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Originally Posted by SebC
As explained previously, that's not a logical error unless all the positions are left wing or right wing. Since they are a mix, agreeing or disagreeing with all of them will place you in the middle, and thus it will give you the centrist party.
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Sure, if logic as defined by assuming these things are correctly bucketed in terms of right wing and left wing. The problem is these questions aren't black and white. The problem lies in defining complex statements as equal positions in meaning along a scale. For example you could believe that a carbon tax should be implemented, but also believe that Alberta's Oil Sands environmental damage is exaggerated and because you contradict the 'left-wing/ right-wing' dichotomy it comes up Liberal when in fact you really lie equally between the two parties positions on said issues.