Explore how political candidates match up with your views

Take a brief survey and find out where you fit in the political landscape. See how candidates running for election compare.

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Developed by political scientists and powered by peer-reviewed data science, Vote Compass is used by millions of people around the world as they prepare to vote.

Launch Vote Compass

No login or registration needed. You keep control of your personal info. Just enter a postal or zip code so we can determine your district, electorate or riding.

Take the questionnaire

Typically our surveys are about 30 questions, and take roughly 10 minutes to complete.

See your results

See where you fit on the political landscape, and compare your policy positions to those of candidates running for election.

Explore the issues

Dive deep into the platforms of each party or candidate. You can compare candidates by topic, and even weight results based on the issues that are most important to you.

Powerful Results

Public Opinion Data

Millions of responses to Vote Compass surveys generate an unprecedented, rich collection of public opinion data. This can be used to better prompt governments to be responsive and accountable to the citizens they represent.

Informed Voters

Vote Compass users are empowered with relevant, unbiased information that can help them wade through all the noise and decide who to vote for, based on real policy positions.

A real impact

Minutes spent on average per user

33.6

Million surveys completed so far

Countries using VoteCompass

Languages supported

Methodology

Vote Compass is a civic engagement application developed by the team of social and data scientists from Vox Pop Labs. Its objective is to promote electoral literacy and public participation during election campaigns.

Based on a user’s responses to a series of propositions that reflect salient aspects of the campaign discourse, Vote Compass calculates the alignment between the user’s personal views and the positions of the political parties.

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