Compare the models
Find the test that fits your question.
Six guides to different ways of exploring political ideas.
12 Axes / 8values
8values ↗
Choose 8values when you want a compact set of four broad contrasts. Its eight-value presentation is easy to discuss and offers a clear first vocabulary for economic, diplomatic, civil and societal preferences. Choose 12 Axes when a broad result hides a distinction that matters to you: ownership versus regulation, military capability versus intervention, or social norms versus religion.
12 Axes / 9Axes
9Axes ↗
Choose 9Axes for nine familiar political contrasts and two questionnaire lengths. It offers a broader vocabulary than a two-dimensional compass while keeping its output focused on axes. Choose 12 Axes when you want economic ownership, economic coordination and international trade reported individually, or when you want to explore reference ideologies, political figures and country models alongside your own scores.
12 Axes / Political Compass
Political Compass ↗
Choose the Political Compass when the goal is to discuss a recognizable two-dimensional position. A compact chart makes an initial contrast between economic and social preferences easy to see. Choose 12 Axes when you want to retain details that a single point necessarily compresses, such as distinguishing territorial decentralization from democratic participation or religion from social traditionalism.
12 Axes / SapplyValues
SapplyValues ↗
Choose SapplyValues when you want a compass-style result that explicitly separates a progress dimension from authority. That distinction can be useful when a familiar two-axis chart appears to combine cultural conservatism with state power. Choose 12 Axes when you want to examine a wider set of individual trade-offs and compare the resulting vector with separate reference catalogs.
12 Axes / Votely
Votely ↗
Choose Votely when you prefer percentage sliders and want to explore a three-dimensional visualization. Its group presentation may suit a shared conversation centered on where participants sit in a cube. Choose 12 Axes when you prefer a five-choice questionnaire, twelve separate contrasts and independent matches against ideology, country and personality catalogs.
12 Axes / politicaltests 12axes
politicaltests 12axes ↗
If you arrived looking for the earlier politicaltests test, use the official link on this page. This site is a separate implementation of Enzo Xavier Santos’s 12 Axes model, used with permission. Choose this edition if you want its specific question pool, three lengths, reference catalogs and social comparison features. The shared name does not make the projects interchangeable.
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