The political compass test has received criticism for distilling a plurality of beliefs down to 4 simplistic labels that tend to paint people with a broad brush. The political compass is separate into left and right and authoritarian and libertarian as seen below. Once the questions are answered, the website uses an algorithm to compile the results and give the user a rough estimate of where they land on the political compass.
The political compass test is an online test that asks people a series of questions on their political views, giving them 4 options on how to answer the questions: strongly agree, agree, disagree and strongly disagree.
