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Orbánism and Institutional Revolutionary Party
Measured distance across six axes
The same broad family. They agree within three points on EC, AU, SC, CH. No axis separates them by eight points or more.
Axis by axis
| Axis | Fidesz | PRI | Gap | Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC · Economic organisation | +04 | +01 | 3 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| CU · Social and cultural order | +08 | +04 | 4 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| AU · Organisation of power | +07 | +08 | 1 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| SC · Scale of decision | +06 | +07 | 1 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| ID · Rule of membership | +07 | +03 | 4 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| CH · Method and tempo | −01 | −04 | 3 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
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.
Fidesz · CU +08
Coded +8: Christian national identity written into the constitution and into family and education law.
- Documented act or statuteThe 2011 Fundamental Law defines marriage as between a man and a woman and invokes Christianity in its preamble.
- Documented act or statuteA 2021 law restricted depiction of homosexuality and gender reassignment to minors.
PRI · CU +04
Coded +4: revolutionary anticlericalism succeeded by a conservative corporatist order.
- Documented act or statuteThe 1917 constitution's anticlerical articles were softened by amendment in 1992.
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.
Orbánism
2010– · Hungary
Explicitly 'illiberal democracy': majority rule unconstrained by liberal checks, Christian national identity, opposition to immigration.
Institutional Revolutionary Party
1929– · Mexico
A party built to institutionalise a revolution and end military coups, which then held the presidency for seventy-one consecutive years.
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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