Understand the 12 axes
Strong Democracy: Representation
72.5–87.4% Democracy · 12.599999999999994–27.5% Autocracy
What this band means
Strong Democracy covers 72.5–87.4% Democracy. Your answers favor Democracy, with a strong preference in this part of the questionnaire. Democracy emphasizes participation, competitive elections, opposition, deliberation and institutional restraints. Autocracy emphasizes concentrated leadership, inherited authority, rule by experts or continued government without competitive popular authorization. A preference for effective administration is not automatically a preference for autocracy. The questionnaire asks which safeguards and forms of participation should survive disagreements or difficult circumstances. This band describes the direction and distance of your score from the center, rather than the percentage of people who agree with you. Two people in the same band can still disagree on particular policies. Their remaining eleven axes may also differ substantially. Use the sample statements to identify the trade-offs that produced this part of your result. The catalog examples below offer points of comparison within the model; they are not a survey of quiz participants.
Across the reference catalog
These 274 profiles are reference models, not responses from quiz participants. The distributions describe this catalog’s composition.
Among 69 ideologies, the median Representation score is 78.8% Democracy. The lowest value is 72.5% (Cultural Nationalism), while the highest is 86.2% (Libertarian Populism). These values describe the reference set on this particular axis.
Among 71 countries and regions, the median Representation score is 78.8% Democracy. The lowest value is 72.5% (Argentina), while the highest is 87% (Vermont (United States)). These values describe the reference set on this particular axis.
Among 134 figures, the median Representation score is 78.8% Democracy. The lowest value is 72.5% (Konrad Adenauer), while the highest is 86.3% (Keir Hardie). These values describe the reference set on this particular axis.
Examples in this band
Distributism
Labourism
Progressive Liberalism
Costa Rica
Estonia
Finland
Wyoming (United States)
Scotland (United Kingdom)
Mongolia
How the other axes combine
These are medians for reference profiles in this band. They do not predict the other views of a person with this result.
Among the 274 profiles in Strong Democracy, Structure has a median of 56.2% Federal and 43.8% Unitary.
Among the 274 profiles in Strong Democracy, Power has a median of 36.4% Security and 63.6% Liberty.
Among the 274 profiles in Strong Democracy, Immigration has a median of 35.6% Assimilation and 64.4% Multiculturalism.
Among the 274 profiles in Strong Democracy, Diplomacy has a median of 31.2% Militarist and 68.8% Pacifist.
Among the 274 profiles in Strong Democracy, Intervention has a median of 62.5% Non-interventionist and 37.5% Nationalist.
Among the 274 profiles in Strong Democracy, Economy has a median of 56.2% Public and 43.8% Private.
Among the 274 profiles in Strong Democracy, Control has a median of 51.2% Planning and 48.8% Free market.
Among the 274 profiles in Strong Democracy, Trade has a median of 37.5% Protectionism and 62.5% Globalism.
Among the 274 profiles in Strong Democracy, Religion has a median of 62.5% Irreligious and 37.5% Religious.
Among the 274 profiles in Strong Democracy, Morality has a median of 63.3% Progressive and 36.7% Traditionalist.
Among the 274 profiles in Strong Democracy, Technology has a median of 55% Technology and 45% Biology.
Consider the questions
01Free elections must be kept even when they elect bad governments.
02The political opposition should have the right to criticize any government in public.
03In serious crises, a strong leader should be able to govern without depending on the legislature.
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