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Old 03-31-2011, 11:21 AM   #62
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Originally Posted by Cowboy89 View Post
http://www.calgarysun.com/news/decis.../17799041.html

Apparently flawed to default to the Liberal party!
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This "mechanism" is coming under further scrutiny.
http://www.calgarysun.com/news/decis.../17815011.html

Ya so this is the "test" that got everyone up in arms.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNU3sL8T8RI

and the criticism of the test is accurate - it's not a good test, they ask questions where a 1/4 of them would put you in top left corner of the grid a different 1/4 of questions bottom right another 1/4 = top right and 1/4 = bottom left. So if you answer them all the same then you will end up smack in the middle. Closest to the liberal party...

This is where the actual problem is and a legitimate complaint of bias exists.

From the Calgary Sun article:
"While Vote Compass puts the Liberals in the centre, it puts the Conservatives in the bottom right quadrant of their political graph, painting the party as both social and fiscal conservatives. University of Calgary political science professor Barry Cooper said that's not where the Conservatives belong.

"They are extremely centrist," said Cooper. "They are about as centrist as you can get."
.......
"That being said, there does seem to be some problems. I mean, when Guy Giorno comes out as a Liberal, you have to think something has gone seriously wrong with your computer."
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