<p>centrist leaning liberal here. that is about right. The hardest question for me was about the military draft. I believe that in times of war there should be a military draft with no non-medical deferments allowed.</p>
<p>DKE, there was a time when that was probably my “natural” position though they were already on the Endangered Species list. I was on John Anderson’s paid campaign staff back in 1980. Reminded me of the Russian army in the Fall of 1941…lieutenants were commanding regiments. We did what we had to do.</p>
<p>I’m right in the center of “Liberal” and next to some guy named Charles Kennedy. We had to do a lot of these for my Govt. class last year, and one of them put me between Hillary Clinton and Ted Kennedy–needless to say my parents were mortified.</p>
<p>TheDad, I worked the Anderson campaign in the Northeast, it was the beginning of my slide from the Republican Party. I could not take Al Damato or Ron Reagan as my standard bearer. A lot of Rockerfeller Republicans felt that way but, It put me from the Republican Senate Majority Leaders office over into the Democratic Speakers Staff.</p>
<p>I enjoy my place under the big tent party, although sometimes I think of Will Rogers’ comment, “I don’t belong to any organized political party, I’m a Democrat!”</p>
<p>I’m surprised at the amount of ‘libertarians’ I see here! I still haven’t met an honest-to-god libertarian face-to-face yet, so I’m surprised that there seem to be a lot of 'em according to the quiz. Not complaining! The more the merrier.</p>
<p>Centrist, and proud of it. I distrust extremes of virtually any sort, particularly when they fall under the categories of politics and religion. Chaos and instability reside within political and religious extremes. They are the path to the dark side. If you don’t believe that, just think for a minute about all the political, religious, social and economic unrest that’s occuring in our world—that has occured throughout history. Centrists seek balance in all things, as balance is the state that best guarantees life in all its fullness for all mankind.</p>