ɪn kˈɑːmɛnts ˌɔn hɪz ˈoʊn wˈɛbsaɪt fɹʌm tˈuː θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪt tˈɑːʔn̩ dᵻskɹˈaɪbd hɪmsˈɛlf æz ˈeɪ "wˈɪɹd kˌɑːmbᵻnˈeɪʃən ʌv lˈɪbɚɹəl, lˌɪbɚtˈɛɹiən, ænd nˈiːoʊkən" ænd ɐ pəlˈɪɾɪkli sˈɛntɹɪst.
In comments on his own website from 2008 Totten described himself as a "weird combination of liberal, libertarian, and neocon" and a politically centrist.