I remember reading about the Dutch electoral compass, a web-based tool to compare your own views with a candidate’s platform. It turns out that Andre Krouwel, the political scientist who created the compass, has prepared a version for the US election. (Via Crooked Timber)

I answered the 36 questions and it returned the result above – I’m in the upper left quadrant, socially liberal and on the economic left, nearest to Barack Obama. What interested me about the questions and my responses is how often I either strongly agreed or strongly disagreed. There were very few issues I felt lukewarm about. I guess that accords with my Berkeley residency.