I wasn’t the only one to notice Tancredo listed under totalitarian and Edwards under libertarian. That chart was and is a piece of crap. Only an ignorant little ankle biter like you would be stupid enough to defend it.
The Political Compass is more more of a concept than anything else.
It is simply illustrating that politics is multi-dimesional, not just linear left/right.
If there was a chart that put Hunter on the Autoritarian side and Edwards on Libertarian side, that is because Edwards is far more socially permissive than Hunter.
You disagree with that?
But also keep in mind, where anyone falls on the graph is up to how the person charting them interprets the issues and the candidates’ positions. It is not impervious to bad data or personal bias.
I never endorsed any particular chart created by someone using the Political Compass.
I only only discussed it as a concept.
It is and remains valid. Otherwise, without an X,Y axis, Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich, for example, may appear to be ideological soulmates in a simplified linear graph.