How your answers
become a profile.
Simple, visible arithmetic. Your summary describes several tendencies in these answers, not a political identity or a match to a real person.
1. Twelve subjects, balanced question directions
Questionnaire version 2 contains 72 original statements: six for each of twelve dimensions. The quick test selects four statements per axis, 48 in total, with two pointing toward each scoring direction. The full test uses all six per axis, 72 in total, with three in each direction. Questions alternate between dimensions.
Balancing directions means agreeing with every statement does not push every axis toward one pole. It does not remove wording effects, prove that the two poles are equivalent, or make the questionnaire scientifically validated. Allow about 6–9 minutes for the quick test or 10–15 minutes for the full test.
2. Five response options
Strongly agree = +2, agree = +1, neutral / unsure = 0, disagree = −1, and strongly disagree = −2. Each statement has a direction: +1 when agreement points toward the first pole of its axis, or −1 when agreement points toward the second. Multiplying the answer by that direction gives its contribution.
3. An equally weighted average
Within each axis, every statement has the same weight. Add its directed contributions and divide by the number of statements on that axis. The average ranges from −2 to +2:
The second-pole score is 100 minus the first. An average of +1 becomes 75 / 25; all neutral answers produce 50 / 50. In the 48-question version, one response level changes its axis by 6.25 percentage points before rounding; in the 72-question version, by about 4.17. These steps describe the formula, not measurement accuracy.
4. Reading your chart and summary
The radar chart shows the first-pole percentage: the center is 0%, the midpoint 50%, and the outer edge 100%. A larger shape is not a better result. The paired bars are the clearest way to compare the two poles of each subject.
Scores from 40 to 60 are described as near the midpoint; this is a wording boundary, not a statistical classification. For scores outside that range, the summary takes up to three axes farthest from 50 and includes every tie at the cutoff, so more than three may appear. This highlights answer patterns, not the importance of an issue to you. It does not assign an ideology, party, country, personality, or historical counterpart. A score near 50 / 50 can reflect neutral answers, opposing contributions that cancel, or both.
5. The answers behind a score
Newly completed questionnaires retain counts of neutral answers and contributions toward each pole, plus at most two question-and-answer examples per axis. They also record whether the same response was chosen throughout and, if so, which response. They help explain the calculation without retaining the complete answer list after completion. Every answer contributes to the score equally, whether or not it is shown as an example. Counts and examples are descriptive; they are not confidence estimates.
These details remain only in your browser. Share links include the twelve scores, questionnaire version, and quick/full mode, but omit counts and answer examples. Previously saved v1 results are not given invented answer details. Older or shared results without this local evidence cannot reconstruct it from percentages alone.
What this model cannot tell you
The questionnaire has not been independently validated or calibrated against a representative population. Percentages are a scoring convention, not probabilities, percentiles, or certainty. Some topics overlap. Wording, culture, language, context, and the small number of statements affect results. Neither test length provides a confidence interval.
Versions and independence
New tests use v2 with 48 or 72 statements. Saved v1 sessions can continue with their original 36 or 72 statements. Existing v1 results keep their original scores and version; they are not recalculated as v2. Treat different versions as different questionnaires rather than directly comparable measurements. The Portuguese translation uses the same scoring rules but has not been validated as an equivalent scale across languages.
Our questions are independently written. Our axes and scores are not interchangeable with other websites called 12 Axes. We are not affiliated with 12axes.net, 12axes.vercel.app, Political Compass, or their authors.
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