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◆ THE IDEOLOGY ATLAS
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Winston Churchill

Historical and international

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Position estimated from: UK premierships: WWII leadership, imperialism, anti-communism.

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Political compass placement

Map dimensionScore (0–100)PositionReading
Economic
Collective / planned ↔ Market
69toward market
Social
Progressive ↔ Traditional
72toward traditional
Authority
Libertarian ↔ Authoritarian
40near the center
National identity
Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist
80toward nationalist
Foreign policy
Non-intervention ↔ Intervention
91strongly toward intervention
All nine underlying dimensions
DimensionScoreReading
Economic ownership
Collective ownership ↔ Private ownership
75toward private ownership
Civil liberties
Civil liberty ↔ State restrictions
50near the center
National identity
Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist
80toward nationalist
Social and cultural values
Progressive ↔ Traditionalist
80toward traditionalist
Political governance
Democratic ↔ Autocratic
30toward democratic
Equality and hierarchy
Egalitarian ↔ Hierarchical
80toward hierarchical
Economic management
Free market ↔ State planning
39near the center
Military intervention
Non-intervention ↔ Intervention
91strongly toward intervention
Religion and government
Secular state ↔ Religious authority
54near the center

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
The means of production should ultimately be owned collectively.Strongly disagreesestimated
Opposition parties should be free to compete in elections.Strongly agreesestimated
A country should be willing to use force to defend its allies.Strongly agreesfrom their record
A national religious authority should have the power to veto legislation.Strongly disagreesestimated
Central economic planning is preferable to decentralized market decisions.Strongly disagreesestimated
National borders should become less important over time.Strongly disagreesestimated
People should be free to criticize the government without fear of legal punishment.Agreesestimated
Traditional values should guide what society considers right and wrong.Strongly agreesestimated
Class distinctions should gradually disappear.Strongly disagreesestimated
Major industries should be publicly owned rather than privately controlled.Strongly disagreesestimated

Closest ideologies

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Similar and contrasting figures

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Sources

Profile last reviewed October 11, 2026.