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Closest of 38 ideologies

Progressivism

81% close

A reform movement that believes society can be improved by deliberate change. It pushes for social equality, civil rights, regulation of business and international cooperation.

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Closest country

SpainES

80% close

Closest historical figure

Nelson Mandela1918–2013

86% close

12 Axes test result chart: closest ideology ProgressivismFederalDemocraticSecurityInternationalistMilitaristAssimilationistCollectivizePlannedProtectionistIrreligiousProgressiveAccelerationUnitaryAutocraticFreedomNationalistPacifistMulticulturalistPrivatizeLaissez-faireGlobalistReligiousTraditionalBioconservative
First poles sit on the upper half, their opposites directly across. A circle would be a perfect centrist.

The twelve axes

Government

FederalUnitary

Structure · Strongly federal

DemocraticAutocratic

Representation · Direct democracy

SecurityFreedom

Power · Liberal

Diplomacy

InternationalistNationalist

Intervention · World federalist

MilitaristPacifist

Military · Pacifist

AssimilationistMulticulturalist

Immigration · Multiculturalist

Economy

CollectivizePrivatize

Economy · Socialist

PlannedLaissez-faire

Control · Regulated

ProtectionistGlobalist

Trade · Free trader

Society

IrreligiousReligious

Religion · Balanced

ProgressiveTraditional

Culture · Revolutionary

AccelerationBioconservative

Technology · Balanced

How to read your results

Your place on the political compass

Libertarian left

Economic −8.0 · Authority −4.4

Worked out from your Economy and Power scores. The other ten axes are what this chart cannot show.

Your place on the political compassAUTHORITARIAN LEFTAUTHORITARIAN RIGHTLIBERTARIAN LEFTLIBERTARIAN RIGHTAUTHORITARIANLIBERTARIANLEFTRIGHT

Economic runs from −10 (left) to +10 (right), authority from −10 (libertarian) to +10 (authoritarian). Both come from the Economy and Power axes; a score in the Balanced band counts as centre. How the political compass works

Your closest matches

Ideologies

  1. Progressivism81% close
  2. Trotskyism74% close
  3. Libertarian Socialism72% close
  4. Social Liberalism72% close
  5. Marxism70% close

Countries

  1. Spain80% close
  2. Belgium80% close
  3. Canada79% close
  4. Germany77% close
  5. Portugal76% close

Farthest from you: North Korea30% close

Historical figures

  1. Nelson Mandela1918–201386% close
  2. Willy Brandt1913–199285% close
  3. Olof Palme1927–198683% close
  4. Martin Luther King Jr.1929–196882% close
  5. Albert Einstein1879–195582% close

Countries are placed by how they are governed today, and figures by what they argued for and did. The placements are editorial estimates, and the three matches are separate comparisons. Methodology · Image credits

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