Ideology Web Survey Assignment                           Name____________________
Mr. Cummins
Now that you have taken the paper survey and determined where you are on the political spectrum, you can see if your results hold firm.  To do this, please complete the following assignment due ________________.
Step 1.  Select quizzes that sound useful and interesting.
  
There are a wide range of political ideology quizzes available on the web.  Not all are reliable.  Some are poorly written.  Others have an agenda.  Beware of this while you have fun!
The Pew Research Center -  See where you fit on their typology scale.
http://typology.people-press.org/typology/
The Political Compass -  Find out where you belong on the liberal/conservative, authoritarian/libertarian spectrum.            
http://www.politicalcompass.org/test
Political Philosophy Quiz - Conservative vs. Progressive, Libertarian vs. Authoritarian
http://politicalquiz.net/
            
Idealog - Find out where you belong on the liberal/conservative, authoritarian/libertarian spectrum.  Take the self-test.     
http://www.idealogy.org
Party Matchmaking Quiz - Register what you would do if you were in charge and see which party you match with. This site is run by supporters of having a third party.
http://www.3pc.net/matchmaker/quiz.html
How Conservative or Liberal Are You? The quiz will generate code for you to put on your own website if you have one. But you can still use the results to figure out where you stand.
http://www.blogthings.com/howliberalorconservativeareyouquiz/
Moral Politics Quiz - Find out where you stand on the axes of moral rules and moral order.
http://www.moral-politics.com/xpolitics.aspx?menu=Home
Libertarian Purity Test -  Find out how libertarian you are.
http://www.bcaplan.com/cgi-bin/purity.cgi
Politopia 
Political Ideology Selector
http://www.selectsmart.com/plus/select.php?url=ideology
The World's Smallest Political Quiz -  10 questions and you are done.
http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html
 
Step 2. Take any two of the surveys.  Record your results by writing them down or printing them out.  
Step 3. If possible, encourage your family members to take the online surveys. Record their results.   You may also use the paper-pencil survey found on our class web site.
Step 4. Write a two-to-three page paper covering some of the following questions.  You don’t have to address all the questions; choose the ones that are interesting for your particular results. This paper should be typed (double-spaced, Times 12-font, one-inch margins.)
- Do the results of the three      surveys correlate with each other?  
 
- How are they different?  
 
- How can you explain the      differences?  
 
- Were you surprised by the      results? Did the results match where you thought you were?  Did they match whom you supported in the      2008 election? 
 
- What issues were the most      important ones to you?  If the      surveys had only been composed of those questions, would the results have      been different for you? 
 
- How can you apply the      results of these tests to what you feel the purpose of government should      be? 
 
- What do you think the terms      liberal and conservative really mean in today's political climate?
 
- How do your results      correlate with your family’s results?       Does this surprise you?
 
- Which survey do you think      was the most valid and why?