Last updated: October 2026
Neutrality rules
These rules apply to every test statement, every explainer and every ideology, party and figure page.
- Rule 01Balanced keyingEvery axis has statements worded in both directions, so agreeing is not always the same side. Someone who agrees with everything lands near the center, not at an extreme.
- Rule 02No names in statementsTest statements describe a policy or a value. They never name a party, a politician, a campaign or a current news story, and they avoid words that signal a side.
- Rule 03Equal depth for every partyWithin a country, every party we cover gets the same kind of profile: the same sections, the same 12 axes and a similar length. No party gets a longer or friendlier page.
- Rule 04Criticism from more than one sideIdeology pages include the main criticisms, attributed to the people or traditions who make them, and drawn from more than one direction. Party pages describe positions in neutral terms, without praise or attack.
- Rule 05No living politicians, for nowIn this first phase we profile ideologies, parties and historical figures only. We do not score any person who is in office or running today.
- Rule 06Sources for factual claimsFacts on ideology, party and figure pages, such as dates, positions and quotes, are backed by the sources listed on each page. Opinion is never presented as fact.
Explainers follow the same rules. Each one gives neutral background, the main reason people agree and the main reason people disagree, and never suggests an answer.
How content is reviewed
- 1Drafted to a checklistOne clear idea per statement, plain words, no loaded terms, no names, and a balance of wording in both directions on every axis.
- 2Checked against sourcesProfile scores and facts are checked against the listed sources. Where a score needs explaining, a short note says why.
- 3Reviewed by an editorAn editor reads every piece before it is published. Party pages stay in draft, out of search and out of results, until a person has checked them.
- 4Reviewed again over timeParties change, so party profiles carry an “as of” date and are reviewed. Reader reports and corrections feed back into the question bank and the profiles.
Changes to how tests are scored are described on the methodology page. Corrections to facts, profiles and statements are listed in the corrections log.
AI assistance
We want to be plain about this. Much of the content on this site, including test statements, explainers and ideology, party and figure pages, is drafted with the help of AI tools. Every piece is then reviewed and edited by our editors before it is published, and the editors are responsible for what appears here.
- AI does not score you. Your result is plain arithmetic on your answers, with the formulas published on the methodology page.
- AI does not pick sides. Drafts are checked against the neutrality rules above, the same as any other draft.
- Mistakes are ours to fix. If something is wrong, it is our error, not the tool's. Please report it.
Funding and conflicts of interest
PoliticalTests takes no money from any party, campaign, candidate or government. The site is paid for in two ways: display ads on free pages, and an optional one-time paid report for the Compass and Values tests.
What that means in practice
- Advertisers have no say over statements, scoring, profiles or results. Ads never appear inside a test or above your result.
- The paid report uses the same scoring as the free result. Paying does not change your scores or your matches.
- We do not sell answers, results or email addresses to anyone. See the privacy policy.
Tell us when we get it wrong
If a statement seems slanted, a profile looks unfair or a fact is wrong, we want to hear about it, whichever side you are on. The corrections page explains how to report it and what happens next.