It's that time again. I know we do these every now and again, but since it's been a half a year since this chart was made, I feel it's time to get a formal update.
Please be as specific as possible when voting for your particular ideology. If a broad category does not fit what you would describe your ideology as, do not vote for it and create your own answer at the bottom of the poll. When the results are all in, I will combine groups as necessary to make sure the data can be presented coherently. For example, if you consider yourself a Marxist, even if you can't put your finger on what particular subset you would be considered, at least try and go with some descriptor (eg, Leninist vs Non-Leninist). Or if you're a Market Socialist, clarify if you mean Mutualism, Titoism, Democratic Socialism, or some form of non-Marxist non-Anarchist Market Socialism.
We are not stopping until we have enough categories that each of them only gets one vote.
Michael Baker
peak entryism
Benjamin Clark
M-L
Sebastian Williams
That would actually be ideal. I have all the time in the world to combine this-or-that category to make a coherent bloc of voters once the results are in; I'd rather deal with that than having certain categories be unduly inflated simply because the preferred option wasn't provided and thus the voter in question settled for a broad choice.
Hudson Moore
Stalinism is a way of government, not a political ideology, why would you even include it?
Leo Perez
I just threw (almost) everything that was on the January poll onto this one as a start (with some modifications). Some people like to be specific about their advocacy for ML through Stalinism, so I left it on. It won't likely matter in the end: it may very well get rolled back into ML once the results are in.
Jack Lee
What the fuck? left communism keeps going up really fast and then down quickly.
Isaac Perry
That's because it's capitalism
Camden Torres
it was just at 9 and now its at 4!
Owen Gray
not even a leftcom but come on man
Cameron Lewis
I think someone is trying to bot it. I'm not terribly familiar with the site, but I think poal.me is able to detect bot votes and will periodically purge them.
Jose Robinson
And now its back at 9!
Josiah Diaz
When does the poll end?
Logan Perez
Whenever this thread dies I guess, or something like that. I'll pull the results whenever votes stop coming in.
Lincoln Cook
The leftcom botnet will never stop.
Carter Miller
With the periodic purges, it puts the leftcom votes back to what they normally are with these polls, which is to say around the same number as the MLs. I'm not too worried.
Nathan Fisher
I transcend this chart and its petty inhabitants
Wyatt Hernandez
DON'T KNOW GANG
Cameron Johnson
CAN'T BREAK THE PANCAKE
Christian Ross
leftcom is basically choosing abstaining
David Johnson
Fuck You
Jayden Bennett
I am actually MLM but I really want ML to be a strong block so I'm voting ML.
I recommend all the Maoists, Hoxhaists, MTWs etc. to do the same
Brody Cox
Like the graph in the OP, I'll be combining various votes into blocs after the results come in. MLM and ML will still be in association.
Ryan Perez
Truly an infantile disorder.
Joseph Wright
Imperialists, every last one of you; the bullets reserved for the other liberals are waiting for you too.
Zachary Gray
Best answer.
Evan Hughes
lmaoooo
Adrian King
The Communist Party of China must be actual communists too, then.
David Scott
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Benjamin Murphy
I'm relatively new to this board. What was last year's?
Jordan Jackson
finally found my ideology
Adam Phillips
My bad. I meant to say half a year ago.
Jason Jones
2016 polls had lots of market socialists and communalists
Brandon Brooks
oh man I didn't see the add new answer button
Xavier Jenkins
What's the difference between Marxism- Leninism and Stalinism?
Ethan Ward
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Evan Lee
It's mostly just listed because it was in the earlier poll, but some people do identify as JUST Leninists simply to avoid the negative connotations that come with the other three groups (even if they are ideologically aligned with at least one of them).
Previous results are listed in the OP image. As a general trend for the board though, ancoms consistently have plurality and various shades of libertarian socialism (of both Marxist and anarchist varieties) have majority as a larger bloc. Most Marxists here would best be described as leftcoms as well.
From a theoretical standpoint, nothing. Some people like to be specific about their desire to re-stage the methods of Stalin as an extension of ML though.
Dylan Garcia
They consider themselves to be Leninists and im trying to be nice lmao
I was unaware this one existed. It's a bit more comprehensive than even I had planned for this one, though the participant turnout is a bit on the low side. I personally haven't seen many surveys go out recently, or at least any that weren't strawpolls with heavily limited options.
Daniel Parker
I'll vote for what I believe is right, not for whom I've been told to believe is right.
