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National Rally and US Democratic Party
Measured distance across six axes
Opposed programmes with little shared ground. They agree within three points on EC, SC. They diverge by eight points or more on CU, ID.
Axis by axis
| Axis | RN, Front National | US Democratic Party | Gap | Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC · Economic organisation | −01 | −03 | 2 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| CU · Social and cultural order | +08 | −05 | 13 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| AU · Organisation of power | +04 | −02 | 6 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| SC · Scale of decision | +03 | +04 | 1 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| ID · Rule of membership | +07 | −06 | 13 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| CH · Method and tempo | −01 | −06 | 5 | 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.
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.
US Democratic Party · CU −05
Coded −5: the party has moved substantially toward the liberal pole on family and identity questions since 2004.
- Programme textPlatform support for same-sex marriage moved from opposition to endorsement between 2004 and 2012.
- Comparative datasetCHES-equivalent placements put the party well toward the GAL pole relative to European mainstream parties.
RN, Front National · ID +07
National preference in access to employment, welfare and housing is a formal programme commitment.
- Programme textThe programme proposes constitutional priority for French nationals in employment and social housing.
US Democratic Party · ID −06
Universalist on the formal membership rule.
- Programme textPlatform commitments to a path to citizenship for long-resident undocumented migrants have appeared in every cycle since 2004.
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.
National Rally
1972– · France
National priority for French citizens, sharp restriction of immigration, sovereignty against the EU, protection of purchasing power.
US Democratic Party
1828– · United States
Regulated capitalism, expanded health coverage, civil rights, climate action, and defence of existing institutional procedure.
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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