Where do I fit in in Irish politics?

Trotter

I've always had an interest in politics and I'd like to play a closer part in the whole thing. I've taken the political compass test but I'm not too sure where it matches to the Irish political spectrum of political parties.

Personally, I feel more linked to the Labour party but not in the extreme.

Where do these results put me do you think?

Lockstep

Given those results, I'd say you'd fit quite easily into the Labour party (left of centre)

Although you'd presumably find people like yourselves in most of the main political parties given how broad they are (I've known people in Fianna Fail/Fine Gael who were far more left wing than others I knew in Labour)

Hagar

Not what I was expecting at all, I always thought I was a bit of a capitalist hard-liner.
It turns out I'm a bleeding-heart jelly-baby.

Trotter

kickoutthejams wrote: »

Given those results, I'd say you'd fit quite easily into the Labour party (left of centre)

Although you'd presumably find people like yourselves in most of the main political parties given how broad they are (I've known people in Fianna Fail/Fine Gael who were far more left wing than others I knew in Labour)

Interesting! That's where I suspected that I'd be.

Lockstep

I'm a pinko

leninbenjamin

heh, that thing doesn't apply to Irish politics in the slightest. most Irish political parties have long left any idealogical foundations far behind in their pursuit of power/seats in the daíl. there are obviously exceptions, but by and large they seem to be on a case by case basis.

and for the fun of it, i'm

Cokehead Mother

Would've thought I'd be more to the right.

bigstar

viva la revolution

The Volt

Looks like I'm Ghandi

HalloweenJack

dsmythy

Last time i did it it had me dead centre and about 3 boxes up towards Authoritarian. What does that even mean!

Permabear

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GhostInTheRuins

Here's a chart from that website that supposedly shows where all the Irish parties would fit on the grid

RNL

I've taken this a few times over the past five years and gradually become more and more tucked away in the bottom left corner.

philologos

Not sure which political party suits me at all:

Fat_Fingers

hmmm.. i did not expect this!

ChocolateSauce

Take this one with a pinch of salt, I come up as about 50% of the way the the bottom left, but if I put myself on it, I'd be 85% libertarian and 35% left economically.

Húrin

You cannot decide which political party you like by looking at a dot on a graph. That quiz is not Ireland specific. The issues are Ireland specific.

pokerpaddy

Trotter wrote: »

...matches to the Irish political spectrum of political parties.

I'd say that you're not represented by any political party, Irish politicis is power focused and not issue focused. Representation is something we hear around election time.

Also - with the political compass, i like what they're doing, but their questions are left-focused, and seemingly churn out many people in the lower left of the chart (admittedly could be because most people doing the test are online and smart = liberal lefties )

thebigcheese22

Hey OP so have ya decided that the Labour Party are right for ya?

We'll embrace you with open arms!!! The more the merrier :pac:

BroomBurner

Any party to suit a left-wing milatarist?!
Kind of like if you crossed a Guardian reader with a Daily Mail reader (I don't read the Daily Mail...)

OP, maybe do a quick audit on a few individual party members views and see how many from which party you agree with.

Trotter

thebigcheese22 wrote: »

Hey OP so have ya decided that the Labour Party are right for ya?

We'll embrace you with open arms!!! The more the merrier :pac:

I'm disillusioned by the whole lot to be honest. I bought the cheapest house I could 2 years ago, and now Im going to have to figure out how to pay for it having €3000+ less in my wages.

I'll look and see what labour's stance on this is. The way I see it, the richest people in Ireland are giggling at me.

nesf

There was a thread in the main Politics forum a bit ago where people added their scores to the following distribution. It gives you an idea of the ideologies behind the usernames: http://ibis.100webspace.net/index.php

Most people, unsurprisingly are in the bottom left quarter. Almost everyone is in the libertarian half when it comes to social issues. Given the average age (20-30) on boards this would be expected. As people age they tend to move right and upwards from what I've seen.

nesf

Trotter wrote: »

I'll look and see what labour's stance on this is. The way I see it, the richest people in Ireland are giggling at me.

Labour are the closest mainstream party to your views. The Greens aren't far away but I imagine you're less than impressed by their performance in Government.

Frank007

I'm exactly what a PD should be

dlofnep

Tech3

heres where I fit in, not too sure what party would be right for me

Lockstep

GhostInTheRuins wrote: »

Here's a chart from that website that supposedly shows where all the Irish parties would fit on the grid

Meh, I definetly would put the Socialists higher up on the Authoritarian scale and Labour further left on the Collectivist scale.

nesf

kickoutthejams wrote: »

Meh, I definetly would put the Socialists higher up on the Authoritarian scale and Labour further left on the Collectivist scale.

Not with their proposals for tax cuts in their last election manifesto which is what that graph was based on.

Lockstep

nesf wrote: »

Not with their proposals for tax cuts in their last election manifesto which is what that graph was based on.

The cuts were in the standard rates of tax (cutting it by 2%), idea being that it was too high for the standard rate of tax.
Progressive taxation and all that jazz.


I remember asking the local Labour candidate how Labour planned to offset better public services with a tax cut, he said better efficiency of taxes, closing off tax loopholes, ensuring higher tax bands for the rich.

nesf

kickoutthejams wrote: »

I remember asking the local Labour candidate how Labour planned to offset better public services with a tax cut, he said better efficiency of taxes, closing off tax loopholes, ensuring higher tax bands for the rich.

But Labour said little of that, especially the higher tax bands for the rich in their manifesto. Doorstep promises and the opinions of individual candidate do not a party line make.