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◆ THE IDEOLOGY ATLAS
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Jair Bolsonaro

Historical and international

Photo: Isac Nóbrega/PR, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Position estimated from: Brazilian presidency 2019-22: social conservatism, gun liberalization, praise for the military dictatorship; later convicted over a coup plot.

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Political compass placement

Map dimensionScore (0–100)PositionReading
Economic
Collective / planned ↔ Market
76toward market
Social
Progressive ↔ Traditional
91strongly toward traditional
Authority
Libertarian ↔ Authoritarian
55near the center
National identity
Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist
92strongly toward nationalist
Foreign policy
Non-intervention ↔ Intervention
40near the center
All nine underlying dimensions
DimensionScoreReading
Economic ownership
Collective ownership ↔ Private ownership
82toward private ownership
Civil liberties
Civil liberty ↔ State restrictions
50near the center
National identity
Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist
92strongly toward nationalist
Social and cultural values
Progressive ↔ Traditionalist
97strongly toward traditionalist
Political governance
Democratic ↔ Autocratic
60near the center
Equality and hierarchy
Egalitarian ↔ Hierarchical
74toward hierarchical
Economic management
Free market ↔ State planning
34toward free market
Military intervention
Non-intervention ↔ Intervention
40near the center
Religion and government
Secular state ↔ Religious authority
78toward religious authority

These positions are estimates on the Atlas’s nine-dimension scale, produced by running the available evidence through the same questions and scoring used for test-takers. They are interpretations for comparison, not objective measurements. How scores are made.

Key positions

StatementPositionBasis
Abortion should be illegal in most or all cases.Strongly agreesfrom their record
Hate speech should be a criminal offense.Strongly disagreesfrom their record
The means of production should ultimately be owned collectively.Strongly disagreesestimated
Central economic planning is preferable to decentralized market decisions.Strongly disagreesestimated
National borders should become less important over time.Strongly disagreesestimated
Opposition parties should be free to compete in elections.Agreesestimated
Class distinctions should gradually disappear.Strongly disagreesestimated
Military power should be used proactively when serious external threats are emerging.Disagreesestimated
A national religious authority should have the power to veto legislation.Disagreesestimated
Laws should be based on secular reasoning rather than religious teaching.Strongly disagreesestimated

Closest ideologies

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Sources

Profile last reviewed October 11, 2026.