Delaware Liberal

United We Stand

According to a new survey it looks as if Americans are more united than divided.  Nate Silver (538) breaks it down.  The questions cover a variety of issues, asking the participants to rate (on a scale of 0-10) whether they agree or disagree.  You can take the test here.

Luckily, Nate does the hard work for us by charting the results.

If you’re having trouble picking up on a pattern in that data, that’s because there isn’t one. The correlation between the fraction of conservatives and the fraction of liberals agreeing to a given question is essentially zero.

Zero?  Go on, take the 40 question test.  I took it, and while I came out extremely progressive, I was surprised by how many times I didn’t chose either end of the number spectrum, 0 or 10.  The Center For American Progress provides another interesting chart after you take the quiz.  This chart – which, for some reason, I can’t copy – provides a more detailed breakdown.

So, grab your cup of coffee and take the survey.  I’m interested in how everyone scores.  BTW, my score was 330/400.  The average score was 209.5


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