The Modern Political Compass is a neutral political orientation assessment designed to measure how people think about policy tradeoffs, not which party or ideology they belong to.
Rather than placing people on a single left–right spectrum, this tool evaluates beliefs across four independent axes, recognizing that political views are often complex and internally mixed. There are no correct answers, and no result is treated as better or worse than another.
Economic
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Redistribution leans toward public investment and strong worker protections.
Market leans toward private enterprise, lower taxes, and fewer regulations.
Authority
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Freedom leans toward civil liberties and strict limits on state power.
Order leans toward enforcement, hierarchy, and stability.
Social
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Progressive leans toward inclusion and faster cultural change.
Traditional leans toward continuity with long-standing norms.
Technology
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Precaution leans toward safeguards and regulation before deployment.
Acceleration leans toward rapid innovation and competition.
Economic: Redistribution emphasizes progressive taxation, labor protections, and public services. Market emphasizes private enterprise, lower taxation, deregulation, and market-driven outcomes.
Authority: Freedom prioritizes civil liberties, privacy, and limits on state power. Order prioritizes enforcement, hierarchy, and institutional authority.
Social: Progressive supports evolving norms and inclusion. Traditional emphasizes continuity with established cultural or religious norms.
Technology: Precaution favors safeguards and regulation before deployment. Acceleration favors rapid innovation and competition.
Each statement uses a 5-point agreement scale. Your choice quietly adds weight to one side of an axis or the other. Nothing is “good” or “bad” — the quiz is describing where your views tend to land.
Strongly Disagree / Strongly Agree = this feels like a core value for you, and you’d support it even with tradeoffs.
Disagree / Agree = you lean that direction, but you can imagine exceptions or tradeoffs where you might change your mind.
Neutral = you’re unsure, mixed, don’t know enough, or it depends heavily on the details.
Behind the scenes, your answers are treated like “weights”:
Your results are shown as “how strongly you lean” toward each "side."
Redistribution emphasizes progressive taxation, labor protections, and publicly funded services that reduce inequality and expand baseline security (healthcare, education, housing support).
Market emphasizes lower taxes, fewer regulations, and private enterprise—prioritizing competition, personal responsibility, and letting prices/incentives shape outcomes.
Freedom prioritizes civil liberties, due process, privacy, and constraints on state power—even when those constraints make enforcement harder.
Order prioritizes stability, enforcement, and social control—favoring stronger institutions, policing tools, and rules meant to reduce disorder.
Progressive supports rapid inclusion and evolving social norms, often emphasizing equal recognition and protections across identity and culture.
Traditional emphasizes continuity with established cultural or religious norms, valuing social stability and gradual change over rapid shifts.
Precaution favors stronger safeguards, rights protections, and regulation before deploying powerful technologies—especially when risks are uncertain or irreversible.
Acceleration favors rapid innovation and deployment, emphasizing competitiveness and progress even if safety/regulation lags behind.
This project is meant to make political conversations easier — not to label people. If you notice bugs, typos, unclear wording, or have suggestions for improving balance and clarity, your feedback is welcome.
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