About The Ideology Atlas
The Ideology Atlas is an independent political education project: a political ideology test, profiles of ideologies, political figures, parties and governments on a shared scale, and nonpartisan information about U.S. elections.
Editorial standards
- Facts are sourced. Election dates, candidates, votes and bills link to official records or the sources they came from, with the date they were last checked.
- Labels show what kind of information you are reading. “Documented” positions come from a person’s own statements; “record” answers come from votes or actions; “estimated” answers are model estimates; party-lane estimates for candidates are marked “est.”.
- Interpretations are presented as interpretations. Map positions are estimates on the Atlas’s own scale, not objective measurements, and ideology classifications that scholars dispute are noted as disputed.
- Forecasts are not facts. Ratings and polls are shown as snapshots with their dates; results are added only after they are certified.
- Community content is separate. Discussions are written by users, moderated, and not presented as the Atlas’s view.
- No invented quotes. Quotations are copied from the linked source.
Corrections
If something is wrong or out of date, use the feedback button on any question or results page, or the “suggest a correction” option on a profile in the interactive site. Corrections are reviewed and fixed, and profiles show the date they were last reviewed.