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This one was fun. It took a long time, though. I actually spent MORE than two weeks taking the test when I had a free moment for each of the 44 Presidents. The results were somewhat surprising. Let me know what you thought!

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If Every President Took The Political Compass Test

Mr. Beat takes a political compass test for every President in American history. Download Newsvoice for free here to support my channel: https://newsvoice.com/mrbeat Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band) and Tabby Cat. Download songs for free at: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/ and https://seasonalmenswear.bandcamp.com/ Have an idea for a video for Mr. Beat to make? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat My book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Sources/further reading: Take the test yourself, for reals: https://www.politicalcompass.org/test https://thecentrerightreview.wordpress.com/2017/07/02/political-compass/ https://www.splicetoday.com/politics-and-media/the-political-compass-test-is-garbage If you regularly watch this channel, it is almost certain that you know about and have probably taken the Political Compass Test. Despite it definitely having many flaws, it remains one of the most popular websites to quickly see where one’s values and beliefs fit on a political spectrum. The spectrum is based on two axes, a social one, and an economic one. The social one ranges from authoritarianism/fascism to anarchy. The economic one ranges from collectivism/communism to libertarianism/liberalism. Two of my biggest criticisms of the test is 1) that every issue doesn’t fall neatly onto the two spectrums, and you need a lot of different spectrums. The 8values and 9axes test do a better job simply because they offer more spectrums. And 2) the questions are just not the best They are often loaded and you can’t just give a neutral response- it lumps you into a box pretty quickly. And I get it, you gotta draw the line somewhere, but that’s one reason why every time I take the quiz I get different results. It’s also a mysterious test- no one knows who exactly runs it, but apparently created by a New Zealand political journalist named Wayne Brittenden. Some even speculate that it’s designed to make everyone think they lean libertarian. Ok, so yeah, it’s far from a perfect test, but screw it. Let’s have some fun with it anyway. Since I’m the American President History guy on YouTube, let’s pretend that every President in American history was actually able to take the Political Compass Test. Based on my knowledge of all the American Presidents, I just might be able to pull this off. #politicalcompasstest #ushistory #politicalhistory

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Southside Mitch

This is a very good video, worth the time and effort! Thanks for the great content!

Dinty's Hideaway

Man that was fascinating! What's espescially interesting was how much the country shifted from Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan. But having lived it (albeit very young), I totally agree. The first George Bush and Barack Obama being so centrist did not surprise me. But if centrist is synonymous with "Do nothing", explain Jimmy Carter. Also Woodrow Wilson and Donald Trump looking like kissing cousins up there explains a lot.

Matt Standish

That feeling when you are aligned with Jimmy Carter and you thought it would be more Teddy Roosevelt.

Matt Beat

Jimmy Carter was a tough one on some questions to answer, but I ultimately was not too surprised where he ended up.

Naterade

Insightful video! I enjoyed it a lot. I am curious to know how the Congress each president had to work with during the majority of their term(s) influenced their governing and how it aligned with their political beliefs coming into office.

Naterade

This would also be a great test to apply to the supreme justices in American history.

Werner_69

I expected President Polk, but instead I'm apparently aligned with President Taft. Interesting.