The Political Compass test seems to be doing the rounds again, and Tim Lambert's nifty graph of where various blogs stand has inspired me to do a similar one for New Zealand bloggers.
Or, in case you want the actual numbers (from right to left):
| Blog | Right / Left | Authoritarian / Libertarian |
| David Farrar | 10.0 | -6.15 |
| Darkness | 8.25 | -2.92 |
| Running Blog Capitalist | 7.00 | -2.77 |
| Syringe | 7.00 | -5.38 |
| NZPundit | 6.38 | 0.26 |
| Michael Green | 5.88 | -4.72 |
| The Whig | 5.00 | -1.79 |
| KiwiPundit | 3.12 | -4.15 |
| Malach | 3.12 | -4.51 |
| Gryfon | 2.88 | -5.33 |
| Cuba St Geek | 0.75 | -3.69 |
| This Chick | 0.62 | -3.33 |
| NZPols | 0.5 | -4.10 |
| Gareth Robinson | 0.38 | -1.28 |
| Damian Christie | 0.38 | -3.85 |
| The Holden Republic | 0.00 | -3.69 |
| The Sock Thief | -0.38 | -3.13 |
| David Zanetti | -1.25 | -5.03 |
| ObservatioNZ | -1.38 | -7.74 |
| GeniusNZ | -2.12 | 0.72 |
| Big News | -2.38 | -2.26 |
| Half Pie | -3.38 | -5.85 |
| Che Tibby | -3.50 | -5.44 |
| Joe Mahoney | -3.75 | -4.31 |
| David Slack | -4.00 | -4.92 |
| Tristan | -4.12 | -5.79 |
| Steve | -4.5 | -2.41 |
| NoiZyBlog | -4.5 | -4.0 |
| Russell Brown | -4.62 | -4.62 |
| Hans | -4.75 | -5.23 |
| The Backyard | -5.38 | -4.51 |
| Philosophy, etc | -5.38 | -5.74 |
| The Grey Shade | -5.62 | -7.28 |
| No Right Turn | -5.75 | -7.49 |
| Justin Moore | -6.4 | -4.51 |
| Leto | -7.12 | -5.74 |
| Matt Nippert | -7.25 | -6.56 |
| Greg Stephens | -7.38 | -6.72 |
| First Against the Wall | -8.12 | -6.46 |
| Matthew Walker | -8.12 | -7.69 |
| Span | -8.75 | -8.26 |
| Just Left | -8.75 | -8.36 |
| Asher | -8.88 | -8.62 |
| Bad Politics | -9.00 | -8.72 |
I'll add more data as it comes in.
Update: I've added Michael Green to the graph, though he mostly seems to blog about cameras rather than politics.
Update 2 (9/11/03): I've also added DPF, who overtakes Darkness as New Zealand's most right-wing blog.
Update 3: Mea culpa Yes, the chart was originally labelled "Authoritarian / Libertarian". I changed it to "Authoritarian / Liberal" on the basis of a feeling that I'd gotten it wrong. Obviously I should have checked first and made sure of it, and it has now been changed back to "Libertarian". Mea cupla, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. The graph will change when I next update and upload it.
Update 4 (11/11/03): Added Russell Brown, Damian Christie, and Leto. I'm no longer alone in my own little corner!
Update 5 (11/11/03): Added Cuba St Geek, The Sock Thief, Joe Mahoney, and NoiZyBlog.
Update 6 (13/11/03): Added Half Pie, This Chick, and Malach (who used to run NewsBox).
Update 7 (13/11/03): Corrected This Chick's rating to her current views, not her past ones. Also, she points out that there is another political test at http://politics.beasts.org/.
Update 8 (14/11/03): Added David Zanetti and Justin Moore.
Update 9 (15/11/03): Added Gryfon.
Update 10 (16/11/03): Corrected Gryfon's results and spelled his nym correctly.
Update 11 (23/11/03): Added Matthew Walker.
Update 12 (01/01/04): Added Bad Politics.
Update 13 (24/05/04): Added Steve and Just Left.
Update 14 (04/06/04): Added Syringe, David Slack and Matt Nippert.
Update 15 (24/10/04): Added The Whig, Holden Republic, Hans, The Backyard, Span, and Asher.
Update 16 (26/10/04): Added GeniusNZ (the first in the top left quadrant), Big News, Che Tibby, Philosophy, et cetera, The Grey Shade, and First Against the Wall, and fixed a few typos in the table.
Update 17 (09/01/05): Added Gareth Robinson, ObservatioNZ, Tristan and Greg Stephens
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ReplyDeleteEconomic Left/Right: -8.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.74
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ReplyDeleteEconomic Left/Right: 10.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 5.74