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Morena

2014– · Mexico · Left Populist · Electoral party · coding confidence medium

−05ECcollective
+02CUtraditional
+05AUmonist
+05SCcentral
+01IDascriptive
−02CHlawful

Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →

Core principles

The people against the neoliberal elite; austerity in government, transfers to the poor, national energy sovereignty.

Economic model

Doubled minimum wage, universal pensions, state oil and electricity priority, cancelled private infrastructure contracts.

Organisation of powers

Elected with large majorities; pursued judicial elections, weakened autonomous regulators, and pressured the electoral institute.

Reading note

Redistributive economics with a contested record on independent institutions — a pattern the atlas records on the left as readily as on the right.

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The evidence for every score

All six cells are sourced. A rationale explains what the score is measuring and each artefact is something a third party can check without taking anyone's word for it.

EC · Economic organisation · scored −05

Coded −5: doubled minimum wage and universal pensions alongside fiscal austerity in government.

  • Documented act or statuteThe minimum wage rose over 100% in real terms between 2018 and 2024; a universal old-age pension was constitutionalised.

CU · Social and cultural order · scored +02

Coded +2: economically left and culturally moderate, with a socially conservative base.

  • Documented act or statuteThe government maintained the militarised security model it had campaigned against.

AU · Organisation of power · scored +05

Coded +5: elected with large majorities and pursuing structural change to independent bodies.

  • Documented act or statuteThe 2024 judicial reform made all judges including the supreme court subject to popular election.
  • Documented act or statuteAutonomous transparency and evaluation bodies were abolished in 2024–25.

SC · Scale of decision · scored +05

Coded +5: centralised delivery of transfers bypassing state governments.

  • Documented act or statuteFederal programmes are paid directly to beneficiaries rather than administered through states.

ID · Rule of membership · scored +01

Coded +1: civic membership with an expansive asylum record.

  • Documented act or statuteMexico received over 140,000 asylum applications in 2023, among the highest in the world.

CH · Method and tempo · scored −02

Coded −2: entirely electoral, with constitutional change by supermajority.

  • Documented act or statuteThe 2024 supermajority permitted constitutional amendment without opposition agreement.

Where it came from, and what came after

Nearest organisations by measured distance

Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.

Countries

Mexico

Cite this page

Scores are revised on evidence, so a citation should carry the version it refers to. Version 4.3.1 is current; the revision log records every change.

McGrath, K. (2026). Morena. The Political Atlas, version 4.2. https://thepoliticalatlas.com/organisations/morena/ (accessed 2026-08-01).

Free to quote and reproduce with attribution. This is a synthesis rather than a peer-reviewed dataset — where an authoritative figure is needed, cite the Chapel Hill Expert Survey, the Manifesto Project or V-Dem.