Compare the tests
The best known political tests measure different things. Here is what each one asks, what you get at the end and when it is the right pick, including ours and their limits.
Short answer
Side by side
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PoliticalTests (this site)
PoliticalTests (this site)
PoliticalTests (this site)
An independent UK based site, online since 2001
An open source volunteer project
Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan US research organization
A private company running election quizzes in many countries
A fan made, open source test inspired by 8values
How to choose
Statements should describe a policy or value without naming parties or politicians, and without loaded words that signal the expected answer.
Each axis needs statements worded in both directions. Otherwise people who tend to agree get pushed to one side.
A neutral answer lets you say you have no view, instead of forcing a lean you do not hold.
You should be able to see how answers turn into scores. Ours is on the methodology page.
Read our methodology, the guide to how political tests work or our comparison of 2, 4 and 12 axis tests.
FAQ
It depends on what you want to know. A two axis compass test is the quickest and easiest to compare. A four axis test such as our Political Values Test or 8values separates personal freedom from social tradition. Election quizzes such as ISideWith match you with candidates, and the Pew Research Center quiz shows where you fit among American adults.
No test is accurate in an absolute sense, because each one decides which questions to ask and how to score them. Look for tests that publish their method, word statements without naming parties, and key statements in both directions so that agreeing with everything lands you in the middle. Longer tests give steadier scores.
Yes. Our Political Values Test also scores four axes (economy, civil liberty, society and foreign policy) and matches you with ideologies, with its own statements and a published method. SapplyValues is another fan made test inspired by 8values. For more detail, the 12 Axes test splits those four groups into 12 axes.
Our Political Compass Test uses the same two axis idea with its own statements, a seven point answer scale with a neutral option and balanced keying, and shows the ideologies nearest your point. It is free with no signup. We are not affiliated with politicalcompass.org.
No. The Political Compass, 8values, the Pew Research Center, ISideWith and SapplyValues are independent of this site and of each other. This page describes their public tests for comparison only, and their names belong to their owners.