12 Axes test results, explained

Each axis is a tug of war between two values, and your score is the share of the first one. 62% Federal means 38% Unitary. 50 is the exact middle.

A score describes how you answered these statements. It is not a percentile: 70% Progressive does not mean you are more progressive than 70% of people.

The result chart draws each axis as a line through one centre. The first value sits on the upper half and the second directly across. A perfect centrist would draw a circle, and every view you hold pulls the shape out of round.

Your result is compared with 38 ideologies on four axes: Economy, Power, Intervention and Culture. Closeness is 100 minus half the distance between your four scores and the ideology's, so identical positions score 100.

Because only four axes count, the match can feel wrong. Your views on religion, immigration, trade or technology never enter it, so check the ideologies that are also near, not just the first one.

Countries and figures are compared on all twelve axes, so they can disagree with your ideology. A social democrat by ideology can sit closest to a country with a conservative government because of foreign policy or religion.

Country and figure positions are this site's editorial estimates, not measurements. A match is about distance on twelve numbers, not praise or blame.

Your Economy and Power scores are also drawn on the two-axis political compass: left to right, libertarian to authoritarian, each from −10 to +10. A score in the Balanced band counts as centre, so you land in one of nine areas.

The 36 and 60 statement versions draw a fresh selection from the bank each time, and in the shorter versions one answer moves an axis further. A difference of a few points between attempts is normal. The full 288-statement version asks everything, so it changes only when your answers do.