Questions, answered.

For a quick first look, the Political Compass Test (48 statements, about 6 minutes) puts you on the classic two-axis map. The Political Values Test (89 statements, about 12 minutes) gives four separate scores. The 12 Axes Political Test scores 12 narrower axes and shows your closest ideologies, parties and historical figures.

The Compass test takes about 6 minutes and the Values test about 12. The 12 Axes test has three lengths: Quick (36 statements, about 5 minutes), Standard (72, about 10) and Deep (162, about 25).

No. Every test and every free result works without an account or an email address.

Yes. A skipped statement is left out of your score. Choosing neutral is different: it counts as an answer and pulls that axis a little toward the center.

Short quizzes of a few minutes each on a single question, such as whether you lean liberal or conservative, or which US president your views match most closely. There are 12 of them. They are lighter than the full tests and are a good warm-up.

Each statement has a weight on one or more axes. Agreeing moves you toward that weight, disagreeing moves you away, and stronger answers move you further. Each axis score is the weighted total divided by the largest total possible, scaled to -100 to +100. The exact formulas are published.

It is a similarity score based on the distance between your scores and a profile on the same axes. 100% means the same position on every axis. It is not a probability, and it is not a recommendation to support anyone.

Each test asks different statements and measures a different number of axes. The 12 Axes test averages narrower axes, so its compass point can differ a little from the Compass test. Your mood and how you read a statement on the day also matter.

Yes. Every result has a compare link. When your friend takes the test through it, their result page shows both of you side by side. The link carries scores only, never answers.

No. The tests are carefully built and openly scored, but they are not validated like academic survey scales. Treat the result as a starting point for thinking and talking, not as a label.

Your scores are saved anonymously to show your result. Your individual answers are stored only if you tick the optional research consent box, which is unchecked by default. They are never sold.

Your scores and the test you took. Never your answers, your name or your email address. Share images are drawn from the same scores.

After a test you may see an optional step asking for an age band and gender. It has a prefer not to say choice and a Skip button. We use it only for group statistics, such as how results differ by age. Your result is the same either way.

Write to our privacy address with the result link, group link or email address you used, and we will find and delete it. Marketing emails also have a one-click unsubscribe link.

One shared map for a group chat, a club or a class. You create it and share the link. Everyone who takes the Compass or Values test through the link and ticks the box appears as a dot, under a nickname they choose.

Your nickname and your position on the map, plus your closest ideology on the Values test. Never your individual answers. Group pages are not listed in search engines.

You can remove your own dot from the same browser you joined with. The person who created the map can close it to new members. We can also remove a dot or a group on request, at our privacy address.

An optional in-depth report on your Compass or Values test answers, for $9.99, paid once. No subscription and no account. The free result stays complete without it.

Yes. 14 days, no questions asked. Reply to the email that delivered your report and we refund the full amount through Dodo Payments, our merchant of record.

Not yet. The report is available for the Compass and Values tests. The 12 Axes result already includes your matches and a detailed breakdown for free.

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No. Advertisers have no say over statements, scoring, profiles or results.

We work hard for them not to be. Statements never name parties or politicians, every axis has statements worded in both directions, and every statement has a neutral explainer with the case for agreeing and disagreeing. The full method is published, so you can check it.

Our editors, from reference works, official platforms and records, and documented views, with sources listed on each page. Party profiles carry an as of date. Historical figures have blank axes where there is no basis for a view.

For now we profile only ideologies, parties and historical figures, so the site never scores people who are in office or running today.

Content is drafted with AI assistance and reviewed and edited by our editors before it is published. Scoring is plain arithmetic on your answers and uses no AI.

Tell us on the corrections page. We check every report, fix what is wrong and list significant corrections in a public log.