ideologies

Students will write a medium-length paper, 500-600 words in length, examining the ideologies, Students are required to complete the https://www.politicalcompass.org/ first
and must include their results as part of their assignment submission. The purpose of the Ideologies Assignment is to force students to critically reflect on their own
ideologies and political positions. Students may often identify with one particular ideology, but
can often be surprised to find out that their own policy preferences do not match their presumed
ideological identity.
In writing this assignment, you must answer the following questions:
1. Navigate to https://www.politicalcompass.org/ and take the test.
1. Pay close attention to the policy positions you are selecting as you work your way through the
test.
1. Upon completing the test, and according to the test results, what is your political ideology?
Try to pinpoint, for example, whether you are a Liberal, Conservative, Libertarian, Authoritarian,
etc. through the examples and interpretations provided by the website.
2. Interpret the results of the test’s view of your economic and social standing by studying where
it plotted you. In other words, are you more Liberal than Conservative on your social views? Or
vice versa?
3. Consider how your answers may have impacted your results. Use a couple of specific
examples of how you answered a question on the test to speculate how that may have impacted
your final position.
4. Reflect on whether you anticipated the results correctly. Did you identify as a Progressive
Liberal only to discover you are an Authoritarian? Did the subsequent results surprise you or
largely validate those initial thoughts?