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MAGA / Trumpism and Putinism
Measured distance across six axes
The same broad family. They agree within three points on EC, CU, ID. No axis separates them by eight points or more.
Axis by axis
| Axis | MAGA / Trumpism | United Russia, sovereign democracy | Gap | Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC · Economic organisation | +04 | +03 | 1 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| CU · Social and cultural order | +08 | +09 | 1 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| AU · Organisation of power | +06 | +10 | 4 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| SC · Scale of decision | +02 | +09 | 7 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| ID · Rule of membership | +07 | +08 | 1 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| CH · Method and tempo | +01 | −03 | 4 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
Each axis runs from −10 to +10; the distance is the straight-line separation across all six at once, out of a maximum of 49.0. How the scoring works →
The evidence behind the widest gaps
A distance figure is worth nothing unless the scores behind it can be checked. These are the artefacts supporting the axes that separate these two most.
MAGA / Trumpism · SC +02
Coded +2: sovereigntist against supranational bodies, and centralising against states and agencies it does not control.
- Documented act or statuteWithdrawal or threatened withdrawal from multilateral agreements and bodies.
- Documented act or statuteFederal action against state and municipal policy on immigration enforcement.
United Russia, sovereign democracy · SC +09
Coded +9: elected governors replaced by appointment, and the federal structure hollowed out.
- Documented act or statuteDirect gubernatorial elections were abolished in 2004 and restored in constrained form in 2012.
What this comparison does not establish
Proximity means similarity of stated position. It carries no claim about competence, circumstance, scale of operation, or what either organisation actually did to the people under it. Two organisations can sit close together and produce entirely different histories, because those things are not on any axis and could not be.
MAGA / Trumpism
2015– · United States
National restoration through a leader who claims to embody the real people against a corrupt establishment; borders, tariffs and sovereignty.
Putinism
2000– · Russia
A strong personalised state restoring great-power status, with traditional values against a decadent West.
Distance is not the whole answer. Two organisations can sit the same distance apart for entirely different reasons, and the reason is the content of any claim about them. Open the comparison in the atlas to weight the axes yourself.
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