The Political Compass

The Political Compass: Online Quiz

Discover your political leanings with The Political Compass, an online quiz categorizing respondents on two axes - economic left/right and social libertarian/authoritarian, providing insights into a user's political orientation.

What is The Political Compass?

The Political Compass is an online quiz and accompanying website that aims to chart people's political viewpoints on a left-right and authoritarian-libertarian spectrum. The quiz consists of over 60 propositions, covering topics like economics, governance, authority, and social issues. Based on a user's responses, the Political Compass algorithm plots their ideological position on a chart with an economic (left-right) x-axis and a social (authoritarian-libertarian) y-axis.

The economic left-right axis ranges from far-left communism to far-right neoliberalism, while the social axis ranges from libertarianism/anarchism at the bottom to authoritarianism/fascism at the top. After completing the quiz, users receive a coordinate plotting where they fall on these spectrums, along with details on the underlying meaning of the chart. The Political Compass website provides further context on the history and philosophy behind their specific formulation of this dual-axis political model.

The Political Compass quiz and chart aim to provide insights beyond the traditional linear left-to-right political spectrum. By mapping people's views along two dimensions rather than a single left-right axis, it intends to open up more nuanced analyses of political ideologies and beliefs. The Political Compass is a popular tool for self-understanding and discussion/debate of political issues from a global perspective.

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