The Very Deliberate Way @iSideWith Each of the #PoliticalParties

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I took 'the political quiz' (like the one you can take, accessible through the emboldened link(s) below), and am kind of puzzled by iSideWith's analysis of my 'political make-up'; I'll work out 'what they mean' below the image, but first I want to teach you about those words. And I find you understand words better if you see 'the words at their base' (then going on to look at the words at those words' bases, then the words at those words' bases, etc.-etc. ad infinitum into their Foundation)
#Political #Parties are ... I guess I would best call them "Denominations in the Church of Democracy" (making 'The Democrats' like those Christian Denominations that call themselves "Church of Christ" or some other name that totally ignores the fact that the other Churches have the same Main Philosophy (because ALL the Churches WORSHIP 'OUR FATHER YAHWEH' THROUGH 'OUR BROTHER LORD JESUS CHRIST,' just like all the Political Parties ARBITRATE 'PEACE BETWEEN EQUAL CITIZENS' THROUGH 'OUR DEMOCRATICALLY-ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES').
The word “Politics” is built on words that mean “City (Citizens, Civic, Civil)” (Affairs of State, Polettiques).

 #Politics #Political #PoliticallyCorrect #Politicians

The word “Parties” is built on ancient words that mean "a Part, Piece, Share" (see "to Grant, Allot" ... the Gathering/Political-Group sense comes from the idea that the group is Gathered for a Specific, Temporary Purpose (like a #DinnerParty, #HuntingParty, Uniting to Support a Person, Policy or Cause etc.)).
#Party #PoliticalParty #PartyPolitics #StraightPartyBallot? (I think that's what you call it when you vote for 'whoever "your party" is backing') #RepublicanParty #DemocraticParty #LibertarianParty #GreenParty #Partier #Partyer #ThePartyIsOver #PartyLine (which can be either 'a policy adopted by a political party' OR 'a telephone-line shared by two-or-more subscribers') #PartyPooper #Partied #Partying #Counterpart #TeaParty
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iSideWith told me (after I took their lengthy quiz on my current social opinions) that my views are the same as 'a fraction of the views of each of the listed parties' (but it looks like it's saying 'my views make me "this percentage" one party & "that percentage" another party etc. with the percentages adding up to 492 Percent!'

(i.e. maybe it's telling me 'my views match with 61% of the Peace-&-Freedom Party's views,' and NOT that 'I am 61% P&F (and 49% all the other parties).')


I try not to vote 'according to political party' ... I figured, 'I can just take the quiz iSideWith.com, and just vote for the candidates whose answers most-closely match mine!'

But I like to get my absentee-ballot in early (a few weeks before the polls open, usually), and iSideWith might not have their 'research' 100%-complete by then (i.e. maybe not all the candidates have filled-out the survey yet ... and I haven't even heard of most of these people!

So 'the only thing I could do' (the only "responsible" thing ... unlike 'the way I've voted before' (whoever's name sounds the coolest)) was vote for 'my party' (the ballot lists the political-party with each of the candidates' names; when I don't know the candidates (and iSideWith doesn't list them), I vote for the candidate who's listed with 'the party I side-with the most').

What makes one party any different than another (to me ... updated as my opinions change over time, as issues change over time, as party-policies evolve)? 
    Well, the way iSideWith puts it (and the way I've heard it):
  • 62% of my responses to the iSideWith-quiz SideWith the Libertarian party, who support Decentralization, Isolationism, 'Anthropocentric-ism, Laissez-faire, 'Small Government, Capitalism, Individualism' (just like the Republicans, but of course the first two factors make me lean toward SideWith-ing them)
  • 61% of my responses SideWith the Republican party, who support Small Government, Individualism (and–somehow at-the-same-time–Assimilation), Capitalism, Tradition, Toughness, Anthropocentric-ism, Laissez-faire, Militarism, 'Right Wing'-ism, Meritocracy
  • 55% of my responses SideWith the Democratic party, who support Big Government, Socialism, Collectivism, Centralization, Keynesian-ism, 'Left Wing'-ism, Tender-ness, Progressive-ism, Multiculturalism & Secularism
    • I associate 'Democrats' with Liberals (and Liberalism), which I see as 'Socialism' the way they support it—everyone having equal access to all the money & property & services (basically, 'an equal right' to do whatever doesn't hurt others). The difference between 'Liberals' & 'Libertarians'–it seems to me–is that Libertarians recognize 'there's a time-&-place for private-personal freedom and a time-&-place for strict "obedience."'

    • the Socialist party (51% of my responses), who also support 'Socialism, Collectivism, "Left Wing"-ism, Keynesian-ism, Tender-ness, Multiculturalism, Big Government & Progressive-ism"; but differ from Democrats with their focus on Isolationism & Passive-ism.
    • the Constitution party (50% of my responses), who support Decentralization, Nationalism, Individualism, Assimilation, Small Government, Right Wing, Toughness, Tradition, Anthropocentric-ism, Laissez-faire, Capitalism
      • I know this is probably a 'more-Republican branch'; I'm basically 'copying a list,' and I don't think it makes much difference (I 'SideWith' Libertarians & Republicans, but I 'ReallyAm' an Independent ... party-wise; still mostly-dependent legal-wise)
    • the Green party (55% of my responses), who support Environmentalism, Big Government, Socialism, 'Left Wing'-ism, Collectivism, Tender-ness, Passive-ism, Progressive-ism, Multiculturalism, Isolationism
    • the Peace & Freedom party (who hold with 61% of my responses) are Tender, and favor Environmentalism, Collectivism, Democracy ...
    • the Transhumanist party (going along with 57% of my responses) are Politically Correct & Tender, and favor Democratic Socialism
    • the American Solidarity party (53% of my responses) favor Isolationism, Democracy & Protectionism
You can see the parties' stances don't differ too much, except for 'what they focus on first'—and 'the order I typed the stances' may not necessarily be 'the order iSideWith has them now' nor necessarily 'the order whichever-party prioritizes them' (i.e. check with newer up-to-date resources if you want to know for sure what your party's priorities are).

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