Some time in January 2006, the OKCupid Politics Test was temporarily popular in the Lib Dem blogosphere. I took the test then, and was given a rating of 78% 'Social Liberal' and 76% 'Economic Conservative', combining to form a designation of 'libertarian'.

Curious to see if my results had changed, I've just taken the test again, with the following result:

Your true political self:
You are a
Social Liberal
(80% permissive)
and an...
Economic Conservative
(73% permissive)
You are best described as a: Libertarian (73e/80s)
You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness.

So, not much change - slightly more 'socially liberal', slightly less 'economically conservative', but probably well within the margin of error, whatever that is for a test like this.

I am obliged to note here that the use of the terms 'liberal' and 'conservative' is consistent with the American usage, and not necessarily with the European and British. I don't argue with the use of the term 'social liberal', as here it represents a belief in personal freedom on issues such as religion, race, political belief and so on. But where this test says 'economic conservative', it means 'opposed to government regulation', with 'economic liberal' paradoxically meaning 'in favour of government regulation'. I cannot reiterate the point often enough: being opposed to excessive interference from government does not make one a 'conservative' in any circumstance. For anyone interested in the history of the confusion between conservatism and liberalism, this essay may prove illuminating.

Given that it has been nearly two years since the test did the rounds of the Lib Dem blogosphere and given the many interesting new additions since then, it might be fun to see how everyone else scores on the test, with the old Peter Snow caveat that it's "all just a bit of fun"!