*** POLL ***

How would you describe yourself politically?

Please vote, comment, and BOOST (very important)

Thank you.

Right Wing
0.4%
Right of Centre
2.2%
Left of Centre
43.6%
Left Wing
45.7%
None of the above
8.1%
Poll ended at .

@Ted After the anti-COVID-measures protests I'm not sure how meaningful the left-right spectrum actually is...

But I do get the impression I'm further left of most politicians in the Beehive!

@alcinnz How do you see it if not on a spectrum? Interested.

@Ted I'm not entirely sure?

But what I was seeing was groups thinking of themselves as lefty talking rightwing conspiracy theories in leftwing vocabulary.

Ultimately I think this is an oversimplification brought on by subpar voting mechanisms limiting the number of parties. Certainly these camps seem to more relate to social groups than strongly-held political views.

I reckon there's more than one political axis!

@alcinnz Quite possibly, but far too complex for a poll on #mastodon

@Ted @alcinnz I generally think trying to map political preferences to geometry is a barely-working practice, and with a one-dimensional axis it's generally quite misleading.

Surprisingly well summed up by this "STOP DOING X" meme format