A few days ago, some of my fellow writers at The Michigan Daily writers and I took the Political Compass test for fun. The test plots users onto a two-dimensional graph: Left versus Right on the ...

When I was in 11th grade, I took a Government and Politics class. Early on in the course, we took The Political Compass test. It was great, And by great, I mean it is the kind of test that you should ...

The standard 2-by-2 political compass, which sorts people along the axes of left-right and libertarian-authoritarian, has long been a vehicle for jokes and memes. It’s so simplistic that it’s more ...

This week, The Wall Street Journal launched the new Vote Compass interactive tool, which lets you plot your political beliefs against those of the presidential candidates. The effort is the brainchild ...