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Political cognition
is more complex
than left and right.

MindPolis measures where you stand across 8 dimensions — the real axes of modern political disagreement. Built on political psychology research, not internet quizzes.

48research questions
8political dimensions
<10minutes

The problem

The Political Compass reduces politics to 2 axes.Real political cognition has at least 8.

Most political tests ask whether you agree with statements designed to confirm your existing label. MindPolis presents genuine trade-off scenarios — situations where no option is purely correct — to reveal the underlying value structures that actually drive political orientation. The result is a profile, not a position.

The framework

8 dimensions

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01economic_organization

Economic Organization

Who should control the allocation of goods and capital? How should production, distribution, and ownership be structured in a society?

Market
State
02authority_liberty

Authority & Liberty

How should society balance individual freedoms against collective order? Where does legitimate authority end and personal autonomy begin?

Civil liberty
Social order
03tradition_change

Tradition & Change

How should societies relate to inherited institutions, norms, and practices? Is continuity a virtue or an obstacle to justice?

Continuity
Transformation
04nationalism_globalism

Nationalism & Globalism

Where does legitimate political authority end — at the national border or beyond it? How should sovereignty relate to international integration?

Sovereignty
Integration
05justice_model

Justice Model

What is the purpose of punishment and how should wrongs be addressed? Does justice require retribution, restoration, or prevention?

Rehabilitation
Deterrence
06ecology_growth

Ecology & Growth

How should societies balance environmental limits with economic development? Is growth compatible with sustainability, or fundamentally in tension with it?

Growth
Ecology
07institutional_trust

Institutional Trust

Which systems of governance deserve our confidence and deference? How much authority should be delegated to formal institutions?

Skeptical
Trusting
08diversity_cohesion

Diversity & Cohesion

How should societies manage cultural difference and social unity? Is pluralism a source of strength or of fragmentation?

Cohesion
Pluralism

How it works

01

Scenario-based

You're presented with realistic policy trade-offs and dilemmas — not loaded statements. No purely correct answer, only value-revealing choices.

02

Cross-axis scoring

Multiple dimensions are measured simultaneously. This detects inconsistency patterns and provides a highly nuanced profile.

03

Instant profile

Your results are scored immediately in the browser. Create an optional free account afterward to save and track your results over time.

What you get

Beyond labels and tribal lines.

Instead of reducing your worldview to a single dot on a 2D compass, you receive a rigorous breakdown of the structural morals and socio-economic frameworks that inform your choices.

Dimensional Breakdown

See precisely where you land across all 8 major axes, from economic organization to institutional trust.

Nuance & Contradictions

Discover where your values challenge standard partisan dogmas and where you hold conflicting moral priorities.

Actionable Summaries

Read generated executive summaries that capture the essence of your political cognition in a few paragraphs.

Historical Tracking

View your past assessment data chronologically to analyze how your fundamental values evolve over time.

Academic grounding

The framework draws from Haidt's Moral Foundations Theory, Inglehart's World Values Survey dimensions, Jost's political cognition research, and Stenner's authoritarianism studies.

Current limitations

MindPolis v0.1 is a theory-informed instrument, not yet a formally validated psychometric tool. It lacks factor analysis or test-retest reliability measurement.

Scoring design

Each question option carries weighted scores for its primary axis (±2) and secondary axes (±1). Final axis scores are normalized to [−1, +1].

What it is not

MindPolis does not tell you your "correct" political position, predict voting behavior, or classify you into a party affiliation. It maps the underlying value structures.

48 questions.
8 dimensions.
Your complete political profile.

No sign-up required. Takes under 10 minutes. Create a free account afterward to save your results.

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