Atlas / Organisations / Sumar / Podemos
Sumar / Podemos
2014– · Spain · Left Populist · Electoral party · coding confidence medium
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
Anti-austerity redistribution, housing rights, feminism, plurinational recognition of Spain's regions.
Economic model
Rent caps, higher minimum wage, wealth taxes, shorter working week, public housing.
Organisation of powers
Parliamentary; supports referendums on self-determination and stronger participatory mechanisms.
Reading note
Emerged from the 2011 square occupations and entered national government within a decade.
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EC · Economic organisation · scored −07
Coded −7: rent controls, working-time reduction and wealth taxation.
- Documented act or statuteNegotiated the 2023 housing law with rent caps in stressed markets and a reduction of the working week.
CU · Social and cultural order · scored −08
Coded −8: feminism and LGBT rights as founding commitments.
- Documented act or statuteDrove the 2023 trans self-identification law and the reform of consent law.
AU · Organisation of power · scored −02
Coded −2: parliamentary, supporting referendums on self-determination.
- Programme textProgramme commits to a negotiated referendum in Catalonia.
SC · Scale of decision · scored +01
Coded +1: plurinational recognition combined with national redistribution.
- Programme textSupports a referendum on Catalan self-determination while defending national social programmes.
ID · Rule of membership · scored −08
Coded −8: regularisation and migrant rights as programme commitments.
- Documented act or statuteSupported the 2024 popular initiative for extraordinary regularisation.
CH · Method and tempo · scored −02
Coded −2: emerged from square occupations and entered government within a decade.
- Documented act or statuteThe 15-M movement of 2011 produced Podemos in 2014 and government participation in 2020.
Where it came from, and what came after
- takes its doctrine fromLeft Populism
Laclau and Mouffe's theory was read directly by the founders of Podemos.
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.
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