Add a “No political identity” or at least “It’s complicated” or “Other” option to the “Political” question in “Views and Opinions”.
I’d prefer keeping the main political question the same (although I can certainly see why you find it inadequate). I’d expect a none/other option to pick up a lot of false positives (people who don’t realize their actual political ideologies really are a good deal closer to one of the existing options than any of the others). It’d break backwards compatibility with past surveys, too.
(as opposed to fooling yourself or signaling tribal affiliation)
I suspect the same sorts of biases/motivations lead quite a few people to claim/believe their broad political views are more nuanced, unique, or lightly held than they actually are. Claiming to be apolitical can bring self-image & signalling benefits, just like claiming to be conservative or Communist or whatever.
Yes. And in the hypothetical where you do manage to get over that, where should you end up in most cases? I think this option naturally comes up after sanitizing your epistemology, and so is sufficiently important for LW to break compatibility with previous years. Some people have previously done adequate research, but I suspect most haven’t, so that after realizing that they haven’t, they should notice that they don’t have a justified position.
I’d prefer keeping the main political question the same (although I can certainly see why you find it inadequate). I’d expect a none/other option to pick up a lot of false positives (people who don’t realize their actual political ideologies really are a good deal closer to one of the existing options than any of the others). It’d break backwards compatibility with past surveys, too.
I suspect the same sorts of biases/motivations lead quite a few people to claim/believe their broad political views are more nuanced, unique, or lightly held than they actually are. Claiming to be apolitical can bring self-image & signalling benefits, just like claiming to be conservative or Communist or whatever.
Yes. And in the hypothetical where you do manage to get over that, where should you end up in most cases? I think this option naturally comes up after sanitizing your epistemology, and so is sufficiently important for LW to break compatibility with previous years. Some people have previously done adequate research, but I suspect most haven’t, so that after realizing that they haven’t, they should notice that they don’t have a justified position.