The New American Center

The other day I took a quiz on the NBC News website that asked a series of questions to determine my place on the political ideology spectrum. The questions ranged in content anywhere from my moral and ethical views to how I think about politics, and in the end I was labeled as one of the Righteous Right. The Righteous Right is made up of a group of more conservative-type people and those who base their views often off of their beliefs. I think that this was a fairly accurate match up, though I’m not completely sure on how the government should regulate things and need a lot more political knowledge before I can make solid decisions. The article that goes along with the quiz explains The New American Center, a large group of people who are in the middle when it comes to being blue or red (liberal or conservative). Many of these people don’t consider themselves in the middle, but when they took the quiz it revealed otherwise. The center is made up of a majority of white people. They aren’t especially pleased with how the government is running and are overall pessimistic about the next few years. The center trusts democrats and people other than politicians more than republicans and do not like to bring religion into politics. They don’t believe in the government should only spend money on those who really need help and generally would prefer if the government would stay out of their personal lives. The center also believes that America should stop interfering with other nation’s problems and instead focus on our own. 46 percent of them strongly oppose ending the death penalty and somewhat agree with taxing the rich a little more. Overall, the center is up for grabs and demonstrated that America is not solely divided into two sides. I agree with the findings of this study, because I personally know many people who have central views and mixed opinions. I myself have some mixed opinions, but I do rely strongly on my beliefs and moral basis to make decisions, which is why I was classified as one of the Righteous Right and not part of the new American center.