Try this Modern Variant of 'The World's Smallest Political Quiz'
A New Take on Nolan's Chart
One of the most ubiquitous political tools, the Nolan Chart, which is sometimes called “The World’s Smallest Political Quiz” or the “political diamond”, is a staple of political self-identification that’s been taken tens of millions of times over its 57-year history. In that time, the tool hasn’t changed much except that it sometimes appears as a “simplified” square.
Nolan’s Chart has been forked by other projects such as The Political Compass and iSideWith.com, where the axes remain the same but with a slightly different visualization or alternative question lists. In this brief article, a potentially more relevant, if somewhat arbitrary, version of the chart is proposed and a live, interactive implementation of the quiz is provided for your entertainment.
One of the major criticisms of the chart is that it uses terms from politics and political philosophy like “liberal” and “conservative,” which are not perfectly aligned with greater or…
