Socially Conservative Traditionalist, you tend to highly value loyalty to country and faith, laws that protect heritage and traditions, a strong military, and a culture of “equity” in America where rewards are proportional to effort and talent.
Most knowledgeable commentators agree that the simple bipolar continuum of Left and Right no longer adequately captures the complexity of America’s political milieu. The existential polarity of “liberal and conservative” expresses itself in multiple ways and on multiple levels within the overall electorate. Our model accordingly identifies the four distinct political positions that comprise America’s contemporary political landscape.
Click on a title to see the results page for each of the four basic political positions:
The Institute for Cultural Evolution’s Political Polarization Test is based on “post-progressive political philosophy,” which is outlined in our president’s 2020 book: Developmental Politics—How America Can Grow into a Better Version of Itself. As discussed in Developmental Politics, a key principle for ameliorating political polarization is that each pole needs the values of its opposing pole for its own further and fuller development. Applied to politics, this principle shows how conservative values can serve to improve liberal positions by challenging and moderating such positions in a way that makes them stronger. The same can be said about the role of liberal values in strengthening conservative positions. See the results pages for specific examples. This test is not social science research, it is simply an interactive method for demonstrating some of the ideas behind ICE’s polarization campaign. For more on post-progressive politics see:
Video: Developmental Politics Simplified in 5-Minutes
Video: How to Overcome Political Polarization in 5-Minutes
Article: Towards a Post-Progressive Political Perspective
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