Results

Compass result archetypes

The fourteen positions the quiz can place you in, each explained across the four axes, with where you align and where you might diverge.

15 pages

01Progressive FederalistYou scored as a Progressive Federalist: in favour of individual rights, minority protections, redistribution, decentralised power, and a secular, outward-looking India.

02Statist Cultural NationalistYou scored as a Statist Cultural Nationalist: an interventionist state that protects workers and the economy, combined with a firm belief in India's civilisational identity.

03Right-Wing AuthoritarianYou scored as a Right-Wing Authoritarian: a powerful central government, market-friendly economics, strong nationalism, and the preservation of traditional values.

04Market AuthoritarianYou scored as a Market Authoritarian: a powerful, centralised state paired with market-friendly economics, without a strong, defining position on tradition or nationalism.

05Liberal CosmopolitanYou scored as a Liberal Cosmopolitan: personal freedoms, free markets, globalisation, and a secular, rights-based India, sceptical of both state power and religious conservatism.

06Cultural NationalistYou scored as a Cultural Nationalist: your politics are defined above all by civilisational pride and the protection of India's traditional identity.

07Secular PluralistYou scored as a Secular Pluralist: a strong believer in India's multicultural identity, minority protections, and engagement with the wider world.

08Social ConservativeYou scored as a Social Conservative: a strong state that upholds traditional social and religious norms, with less fixed views on economic policy.

09Civil LibertarianYou scored as a Civil Libertarian: you prioritise individual freedoms and are sceptical of the state's role in policing culture, expression, or belief.

10Pragmatic NationalistYou scored as a Pragmatic Nationalist: India's national interest, sovereignty, security, and global standing, comes first, with flexible views on economics and society.

11Federalist / GlobalistYou scored as a Federalist / Globalist: power should be decentralised to states and India benefits from deep international engagement.

12Left-Wing AuthoritarianYou scored as a Left-Wing Authoritarian: a strong state intervening to protect workers and the poor, comfortable with a powerful central government to get things done.

13Left LibertarianYou scored as a Left Libertarian: redistribution and workers' rights alongside individual freedoms, sceptical of both big government and big corporations.

14Classical LiberalYou scored as a Classical Liberal: personal freedom and free markets in equal measure, pro-democracy, pro-globalisation, and sceptical of both state intervention and religious conservatism.

15Centrist / PragmatistYou scored as a Centrist / Pragmatist: your views span the spectrum without clustering in any single quadrant, preferring case-by-case judgment over ideological consistency.