01Structure
FederalUnitary
Looks at where you want decisions to be made: closer to home by cities and regions, or by a national government setting rules for the whole country.
THE TWELVE-AXIS POLITICAL TEST
12 Axes Test
Your views. In more than one dimension.
Politics is more than left or right. Explore your views on power, society, the economy and the world — across twelve separate axes.
IDEAS THROUGH HISTORY
Historical perspectives to explore. Your result combines a twelve-axis map with a separate historical comparison.
Portrait sourcesAnimation: Unwoven by Clément Grellier · MIT01 / YOUR RESULT
A clearer picture
of where you stand.
Your answers become twelve paired scores. Read each dimension on its own, then see the pattern they form together.
You might favor local government, open markets and social change in different measures. Your result leaves room for that complexity.
Explore this sampleFederalUnitary
DemocraticAutocratic
InternationalistNationalist
MilitaristPacifist
SecurityFreedom
CollectivePrivate
SecularReligious
ProgressiveTraditional
AssimilationistMulticulturalist
PlannedMarket
ProtectionistGlobalist
AccelerationistBioconservative
Example scores, not a personal result.
THE TWELVE DIMENSIONS
What does each
axis explore?
Each axis looks at a different part of your political views. Here is what it covers, from government and the economy to culture and technology.
02Representation
DemocraticAutocratic
Explores how you think leaders should gain and use power, including elections, public participation, and how much authority leaders should have to act on their own.
03International relations
InternationalistNationalist
Looks at how you balance cooperation with other countries against national independence, including international agreements, shared institutions, and whose interests should come first.
04Diplomacy
MilitaristPacifist
Explores your views on military force and peaceful negotiation, including defense spending, intervention abroad, and how countries should respond to conflict.
05Civil liberties
SecurityFreedom
Looks at the balance you prefer between public safety and personal freedom, including surveillance, policing, privacy, and limits on government control.
06Ownership
CollectivePrivate
Explores who you think should own businesses and resources, including public services, shared ownership, private property, and the distribution of wealth.
07Religion
SecularReligious
Looks at the role you think religion should play in public life, including laws, schools, government decisions, and the separation of religious and state authority.
08Culture
ProgressiveTraditional
Explores how you approach social change, including family roles, cultural customs, and whether established norms should be preserved or reconsidered.
09Immigration
AssimilationistMulticulturalist
Looks at how you think different cultures should live together, including whether newcomers should adopt a shared national culture or retain distinct languages, customs, and identities.
10Economic coordination
PlannedMarket
Explores how you think the economy should be organized: through public planning and regulation, or through competition and decisions made by businesses and consumers.
11Trade
ProtectionistGlobalist
Looks at your views on trade across borders, including tariffs, imported goods, protecting domestic businesses, and making international trade easier.
12Technology
AccelerationistBioconservative
Explores how you weigh the promise and risks of new technology, including automation and changes to human biology, and how cautiously society should adopt them.
03 / BEFORE YOU BEGIN
A little reflection.
A wider perspective.
- 01
Respond to a statement.
Choose from five responses, from strongly agree to strongly disagree. There are no right answers.
- 02
See your twelve-axis result.
Each score describes a tendency in your answers. Quick includes three questions per axis, Standard five, and Full twenty-four. Quick offers an initial picture with fewer questions.
- 03
Read, reflect and share.
Explore the meaning of each axis and copy a link to your result. You can return to unfinished questions on the same browser.
A tool for exploration.
Based on the open-source 12Axes question set. These scores are not a scientific diagnosis or a definitive political identity.
Read the method & sourcesCHOOSE YOUR PERSPECTIVE
Different tests.
Different ways to reflect.
MAKE ROOM FOR NUANCE.