New Zealand · 2017–2023
Jacinda Ardern
Labour leader. Welfare and gun laws after Christchurch, pandemic lockdowns, a socially liberal brand.
Jacinda Ardern is on the world-leaders chart for New Zealand, 2017–2023. The placement note, from the public governing record, is: Labour leader. Welfare and gun laws after Christchurch, pandemic lockdowns, a socially liberal brand.
The dot is economics -34 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: Kinder politics, housing relief, and climate leadership. Done: Gun laws after Christchurch and a hard COVID lockdown. The housing promise lagged. She resigned. 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 Willy Brandt (West Germany, -24 / -12) and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Brazil, -40 / +4). 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.