Before you vote on November 3
The 2026 political quiz
Thirty-two questions and about four minutes tell you where you stand. Then enter your address to see who is on your ballot for Congress, and how your members have voted on the same statements you just answered.
- About 4 minutes
- 32 questions
- Free
- No sign-up
Your ballot
From your answers to your ballot, in four steps
Take the Scan
32 questions, about four minutes. Your result is saved in this browser; no account is needed.
Start the ScanEnter your address
The U.S. Census Bureau’s geocoder finds your congressional district. We don’t store the address.
Who is my representative?See your races
Your Representative and Senators, and the House and Senate candidates on your November 3 ballot, from the lists state election offices publish. If your state redrew its map, you see which district you vote in this time.
Compare the record
For each sitting member, how many of the statements they have voted on directly put their votes on the same side as your answer. Every vote opens to what the measure did and the official roll call.
The quiz
It asks what sits underneath this year’s arguments
The DNA Scan does not ask about this year’s bills. It asks 32 trade-offs with no obviously right answer and scores you on four axes at once, then matches your full answer pattern to one of 32 political archetypes in eight families.
- Liberty
- How much room should individuals have against the state and each other?
- Economy
- How far should markets be left alone, and how far steered toward equality?
- Nation
- Do loyalty and policy run first to the country, or to international cooperation?
- Culture
- Should inherited institutions be preserved, or changed?
The limits
What it won’t do
It doesn’t tell you who to vote for.
There are no endorsements, ratings or rankings of candidates. Every official is shown in the same format, from the same public records.
Challengers have no comparison.
Only sitting members of Congress have a voting record, so a challenger appears on your ballot list without one.
Only statements Congress voted on count.
Many of the 32 statements never come to a direct floor vote, so a comparison counts only those that have. Members are not given an archetype for the same reason.
It covers Congress only.
State and local races and ballot measures are not included. Your state or local election office publishes the full sample ballot.
Other quizzes answer a different question. Some, iSideWith the best known, match you to candidates. PoliticalDNA places you by your own answers and sets those against votes already on the record. How the best political quizzes of 2026 differ.
Questions
Common questions
Is the 2026 political quiz free?
Yes. All 32 questions, your archetype, your four axis scores, the ballot lookup and the vote comparison are free and need no account. PoliticalDNA is a for-profit, independent company; its only paid products are optional Deep Readings written from your answers afterwards.
Will it tell me who to vote for?
No. It shows where you stand, who is on your ballot for Congress, and how your current members have voted on the statements you answered. What you do with that is up to you.
Is PoliticalDNA affiliated with a party or campaign?
No. PoliticalDNA is independent and takes no position on candidates. The same records are shown for every official and candidate, in the same format.
Where does the candidate list come from?
From the candidate lists published by state and territorial election offices, with a link to the source. Where an official list for a race is not yet confirmed, the page says so and shows candidates registered with the Federal Election Commission instead. Fundraising totals come from FEC filings.
How long does it take?
About four minutes for the 32 questions. The address lookup takes a few seconds more.
Can I take it again after the election?
Yes. The quiz measures lasting political values rather than positions on this year’s bills, so the result stays useful after November 3, and you can retake it whenever you like.
Know where you stand before November 3.
Take the Scan first, then look up who is on your ballot. Both are free, and neither needs an account.