Forget the label. What do you actually believe?
Your job. Your home. Your choices. Twenty imagined situations put you in the story, each with real trade-offs. You’ll see the priorities behind your choices first—then which party platforms share them, and where none do.
No account. Your answers stay in this browser tab.
Not another “agree or disagree” quiz
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Trade-offs, not talking points
Nobody is against “a strong economy.” So each story spells out the trade-offs, and you decide what you’re willing to give up.
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Principles first
Your results open with five tensions—like who should carry economic risk, or who should make the rules—traced to your own choices.
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Parties second, with sources
Then you’ll see how 7 parties’ current platforms line up, with every position cited—and a plain “no close match” when nothing fits.
One story at a time
Imagine it’s happening to you: a layoff, a rent search, a decision about your care. Each story has four defensible answers. You choose the rule for anyone in that situation. None is labeled, none is the “nice” one, and none maps neatly onto a party.
- It depends?Say on what, and which way you’d lean—or leave it conditional.
- Not sure, or rather not say?Skipped and uncertain answers stay unanswered. We never count them as “moderate.”
You lose your job.
You get laid off when your workplace closes. You could take a lower-paying job nearby, but training for a different career would take several months. Your savings won’t last that long.
What help should be available to you and others in this situation?
A profile you’ll recognize
Each dot is one of your answers. When they cluster, that’s a steady principle. When they spread out, you weigh that trade-off by situation—which is common, and worth noticing. Only after that do we show which platforms overlap with yours.
Your average sits toward Individuals & markets, from 5 answers.
Mostly toward markets—except on healthcare.
Your average sits toward Close to home, from 3 answers.
Local for schools, national for paid leave.
Who we compare
We compare the two major parties plus every smaller party that (1) appeared on the 2024 presidential ballot in at least seven states and (2) publishes a national platform that addresses most of these questions. Each is judged only by its own current published positions. “Independent” isn’t a party, so it isn’t on the list—but “no close match” is a real possible result.
See the sources and scoring rules- Democratic Party
- Republican Party
- Libertarian Party
- Green Party of the United States
- Constitution Party
- American Solidarity Party
- Party for Socialism and Liberation
Your answers are yours
No account, no sign-up, no email.
No analytics or tracking scripts. Results are calculated in your browser.
Answers disappear when you close the tab—unless you choose to keep them on this device.
Nothing is public unless you decide to share an image, which never shows individual answers.
Curious where you’ll land?
There are no right answers here—just your answers, and what they say about your priorities.