so you think Rand Paul would still be in the upper right quadrant?

I am so libertarian I am one square past the greatest measure on the scale.

Left/Right 7.5
Up/Down -4.25

The questions were obscenely manipulative.

I have taken this test before. I have charted out somewhere between libertarian and conservative, depending on how they phrase some of the questions.

I've often felt one should add another axis to that: the militarism axis. Scores: from zero (pure aggressive, the Empire Builder's place) to 10 (immediate territorial defense only). I wonder how many of us would score in such a "cube"?

Left/Right: +4.25
Libertarian/authoritarian -5.33

The parties don't allow anyone below the line to run. Doesn't support the statist agenda of accumulation of power (and, to some extent, wealth.)

There were a lot of questions that I would rather have not answered because 'my' answers didn't match any that were offered. But the test wouldn't allow skipping any questions.

I think that is what hit me, the loaded questions. I expected to be more right but got pushed to the middle.

Ron Paul probably would be there. Can't think of any others though.

I wasn't as far right as I expected, but pretty far down in the lower right quadrant. again, the statements were often loaded and that pushed my answers more to the middle road

yes. but there are some politicians who would fall there who are somewhat considered "leaders" politically speaking.

Of course the test is political, not philosophical--it says so right on the label.

Any political program which displays the least bit of philosophical consistency is tough to sell to the American electorate. Barry Goldwater (1964) and George McGovern (1972) found that out.

I hit L/R of 3.25 and SL/A of -1.64, so that put me in the lower right but sort of towards the middle. Not really close to anyone that matters according to the test makers. It was fun but really I already knew where I was and I already know that most politicians are nowhere near where I am. The closest to my ideal is Ted Cruz by my judgement and look at how he ridiculed by the establishment. So, I guess that gives me an idea of what the establishment thinks of my ideals.

"They have placed no 'state' leaders in the lower right quadrant"

Correctly so, don't you think?

Economic Left/Right: 8.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.41
The only person I was at all close to was Milton Friedman.

This is a decent test, as these little tests go. I agree with freedomforall and khalling that it's a _political_ compass not a _philosophical_ compass.

I scored 0.38 to the right on the left/right axis and -7.33 (far libertarian) on the authoritarian/libertarian axis.

I wonder what percentage of the population scores in the lower two quadrants. If you click on the 2012 election part, it claims that Romney and Obama were next to each other in the center of the authoritarian right quadrant. That rings basically true to me. That means we have many people in the bottom two quadrants, but no mainstream candidates for us. I would love to see a president or several Congressman in the libertarian zone. I would like to see them as president, but part of their program would be they're going to get into office and decrease the powers of the presidency, which is tough to sell.

yes. just one economist. It is a political framework not a philosophical one, which is why I felt manipulated.

If you completed the "test" and could see the results page, you will likely note:
1) they make the effort to examine lots of politicians and "state" leaders for where they fit in the spectrum as they define it, but they make NO EFFORT whatsoever to examine where producers fit politically. They make no mention whatsoever of the people who have created the wealth of the world through hard work.
2) They have placed no "state" leaders in the lower right quadrant that represents more libertarian social thinking and more free market economics.

The test itself is political propaganda, by assuming that the state should be involved in all facets of life.
Frustrating, over simplified, and lacking any choice of answer that reflects my thinking.
Obviously, I don't fit anywhere in their political spectrum.
If I was a politician, that would be a reason for my obvious superiority and an excuse for my singular suitability to rule.