tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post4967651610613025142..comments2024-03-28T14:16:10.498+11:00Comments on Dr Kevin Bonham: AboutKevin Bonhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06845545257440242894noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-22829865814074713952013-08-06T14:16:15.907+10:002013-08-06T14:16:15.907+10:00Yes! It took me a very long time to get it to work...Yes! It took me a very long time to get it to work, but eventually it placed me here: http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u275/therealsleepycat/votecompass_zpsf230e9f3.jpg <br /><br />It's not that different to placements I have received from other political compasses - it places me as socially liberal (whatever that is in its view) and economically a little left of centre. What is interesting though is the contrast between it and Political Compass, which places Labor as basically a centre-right party albeit less right-wing than the Coalition. This one places Labor as a moderate left party relatively close to the Greens. <br /><br />I think that's a function of the list of questions asked. There were not a lot of traditional environment-vs-development questions (logging, mining and so on) but for many voters these questions are a big demarcation point between the Greens on one hand and Labor and Liberal on the other. Including such questions would have pushed Labor (and also me) further away from the Greens. <br /><br />I also suspect their concept of "social liberalism" is a bit fuzzy and is more of a US-style "liberal" concept than the "libertarian" axis often seen on these things. I couldn't see where I got marked closer to centre than the Greens based on the genuine issues of freedom that were included, so I wonder if that axis is contaminated by asylum seeker issues (for example). <br /><br />A very good feature is the leadership section. That seems to serve as a bit of a proxy for picking up issues missed by other questions. <br /><br />A bad question, I thought, was the school funding question. A disagreeing response could mean a lot of different things.Kevin Bonhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845545257440242894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-31962531627427411702013-08-06T13:47:50.713+10:002013-08-06T13:47:50.713+10:00Dear Kevin,
Have you seen the new Vote Compass on ...Dear Kevin,<br />Have you seen the new Vote Compass on the ABC website?<br />http://www.abc.net.au/votecompass/<br /><br />I know it's a bit different to the usual content of this blog, but I'd love to hear your opinion on how accurate you think it is at aligning opinions with political parties.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06931637841878329187noreply@blogger.com