must have been that brief time with young Republicans in college. Hey, they were really funny, all Democrats now.

[trackfan]

120. 76-24 liberal. n/t

[LostOne4Ever]

123. 71% Liberal

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=#00009d]I probably got penalized for saying that putting ketchup on ice-cream was extremely disgusting.


And it is...[/font]

[TheBlackAdder]

125. 69 Liberal / 31 conservative

[Binkie The Clown]

126. 68/32 Democrat. So glad I don't have to vote for Trump!!! n/t

[Rhythm]

127. 71% Liberal -- 29% Conservative

That sounds about right for me...

[Hassin Bin Sober]

129. 85 liberal 15 con

[tblue37]

130. 54%/46% Democrat--but I disagree with those results. I feel grossed out by some things, but

I also feel no disgust at all about a lot of things that bother others. Like many mothers, I have had to deal for years with too many yucky things that come out of little kids to maintain my youthful squeamishness.

Most important, though, I am a socialist somewhat to the left of Bernie! True, conservatives do tend to see politics in terms of contamination of the "pure" society, but that is far too complex an aspect to be dealt with by checking whether maggots in rotten mat strike you as disgusting. Even Democrats have a "Ewwww! Gross!" response to such things--if they are normal.

[happydaze]

132. 66% liberal..

[ReRe]

133. 74/26

Liberal

[sakabatou]

135. 63% liberal

[ProfessorGAC]

136. 78/22 Liberal

I "meh" about the test though

[Glorfindel]

137. Fascinating...77% liberal, 23% conservative

Thank you for posting such an interesting test.