Taking a Political Party Quiz

This type of quiz measures your values, attitudes, and engagement along 20 unique personality traits.  The political personality party quiz then matches you with the political personality type closest to your values.

When you’re matched, you’ll receive a detailed report of how closely your values align to different political parties: Democrat, Republican, Green, and Libertarian – using a percentage match.

You can then view the political party’s platform to see if it truly aligns with your values and ambitions.

The quiz is completely anonymous, private, and takes less than 2 minutes. Have fun!

A political party is a group of individuals who organize around a shared set of values, norms, and beliefs.  A party typically supports a field of candidates who promise to further those ideologies inline with a platform.

Political party platforms outline certain positions, so that voters know in general what their candidates would like be voting for. Typically, political parties have entrenched bureaucracies and fundraising systems to finance local, state, and national campaigns. They offer a hyper-simplified view of how members of that party will vote so that America reigns as a democratic republic (with a representative democracy).

Unfortunately, sometimes it is hard to know if a party truly supports your point of view.  This is why it helps to read up on the party platform and candidates to know if they still support your best interests. You can read more about political parties here.

While there are many political parties, the main ones are the Democratic Party, Republican Party, Green Party, and Libertarian Party.

The political party personality quiz only rates on these 4 main parties, but you can research other parties which may better match your interests.

Founded in 1828, the Democratic Party was began a domestic rights group with its first President being Andrew Jackson. In any case, through social liberties developments in the 1960’s, the party became a champion for social fairness and human rights – most specifically promoting rights of minorities and disadvantaged groups. The party is known for being liberal or left-wing, which means promoting policies that work in the best interests of the many over the few. Typically, progressive policies advocate for social and financial balance, alongside the government welfare assistance at state and federal levels.  This includes proactive environmental reforms and policies that look to maintain a healthy commons, as opposed to a winner-take-all attitude.

The Republican Party was founded in 1854 as an abolitionist party with its first President was Abraham Lincoln. While the party started as a pro-rights party, it evolved into right wing conservative in the 1900’s.  Conservative policies typically champion monetary policies and financial freedom, even if its disparately impacts particular groups. The Republican Party tends to advocate for tradition and religious freedoms, often times voting along religious value lines.

Unfortunately, the two party system has created substantial bipolarity in the system.  This means that Americans are increasingly polarizing on issues, even though the differences may not be that great. Each gathering has both conservative and liberal wings, and on certain issues (e.g., affirmative activity) traditionalist Democrats share more for all intents and purpose with moderate Republicans than with liberal Democrats.

Some of the other minor parties include:

•  Libertarian Party – Promotes free market, a non-interventionist foreign policy, and civil liberties.
• Green Party – A left-wing environmentalist party that promotes social democracy and respect for ecology, biodiversity, non-violence, and amicable global relations.
• Constitution Party – A far-right party that promotes American nationalism, while futhering the anti-abortion movement and a literal interpretation of the Constitution (including second amendment rights and religious freedoms).