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Institutional Revolutionary Party and National Rally
Measured distance across six axes
The same broad family. They agree within three points on EC, CH. No axis separates them by eight points or more.
Axis by axis
| Axis | PRI | RN, Front National | Gap | Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC · Economic organisation | +01 | −01 | 2 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| CU · Social and cultural order | +04 | +08 | 4 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| AU · Organisation of power | +08 | +04 | 4 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| SC · Scale of decision | +07 | +03 | 4 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| ID · Rule of membership | +03 | +07 | 4 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| CH · Method and tempo | −04 | −01 | 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.
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.
RN, Front National · CU +08
Coded +8 on national identity, secularism as applied to Islam, and opposition to expanded gender recognition.
- Programme textProgramme commitments to ban the headscarf in public spaces and to restrict legal recognition of gender transition.
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.
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.
National Rally
1972– · France
National priority for French citizens, sharp restriction of immigration, sovereignty against the EU, protection of purchasing power.
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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