Political Class Reflection

Coming into an introduction to politics class, I thought to myself I knew exactly where my political views were on the scale. As the first two weeks of class went on, there was a constant questioning if my political views were still the same. The only way to find this out was by taking a quiz online at politicalcompass.org. After taking this quiz, it would hopefully give the results I had been hoping for. After the quiz was taken, there was a feeling of uncertainty because some of the questions did not make one hundred percent sense. The results came and on the picture it should my political view in the lower left corner in the libertarian left section. Looking at the number in the economic standpoint I was a -6.5 and the social I was -4.31. According to the results in both the economic and social spectrums, my mindset is in a classical libertarian. In the reading

There would be an understanding of what the country wants for both sides and try to find a happy median to make both happy. In every government there is something that they would lack and I believe this government would lack being hard on the people living in the country. Therefore people would try to break laws and it would mean someone would have to step forward, which would be difficult.
This quiz showed exactly what I thought my political views would be. Taking this quiz made me wonder on how much influence do outside factors have on the way we see the political side of our lives. Hopefully in the next few weeks, I will get a better understanding on how I see issues and how others see issues. Comparing and contrasting the two sides of authoritarian and libertarian would be beneficial so then I personally could see how other people in the class compare to one another. At the end of this, it reassured the way I thought of my political views were at the first day of