Ideology Packet

_____"Take the Test" at The Political Compass at http://www.politicalcompass.org/. When you have completed the "Test" and see your results, click on "Show graph on separate page for printing." Print out your personal results graph, write your name on it, and staple it together with the rest of your work, today, with this handout on top. ______Take the 2012 American Presidential Candidate Selector at http://www.selectsmart.com/president/2012.html#. Write down the names of your top two candidates. 1. ___________________________________ 2. _________________________________ Take the survey at The Political Quizshow at http://www.madrabbit.net/webrabbit/quizshow.html. Write down which ideology it matches you with. Do you believe the results of this survey accurately represent your ideology? Why, or why not? ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Go to the Party Matchmaking Questions at http://www.3pc.net/matchmaker/index.html List the “top five” political parties that this survey indicates you’re most likely to be compatible with, in their proper order according to the results it computed from your answers. 1.

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3. Were the political parties “ranked” in the order you thought they would be, before taking the survey? Why, or why not? ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________

Go to the Past President Selector at http://www.selectsmart.com/PASTPRES/ List the “top five” presidents of the U.S. that, according to this survey, you would have been most likely to support or to vote for. 1. 2.

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3. There are a total of ten presidential “strengths” listed on this survey. Which ONE do you believe is more important for presidents to have than the other nine? Why? ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________