Vosem Chart

The Vosem Chart is a 3-dimensional model of the Political Spectrum. Similar to the Nolan Chart, it adds a third dimension, Corporate Issues. This doubles the number of distinct "end philosophies" that can be modeled, versus the Nolan Chart.

The axes are:

-The x-axis distinguishes cultural issues, with those on the left supporting drug legalization and gay rights, believing in the equality of all ethnic groups, genders and age groups, and frowning on arbitrary social conventions, and those on the right calling for the War on Drugs, having a puritanical/traditional view on sex, gender relations and family relationships, having a law-and-order view of the world that believes in (and even supports the legal enforcement of) norms and traditions, and finds eccentricity something dangerous and to be feared.

-The y-axis distinguishes fiscal issues, with the top of the chart representing those who support an activist government that taxes more for things like welfare, Medicare, foreign aid or funding for the arts, and those at the bottom sharing fiscal views that oppose taxation and are willing to give up government-provided services in order to cut taxes.

-The z-axis represents corporate issues. Those who believe that a business should be able to discriminate against employees or customers and a shopkeeper should be allowed to ask people to leave his store, support intellectual property and copyright laws, believe in the magic of the market and free will of the people to keep businesses in line, want corporations to continue to be allowed to make campaign donations and fund political events, and are bothered relatively little by corporate wrongdoing scandals fall at the back of the chart, whereas those in front believe that corporations are not persons, refuse to allow businesses to make any discriminatory decisions, believe that businesses are not private property, oppose intellectual property, consider the idea that businesses can rely on human responsibility without regulation dangerous, and oppose the influence of corporations in politics.