Political compass

Political compass: where each candidate stands and where you stand

By Fadrique Garcia Font · Reviewed on 19/10/2026

Just saying “I am left-wing” or “I am right-wing” falls short: you can be liberal on the economy and progressive on social issues, or favour state intervention in the economy and be conservative on values. The political compass solves this by placing your views on a two-axis map.

The candidates in the 2027 presidential election

Where each candidate stands on the compass

We have run the documented positions of the 11 candidates in the test through the same formula that places you at the end of it, as if each candidate answered the 46 questions. It is an indicative map: it shows where the candidates land based on their positions on our questions, not how they describe themselves or where other studies place them.

Position calculated from each candidate’s documented positions on the test questions with the same formula that places the person taking it. From −100 to +100 on each axis.

Each candidate’s position on the political compass
Candidate	Economic	Social
Mélenchon	-86.7	-72.5
Roussel	-80.0	-35.0
Tondelier	-66.7	-80.0
Glucksmann	-53.3	-45.0
Le Pen	-20.0	+72.5
Dupont-Aignan	-16.7	+70.0
Zemmour	+43.3	+80.0
Retailleau	+60.0	+57.5
Attal	+63.3	-2.5
Lisnard	+70.0	+45.0
Philippe	+76.7	+17.5

Left-wing and right-wing candidates

Left on the economy and progressive on social issues: Mélenchon, Roussel, Tondelier and Glucksmann.

Right on the economy and conservative on social issues: Zemmour, Retailleau, Lisnard and Philippe.

Right on the economy and progressive on social issues: Attal.

Left on the economy and conservative on social issues: Le Pen and Dupont-Aignan.

The compass does not take every issue into account, and some on which several candidates differ a lot are left out: that is why some of them end up closer to others than you might expect. Each candidate’s positions, question by question, are on their page, and the calculation is in the methodology.

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How to read it

The two axes, explained

Economic axis (left ↔ right)

Measures your position on the role of the state in the economy: taxes, public services, market regulation, pensions. Further left means more state intervention; further right, more market and lower taxes.

Social axis (progressive ↔ conservative)

Measures your position on individual freedoms, customs, identity and authority: civil rights, migration, tradition, security. One end puts social change and freedoms first; the other, order and tradition.

The map

The four quadrants

Progressive left

State intervention in the economy and social freedoms. The classic space of social democracy and the green left.

Progressive right (liberal)

Free market and social freedoms. Liberalism in its broad sense.

Conservative left

State intervention in the economy and traditional values. Less common among parties, common among voters.

Conservative right

Free market and traditional values. The space of classic conservatism and the national right.

Your position

Where do you stand?

Our test calculates your exact position on the compass from your answers, not from labels, and shows it alongside your match with the candidates. You can then see what each candidate stands for and understand why you land where you do.

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Want to know how it is calculated? It is all published in the methodology: questions, weights and formulas. And if you want the full context, start with how the political test works.