The Election Of 2016, By Milton Friedman, Joseph Stalin,...

After taking these two quizzes, I was really intrigued by the results because I have never really taken surveys like these and it was interesting to learn more about myself and political views. On the first quiz, which was the political compass, the results stated that I am more of a Liberal leftist. When looking at the results in comparison to different leaders, I noticed that I was placed closest to Nelson Mandela. Also, when I compared my results specifically to the candidates in the Presidential Election of 2016, I was farthest from Donald Trump and closest to Jill Stein. I think that I was pretty well matched on this quiz, but I don’t agree with some of the details. I believe that this was a good match because on the very first chart after taking the quiz, the people shown were Adolf Hitler, Margaret Thatcher, Milton Friedman, Joseph Stalin, and Mahatma Gandhi. On this chart, I was placed closest to Gandhi, who was a liberal leftist and believed in the supreme value of e very individual, which is something that is extremely important to me. He also believed that peace was essential in life. Although I agree with him on this specifically, I don’t fully agree with absolutely no violence at all. Sometimes we need protection against other countries and attacks, etc. However, he fought hard to lead India to independence and he stimulated movements for freedom and civil rights in and across the world. I certainly agree that I should be placed closed to