A political test that keeps each issue on its own line

The words cover several products. One political test places you on a single spectrum. Another gives you a dot on two lines, the political compass. Another matches you to parties and candidates for one election. A fourth scores a set of values and names an ideology. People use one phrase for all four.

Each political test answers a different question, so a label from one of them is not a correction of the others. None of them is a validated measurement. A clear summary of the answers you gave is the honest result, and it is only as detailed as the questions that were asked.

You rate statements from strongly agree to strongly disagree, with a neutral answer in the middle. Each answer moves one of twelve scores. The standard length is 60 statements, about nine minutes. Shorter and full versions score the same axes, so a short sitting and a long one are the same kind of result.

Four scores, Economy, Power, Intervention and Culture, are compared with 38 ideologies. You see the closest name and the runners-up, so a near tie is not hidden. Economy and Power are also drawn on the compass, from -10 to +10. The other eight scores pick the closest country and historical figure. Country positions describe how a state is governed, not how its people vote.

There is no account and no email. Scoring happens in your browser, and the method is published on the methodology page. If you wanted a party or a candidate, this is the wrong stop: use a quiz built for your election, then come back if you still want the values picture.