METHOD
Because Politangle is trying to keep four broad areas visible instead of collapsing them into one label: economic structure, social rules and state power, belonging and sovereignty, and ecological trade-offs. The eight axes split those areas further where one answer does not reliably tell you the next one. A single left–right score can therefore hide combinations that matter.
Think of each axis as one recurring political trade-off. Neither end is treated as the “correct” answer.
How much should government provide directly, and how much inequality should it try to reduce?
Why keep it separate? A person can want strong public services while still preferring private ownership of companies. That is why this is separate from Ownership.
Who should own and control major businesses?
Why keep it separate? Ownership asks who controls productive assets. It is different from how large the welfare state should be.
When personal autonomy and inherited norms conflict, which should carry more weight?
Why keep it separate? This keeps cultural and moral questions from being treated as if they were automatically economic positions.
When liberty and public order pull in different directions, which should carry more weight?
Why keep it separate? Views about policing, emergency powers and safeguards can differ sharply from someone’s economic views.
How constrained should elected majorities be by courts, opposition, media and constitutional rules?
Why keep it separate? This captures attitudes toward concentrated political power rather than left or right policy content.
How much national discretion should countries trade for binding international cooperation?
Why keep it separate? People can agree on domestic policy but differ strongly on who should make cross-border decisions.
What should matter most for full national belonging?
Why keep it separate? Belonging and citizenship are treated separately from immigration policy, economics or social values.
When ecological limits and economic growth conflict, which should take priority?
Why keep it separate? Environmental trade-offs deserve their own axis rather than being assumed from a person’s economic position.
Quick uses 26 statements. Full adds 16 more for 42 in total. “Not sure” is allowed and is not silently treated as a neutral opinion.
Questions are linked to specific constructs. Politangle combines those responses into the eight visible dimensions instead of producing one hidden overall score.
The result shows each axis separately, then compares the whole pattern with broad political traditions. The axis detail matters more than any single label.
A score is a position inside Politangle’s current model. It is not a probability, a diagnosis, a measure of political knowledge or a statement about how you should vote.
