Chile · 1970–1973
Salvador Allende
Elected Marxist. Nationalized copper and pushed socialism inside a constitution, until the 1973 coup.
Salvador Allende is on the world-leaders chart for Chile, 1970–1973. The placement note, from the public governing record, is: Elected Marxist. Nationalized copper and pushed socialism inside a constitution, until the 1973 coup.
The dot is economics -64 and authority +6, on a scale from −100 to +100. That is left of center on economics. The other axis sits near the middle. Left means a larger public role. Up means more authority. Neither direction is treated as the correct one.
A second note separates what was said in public from what the government then did. Said: A Chilean road to socialism, by election, without a dictatorship of the proletariat. Done: Copper was nationalized and shortages mounted. The army ended the experiment. The gap, when there is one, is part of the placement. A promise that was kept and a promise that was dropped are not given the same weight.
The nearest other figures on these two numbers are Clement Attlee (United Kingdom, -54 / +14) and Jawaharlal Nehru (India, -44 / +16). Nearest means nearest on the chart, not alike in character.
Two governments can share a number and share nothing else. The source is the public governing record, not a news write-up and not a campaign advertisement.