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Liberal democracy

الديمقراطية الليبرالية

Commitment to LIBERAL democracy — independent courts, free press, opposition and minority rights, limits on executive power. NOT mere electoral participation: a party that contests elections but works to weaken the judiciary, entrench ethnic or religious supremacy, or curb minority and dissident rights scores LOW (−). Strong commitment to liberal-democratic checks scores HIGH (+).

Scoring rubric

How positions are calibrated on this axis. The conventions guide the scorer; anchored examples show how known MENA actors land at -10, -5, 0, +5, +10.

Score the actor on its commitment to democratic norms in the abstract: free elections, peaceful transfer of power, rule of law, judicial independence, freedom of assembly. Distinct from regime-stance (which captures their view of the current regime specifically). An actor can be pro-democratic in principle and anti the current regime simultaneously. Score on the actor's most recent decade of behavior where it diverges from rhetoric.

  • -10
    Anti-democratic, revolutionary
    Houthis (behavioral), Ba'ath Syria (historical)
  • -7
    Authoritarian, suppresses opposition
    FLN Algeria (behavioral), Hamas (behavioral)
  • -3
    Hybrid; elections held but constrained
    Most MENA monarchic systems
  • +0
    Mixed record
    Many regional ruling parties
  • +3
    Pro-democratic with constraints
    Hezbollah (declared), Likud (declared)
  • +7
    Strong pro-democratic platform
    Balad, FFS Algeria
  • +10
    Uncompromising democratic principle
    Some Israeli liberal-left, FFS
Parties scored
83
Mean
+0.35
Median
+2.00
Std dev
5.16
Range
-9.0 → 8.5

Ranking

All parties scored on this axis, sorted from most Strong commitment to most Weak/anti.

Weak/anti ← → Strong commitment

-10-5+0+5+10
  1. 1 The Democrats IL
    +8.5
  2. 2 Mubadara PS
    +8.0
  3. 3 Yesh Atid IL
    +8.0
  4. 4 Socialist Forces Front DZ
    +7.0
  5. 5 Syrian National Coalition SY
    +7.0
  6. 6 Meretz IL
    +7.0
  7. 7 Hadash-Ta'al IL
    +7.0
  8. 8 Hadash IL
    +7.0
  9. 9 Egyptian Social Democratic Party EG
    +7.0
  10. 10 Union of Forces of Progress MR
    +6.5
  11. 11 Ta'al IL
    +6.0
  12. 12 Balad IL
    +6.0
  13. 13 Israeli Labor Party IL
    +6.0
  14. 14 National Unity IL
    +5.5
  15. 15 National Umma Party SD
    +5.5
  16. 16 National Forces Alliance LY
    +5.5
  17. 17 Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society BH
    +5.5
  18. 18 Sudanese Communist Party SD
    +5.0
  19. 19 Free Egyptians Party EG
    +5.0
  20. 20 Yemeni Socialist Party YE
    +5.0
  21. 21 Kataeb Party LB
    +5.0
  22. 22 Long Live Tunisia TN
    +5.0
  23. 23 Lebanese Forces LB
    +5.0
  24. 24 Palestinian People's Party PS
    +5.0
  25. 25 New Wafd Party EG
    +4.8
  26. 26 Socialist Union of Popular Forces MA
    +4.5
  27. 27 Ennahda TN
    +4.0
  28. 28 Tunisian Workers Party TN
    +4.0
  29. 29 Jordanian Communist Party JO
    +4.0
  30. 30 Workers' Party DZ
    +3.5
  31. 31 Democratic Unionist Party SD
    +3.5
  32. 32 Ra'am (United Arab List) IL
    +3.5
  33. 33 New Hope IL
    +3.0
  34. 34 Reform Party JO
    +3.0
  35. 35 Tagammu Party EG
    +3.0
  36. 36 Yisrael Beiteinu IL
    +2.5
  37. 37 National Rally for Reform and Development (Tewassoul) MR
    +2.5
  38. 38 Progressive Socialist Party LB
    +2.5
  39. 39 People's Movement TN
    +2.0
  40. 40 Istiqlal Party MA
    +2.0
  41. 41 Islamic Action Front JO
    +2.0
  42. 42 DFLP PS
    +2.0
  43. 43 Justice and Development Party MA
    +1.5
  44. 44 National Rally of Independents MA
    +1.0
  45. 45 National Charter Party JO
    +0.5
  46. 46 Authenticity and Modernity Party MA
    +0.0
  47. 47 PFLP PS
    +0.0
  48. 48 Yemeni Congregation for Reform (Islah) YE
    -0.5
  49. 49 National Wisdom Movement IQ
    -1.0
  50. 50 Sairoon Alliance IQ
    -1.0
  51. 51 Movement of Society for Peace DZ
    -2.0
  52. 52 Free Patriotic Movement LB
    -2.5
  53. 53 Justice and Construction Party LY
    -2.5
  54. 54 Patriotic Union of Kurdistan IQ
    -2.5
  55. 55 Southern Transitional Council YE
    -3.0
  56. 56 El Insaf (Equity Party) MR
    -3.0
  57. 57 Al-Menbar Islamic Society BH
    -3.0
  58. 58 Shas IL
    -3.5
  59. 59 Kurdistan Democratic Party IQ
    -3.5
  60. 60 Freedom and Justice Party EG
    -3.5
  61. 61 Likud IL
    -4.0
  62. 62 Northern Islamic Movement IL
    -4.0
  63. 63 Free Destourian Party TN
    -4.0
  64. 64 Amal Movement LB
    -4.5
  65. 65 Fatah PS
    -5.0
  66. 66 United Torah Judaism IL
    -5.0
  67. 67 Democratic National Rally DZ
    -5.0
  68. 68 National Liberation Front DZ
    -6.0
  69. 69 State of Law Coalition IQ
    -6.0
  70. 70 Nour Party EG
    -6.0
  71. 71 Islamic Asalah Society BH
    -6.0
  72. 72 General People's Congress YE
    -6.0
  73. 73 Hayat Tahrir al-Sham SY
    -7.0
  74. 74 Islamic Salvation Front DZ
    -7.0
  75. 75 Hamas PS
    -7.0
  76. 76 Mostaqbal Watan EG
    -7.0
  77. 77 Religious Zionism Party IL
    -7.5
  78. 78 Hezbollah LB
    -7.5
  79. 79 Noam IL
    -8.0
  80. 80 Otzma Yehudit IL
    -8.0
  81. 81 Palestinian Islamic Jihad PS
    -8.5
  82. 82 Ansar Allah (Houthis) YE
    -9.0
  83. 83 Ba'ath Party (Syria) SY
    -9.0

Score distribution

Histogram of scores across all 83 parties. Mean +0.35, median +2.00, σ 5.16. Multi-modal distributions point to genuine cleavages on this axis; unimodal narrow ones to consensus.

-9: 2 parties -8: 3 parties -7: 6 parties 6 -6: 5 parties 5 -5: 3 parties -4: 4 parties -3: 6 parties 6 -2: 4 parties -1: 2 parties +0: 3 parties +1: 2 parties +2: 5 parties 5 +3: 6 parties 6 +4: 6 parties 6 +5: 9 parties 9 +6: 7 parties 7 +7: 7 parties 7 +8: 2 parties +9: 1 party −10 0 +10

Weak/anti Strong commitment

By country

Mean score per country.

  • Sudan 3 parties
    +4.67
  • Jordan 4 parties
    +2.38
  • Tunisia 5 parties
    +2.20
  • Mauritania 3 parties
    +2.00
  • Morocco 5 parties
    +1.80
  • Israel 19 parties
    +1.58
  • Libya 2 parties
    +1.50
  • Egypt 7 parties
    +0.46
  • Lebanon 6 parties
    -0.33
  • Palestine 7 parties
    -0.79
  • Bahrain 3 parties
    -1.17
  • Algeria 6 parties
    -1.58
  • Yemen 5 parties
    -2.70
  • Iraq 5 parties
    -2.80
  • Syria 3 parties
    -3.00

Cross-axis correlations

How parties' scores on this axis covary with their scores on each other axis. Pearson r runs from −1 (perfect inverse) to +1 (perfect identity); 0 means independent. Computed across all parties scored on both axes (n shown per row). Strong correlations expose which axes are really measuring the same cleavage in the data; near-zero values are the ones with the most additional explanatory power.

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