Reading these results
These are people the quiz placed in Civic Conservatism on the strength of these same answers, so the strongest agreements are partly built in.
The interesting figures are the ones further down: what this group is split on, and where it departs from the rest of the sample in ways the label alone would not predict. The comparison group is everyone who has taken the long quiz, which leans left of the general public.
Where they break from everyone else
The statements where this group is furthest from the rest of the sample.
Same-sex couples should have the same legal rights and recognition as opposite-sex couples.
LGBTQ+ Rights · Social axis · 103 answered
This group sits 100 points further towards disagreeing than the average quiz taker.
People should be free to change their legal gender and have it fully recognized in society.
Trans Rights · Social axis · 111 answered
This group sits 93 points further towards disagreeing than the average quiz taker.
No branch of government should be allowed to accumulate too much power.
Checks and Balances · Governance axis · 111 answered
This group sits 86 points further towards disagreeing than the average quiz taker.
All citizens should be required to complete military or civil service for the good of the nation.
Mandatory Service · Governance axis · 111 answered
This group sits 84 points further towards agreeing than the average quiz taker.
The country runs better when power is concentrated in a strong central authority.
Centralization of Power · Governance axis · 109 answered
This group sits 84 points further towards agreeing than the average quiz taker.
Men and women naturally have different roles in society that should be respected.
Gender Roles · Social axis · 108 answered
This group sits 81 points further towards agreeing than the average quiz taker.
Police should be given broad authority to maintain law and order, even if it limits some freedoms.
Police Powers · Governance axis · 111 answered
This group sits 81 points further towards agreeing than the average quiz taker.
Religious values should guide laws and public policy.
Religion in Public Life · Social axis · 106 answered
This group sits 80 points further towards agreeing than the average quiz taker.
What they argue about
Sharing a label does not mean sharing an answer. These are the statements that split Civic Conservatism closest to evenly.
Even hateful or offensive speech should remain legal and free from government restriction.
Free Speech · Governance axis · 109 answered
47% agreed, 49% disagreed.
Mass rallies generate the political energy for transformation.
masses · Mass Mobilization axis · 100 answered
42% agreed, 45% disagreed.
Redistributing wealth through taxes and public programs makes the economy stronger.
Redistribution as Growth · Economic axis · 110 answered
47% agreed, 43% disagreed.
Economic power always turns into political power, so inequality threatens democracy.
Wealth & Power · Economic axis · 107 answered
48% agreed, 42% disagreed.
The economy should move away from fossil fuels, even if this costs more in the short term.
Climate Economics · Economic axis · 107 answered
42% agreed, 48% disagreed.
People should have the right to own weapons without heavy government regulation.
Right to Bear Arms · Governance axis · 108 answered
41% agreed, 52% disagreed.
Revolutionary energy breaks through stagnant political structures.
change · Revolutionary Origin axis · 102 answered
51% agreed, 38% disagreed.
Universal principles apply equally to all human populations.
universalism · Ethnic/Universal Vision axis · 101 answered
40% agreed, 54% disagreed.
Their average position
- Economic
- Right1.2%
- Governance
- Authoritarian50.6%
- Social
- Traditional54.7%
Averaged across 111 responses.
Averaged across 111 responses.
Averaged across 111 responses.