What a percentage means
A Federal score of 70% and a Unitary score of 30% means your five answers on that dimension leaned toward the Federal side of this test. It does not mean that 70% of your political beliefs are federal, that 70% of people agree with you, or that the result has a 70% chance of being correct.
The percentages express your signed answers relative to the strongest possible answers in this short quiz. A stronger color on the labels highlights the larger side. The position of the split in the bar makes the same comparison visually.
An example: 70% Federal / 30% Unitary
This bar suggests a preference for distributing political authority among regions rather than concentrating it nationally. It leaves room for exceptions. You might favor local control over schools and national coordination of transport; those reasons are not recorded in the bar.
How the scoring formula works
There are five questions for each axis. The answer weights are +2 for Strongly Agree, +1 for Agree, +0.5 for Slightly Agree, zero for Neutral / Unsure, −0.5 for Slightly Disagree, −1 for Disagree, and −2 for Strongly Disagree.
Each question has a direction of +1 or −1. Multiplying the answer weight by that direction makes agreement or disagreement support the appropriate side. We add the five signed answers, producing an axis total between −10 and +10.
Left percentage = 50 + (signed total × 5)
Right percentage = 100 − left percentage
The left percentage is limited to the range 0–100. With valid answers, the total already falls within that range. The table shows how several signed totals translate into a bar:
| Signed total | Left side | Right side |
|---|---|---|
| -10 | 0% | 100% |
| -6 | 20% | 80% |
| 0 | 50% | 50% |
| 4 | 70% | 30% |
| 10 | 100% | 0% |
Because a Slightly answer carries half a point, percentages move in increments of 2.5 points. A result such as 52.5% / 47.5% is a slight leaning; the decimal reflects the formula, not a claim of measurement accuracy.
Why you might get 50% / 50%
Neutral answers and mixed answers can produce the same bar
Five Neutral / Unsure answers contribute a total of zero. Strong answers that support opposite ends can also cancel out to zero. Both produce a balanced bar, even though one may reflect uncertainty and the other may reflect clear preferences that depend on the policy.
To understand a middle score, think back to the statements rather than treating it as a fixed centrist identity. You may have agreed with a general principle but disagreed with the means of applying it.
Reading your whole political profile
Start with the dimensions you leaned toward most strongly, then consider bars closer to the middle. Equality and Planned, for example, address related economic debates but ask different questions about outcomes and government intervention. Internationalist and Globalist distinguish political cooperation from economic exchange.
The 12-axis guide explains these distinctions with practical examples. Our comparison with a political compass also explains why twelve bars cannot be directly converted into one coordinate.
No automatic ideology or party match
This website does not assign an ideology, country, politician, or voting recommendation. Five questions per dimension cannot capture every priority or exception. Use the profile as a conversation starter and return to the issues that matter most to you.
Saving and sharing results
After question 60, your results appear immediately and are saved with your answers in the same browser. Opening this guide does not clear them. Return to the homepage to view saved results, or retake the test after confirming that your saved answers can be removed.
On your completed results, Create share link generates a separate public URL containing only twelve percentages. Anyone with that URL can view the bars, including without JavaScript, and social sites can display a preview image. It contains no name or individual answers, but the scores can still reveal political preferences.
A shared link is a snapshot: later changes to your local answers do not change it. Retaking the test or clearing browser storage does not revoke it. Only create and distribute a link if you are comfortable sharing those scores. See the FAQ for more about browser storage and privacy.