BrazilJair Bolsonaro is a former army captain and longtime congressman who served as president of Brazil from 2019 to 2022. He campaigned on social conservatism, tougher policing, looser gun rules and market-oriented economic reform.
In the 12 Axes register, Jair Bolsonaro leans hardest on Internationalism – Nationalism: Nationalism 83%; the register median is balanced 50%.
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Where Jair Bolsonaro sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Centrist
No strong stance on federal structure
Centrist
Elected; has praised the 1964–85 military government
Statist
Tough-on-crime policing, looser gun laws
Nationalist
"Brazil above everything" nationalism
Military-Focused
Former army captain, appointed many officers
Assimilationist
Opposed new Indigenous land demarcations
Capitalist
Privatization and pension reform agenda
Markets
Liberal economic team, some intervention
Moderate
Mixed record on trade opening
Religious
Close ties to evangelical churches
Traditionalist
Socially conservative on family and gender
Neutral
No distinct position on technology
Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.
Planned – Markets
On Planned – Markets, Jair Bolsonaro is at Markets 68%. The register median is Planned 68%.
Isolationism – Globalism
On Isolationism – Globalism, Jair Bolsonaro is at balanced 50%, almost the register median of balanced 50%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.britannica.com
Portrait: Isac Nóbrega/PR, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
