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The Political Compass Test Explained: What Was TLDR News’ Results? – TLDR News
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The political compass test is one of the most popular political metrics online, with it showing you where your views align you on the political spectrum. So we thought we’d have a go and ask our audience to submit their results. So in this video, we explain the test, share our results & then tell you why some people hate the political compass.
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Brexit isn’t going quite to plan and the oven-ready Brexit deal may have not been properly baked, with polls suggesting that most Brits view it as a mistake and would rejoin the EU if given the chance. In this video, we take a look at potential solutions to Brexit and whether any of these solutions could help.
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1 – https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/freedom-of-movement-leavers-remainers/
2 – https://omnisis.co.uk/polls/sound-as-a-euro-one-in-four-brits-would-welcome-euro-as-part-of-eu-re-join-deal/
3 – https://omnisis.co.uk/polls/sound-as-a-euro-one-in-four-brits-would-welcome-euro-as-part-of-eu-re-join-deal/
4 – https://obr.uk/box/the-latest-evidence-on-the-impact-of-brexit-on-uk-trade/
5 – https://www.institute.global/insights/geopolitics-and-security/fixing-brexit-new-agenda-new-partnership-european-union
00:00 – Introduction
01:57 – Could the UK Rejoin?
02:34 – What About Norway Plus?
04:14 – So, What Else Can We Do?
07:13 – Sponsored Content
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In this video we explore Burnham’s promise to implement a more representative electoral system in the UK but will he actually succeed where countless other governments have failed – and actually change the voting system?
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History of Electoral Reform
Idox Group Electoral Reform: A Never Ending Story?
https://www.idoxgroup.com/insights/electoral-reform-a-never-ending-story/
BBC News Opposing Voting Reform ‘Selfish’ and ‘Immoral’
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41775307
UK in a Changing Europe Electoral Reform: the State of Debate and Future Prospects
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/electoral-reform-the-state-of-debate-and-future-prospects/
Make Votes Matter 2024 Was Our Least Representative Election Ever
News Articles
Electoral Reform Society Prime Minister Announces Manifesto Pledge at Labour Conference
Prime Minister announces manifesto pledge and historic National Commission at Labour Conference
The Guardian Labour MPs Will Push Burnham to back Voting Reform
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/aug/25/andy-burnham-electoral-reform-first-past-the-post
Labour List Majority of MPs Back Review of Voting System
https://labourlist.org/2026/08/majority-labour-mps-review-voting-system/
Official Resources
Parliament UK Alex Sobel Amendment
https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/4080/stages/20676/amendments/10035247
Labour Andy Burnham Conference Speech Transcript
Polling
YouGov Should We Change Our Current British Voting System
https://yougov.com/en-gb/trackers/should-we-change-our-current-british-voting-system
More in Common September MRP Poll
0:00 Can Burnham Actually Ditch First-Past-the-Post?
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Nigel Farage said Andy Burnham’s comments about potentially rejoining the EU had given him “the biggest boost in [his] career”. We look at why — even if it seems counter-intuitive — another Brexit debate could actually hurt Farage.
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Farage responds to Burnham’s decision to reopen EU debate
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/01/burnhams-reopening-of-brexit-debate-is-biggest-boost-in-my-career-says-farage
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/30/andy-burnham-uk-could-go-all-the-way-rejoining-eu
British public sentiment on the EU
https://yougov.com/en-gb/articles/54925-what-do-britons-think-of-brexit-10-years-since-the-referendum
https://yougov.com/en-gb/articles/54567-how-strong-is-uk-support-for-rejoining-the-european-union
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/03/half-want-to-rejoin-eu-and-backing-it-could-drive-up-labour-vote-megapoll-finds
https://www.politico.eu/article/the-politico-poll-britons-want-to-get-closer-to-the-eu-and-even-farages-voters-agree/
Economic impact of Brexit
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/brexits-impact-on-the-uk-economy/
https://www.economicsobservatory.com/how-has-brexit-affected-business-investment-in-the-uk
Reform UK crises
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckly020edl45o
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3v4zvyde15o
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Yesterday, Holborn and St. Pancras headed to the polls to select a new MP (replacing former MP Keir Starmer). With another leader on the ballot, the Green’s Zack Polanski, all eyes were on the race… one Polanski ultimately lost.
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@victordennett6967
December 20, 2023 at 2:19 am
3:33 That's my favorite Death Grips album!
@OmniCapital_
December 20, 2023 at 2:19 am
1. Do you believe humans should have rights?
Yes.
Ok then, you're lib left!
@realjohanngoethe
December 20, 2023 at 2:19 am
Does this mean that scoring in Auth-Right quadrant on this test makes me an ultra-Nazi?
@jacksweeklymusicreviews3411
December 20, 2023 at 2:19 am
like I'm libcentre on a legitemate one and while the economic axis is still correct, I'm put about half way down the libertarian axis.
@mr.gigagod9736
December 20, 2023 at 2:19 am
I think this compass follows the American Political structure rather the European one.
@USA2Brazil
December 20, 2023 at 2:19 am
Agreed I'd make that abortion question:
1. Completely illegal
2. Mostly illegal ( Exceptions like Life of mother, rape, incest, and extreme disability. )
3. Mostly legal ( 20 weeks, must be 18+ in age. )
4. Completely legal.
Personally I'm against abortion in most cases however I'd be #3 however I think mandatory counseling before the procedure should be required.
Also I'd add:
At what age should a person be allowed to have an abortion without parental consent?
Should the state pay for abortions?
Each following question should take you deeper down the ideological rabbit hole.
Oh and I'd put Anarchist instead of Libertarian.
@ophirwesley4424
December 20, 2023 at 2:19 am
I 100% believe that at LEAST 30% of "right wingers" actually have leftist morals and ideology and have just been swarmed by secterian populist politics or propaganda and empty slogans. Like they say, reality has a left leaning bias.
@BS-bd4xo
December 20, 2023 at 2:19 am
Also the rascism question is frased too direct, cuz real racists would never admit to, or see themselves as, racist.
Should've said "some races are are more likely to be criminals" or something along those lines.
@tNotimportant
December 20, 2023 at 2:19 am
This test also does not consider, the fact that just because I personally believe something doesn't mean I want it made into a law.
@benjaminmajeski140
December 20, 2023 at 2:19 am
One of Tldrs best videos…
@sebastiangelbert3637
December 20, 2023 at 2:19 am
I got auth center
@enzonavarro8550
December 20, 2023 at 2:19 am
9:10 I wil still judge you based in this, because a super majority of the people that responded to it were in the "libertarian left" and you said that 27% of the right identifiers ended up there, not 80% or something like that. The compass can be biased too, but you are clearly left-biased
@alenbacco7613
December 20, 2023 at 2:19 am
You guys could use an art history class
@kryptoid2568
December 20, 2023 at 2:19 am
Well I remember reading these questions and Inwas confused too.
@kryptoid2568
December 20, 2023 at 2:19 am
2:19 "Grammar error I win"
"There was no argument like what the hell dude???"
@oj3458
December 20, 2023 at 2:19 am
We did this at school and we all had to actively try not to be bottom left. It doesn’t really work tbh
@andrewbecker1013
December 20, 2023 at 2:19 am
You pose a false dichotomy, because issues surveys actually do show that a lot of people who self-identify as 'moderate' or 'conservative' actually also support loads of left-wing programs (and oppose right-wing ideological attempts to prevent, cut, or eliminate said programs), indicating that they are actually wrong when they self-identify. The mainstream media — which is literally owned by (and also largely operated by) very rich people who benefit from economically right-wing ideology, and do/would have to pay for economically left-wing programs — has inculcated a false consciousness amongst middle and working-class people which leads them to mis-self-identify as more 'conservative' or 'moderate' than they actually are. That, and the fact that that the mainstream 'left' is represented by a lot of people who don't actually support (or actively fight against) leftist ideology has led some people to hate them and reactively start to side with their critics — who largely happen to be on the right.
@milvilleromain57
December 20, 2023 at 2:19 am
The test doesn't take into account the cultural differences of different countries too.
Even Democrats in US can be seen as pretty right leaning from a European standpoint.
Macron is seen as center right in France but could be seen as a left leaning leader in the US for example and is less right wind than tories in UK.
I'm conclusion, I'd say the label you attribute to yourself can be quite different from the label a internationalised test would put on you
@AustinPinheiro_uniquetexthere
December 20, 2023 at 2:19 am
i can agree as a person who says you are bised.
that olden 2001 test is definatly not a good test. the second one seems reasonable i just took it
@HappyBeezerStudios
December 20, 2023 at 2:19 am
I did the political compass but also sappyvalues, which uses a very similar graph. political compass puts me into the libertarian left corner and sappyvalues into the autoritarian left corner with a move towards the progressive part of their progressive-conservative bar. (but both fairly close to the center), the big difference is that one offers a neutral option and other doesn't. Another, different test put me into the social democrats and yet another one into liberalism.
So I'm either a libertarian left, a progressive authoritarian left, a social democraft or a liberalist. Someone try to make sense of that.
@jvgama
December 20, 2023 at 2:19 am
The bias in the discrepancy between the self-identification and the political compass test results may have an explanation: the test is calibrated for an American audience (for which that framing on the abortion question, for instance, makes much more sense), and what is considered "left" in the USA may be considered "right" in the UK.
If one could see the same bias in a worldwide audience (or whatever the target audience of the test is) regarding the discrepancy between self identification and political compass results, then it means that the test is for sure poorly calibrated and the questions should be revised. But I think the difference between the center in the UK and USA is a more plausible explanation.
The discrepancy between the TLDR team and its audience is small. It seemed that the TLDR team is slightly to the right of the audience, but it is great that there are several perspectives and points of view in your team.
@joshuabarresi6646
December 20, 2023 at 2:19 am
I should note that the compass was created by libertarians and any bias towards the left in the political compass is the result of incompetence and not bias.
@MorningNapalm
December 20, 2023 at 2:19 am
The Political Compass landed me at -7, -5. I would place myself, according to their own descriptions at maybe -2, -2.
On your left-right scale I would place myself at 2.0-2.5.
I don't know how to report the 8 value test result, but it called me Socialist, Peaceful, Liberal, Progressive, with dominant values of 81, 71, 61, 72.
@gilgameschvonuruk4982
December 20, 2023 at 2:19 am
I am a right wing Trump supporter, but I get libleft .
@nauticalnovice9244
December 20, 2023 at 2:19 am
This quiz is absolute garbage
@Spursfan8147
December 20, 2023 at 2:19 am
I took the test and got socialist
Ngl I feel proud to be socialist
@doniforliberty
December 20, 2023 at 2:19 am
He should have said Libertarianism instead of Liberalism. They are different.
@FeaRCappy
December 20, 2023 at 2:19 am
I just took the test and ended up pretty much at 0,0 so i was confused with what this meant and found this video. Didnt answer my question sadly.
@boomerwithatumor4624
December 20, 2023 at 2:19 am
the test is horrible, and a lot of the questions are unfathomably incoherent