Before you begin
Political Orientation
Political orientation is one of the most studied topics in social psychology. Research shows that attitudes cluster along two largely independent dimensions: economic attitudes (markets, redistribution, the role of the state) and social-cultural attitudes (tradition, authority, social change). This assessment maps your position on both, giving you a nuanced picture rather than a single label. It is descriptive, not normative — no position on the spectrum is 'better' than another.
20 questions~ 8 minutes5-point agreement scale
Two-dimensional model of political attitudes (economic × social)
Scientific basis
- Jost, J. T., Glaser, J., Kruglanski, A. W., & Sulloway, F. J. (2003). Political conservatism as motivated social cognition. Psychological Bulletin, 129(3), 339–375. View publication
- Haidt, J. (2012). The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion. Pantheon. View publication
- Everett, J. A. C. (2013). The 12 Item Social and Economic Conservatism Scale (SECS). PLoS ONE, 8(12), e82131. View publication
- Feldman, S., & Johnston, C. (2014). Understanding the determinants of political ideology: Dimensions of predispositions and political sophistication. American Journal of Political Science, 58(2), 264–278. View publication