Sunday, May 4, 2008

Concerning our last blogging task, I really had a job finding a site fitting the requirements. Actually, I haven't found any! The sites I'm going to present are unfortunately NOT dynamic. To compensate this drawback, there are two of them :)!

I've decided to advertise these two because some time ago they helped me get the hang of politics, or - to be more precise - political scene. Let me explain you the circumstances in which I luckily stumbled across these websites...

That was the time of elections in Poland. For the first time in my short life i was allowed to cast a vote. Feeling the immense responsibility, I was trying hard to find out which party is the most conducive to my views. (I must admit that I didn't have the foggiest idea what it was all about.) Unfortunately, I didn't have time to watch all these TV debates, whereas the parties' official pages were of little help. Suddenly, salvation came: http://scenapolityczna.friko.pl/. This one is in Polish, so it is of little interest for us now. But back then it explained almost everything! And the bottom of the page there were - and, actually, still are - a few pages on the topic.

One of them is http://www.politicalcompass.org/. The most useful thing here is the test which you can take to figure out where you stand on the "political map". Obviously, the political map is explained. Moreover, you can compare your position to these of some famous composers and other important people. If that's still not enough, check out the political orientation of US politicians, EU governments, UK parties etc.

On http://www.moral-politics.com/ the test is shorter, but the idea of the map is explained so well that you shouldn't have any more questions after going through it. You'll be also informed what system, ideology and (US) party you should be an adherent of. The site provides you with a bulk of statistics: which ideologies are the most popular? how many people are more liberal or socialist than you? how does it all look like in various countries?

You must check it out yourself. If you're interested in the topic a bit, you won't regret!

1 comment:

koozaa said...

I thought I would never get to like politics, but now I've changed my mind:P Just kidding, but the sites may be very useful during next national voting:)