IDEOLOGY PROFILE / CONSERVATISM

Christian Democracy.

Draws on Christian social thought to support human dignity, family and community institutions, subsidiarity, and a social market economy.

ConservatismLiberalism

AT A GLANCE

Defining principles

01Subsidiarity and social solidarity

02Mixed economy and democratic institutions

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THE PROFILE

How this tradition is modeled

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You Christian Democracy

Political economy

Private property80

Market exchange75

Redistribution78

Institutions

Political pluralism93

Centralization33

Local autonomy83

Culture & change

Religion in government78

Cultural traditionalism80

Structural rupture8

Scale: 0–100 within each dimension. Bars show relative positioning, not strength of conviction. Unanswered dimensions are omitted.

YOUR PROFILE

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similarity

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THE DISTINCTIONS

Compare with another ideology

Christian Democracyvs.

Combines respect for established institutions and private enterprise with social obligation and measures to reduce severe inequality.

Religion in government

Christian Democracy 78One-Nation Conservatism 63

Structural rupture

Christian Democracy 8One-Nation Conservatism 0

Cultural traditionalism

Christian Democracy 80One-Nation Conservatism 85

Private property

Christian Democracy 80One-Nation Conservatism 83

Market exchange

Christian Democracy 75One-Nation Conservatism 78

Numbers indicate model positions on a 0–100 scale, not a moral ranking or measure of certainty.