🇱🇧 Lebanon In power: RIGHT
CURRENT MONTH — OCTOBER 2026
LEFT
22
Reformist / civil society / anti-establishment
Governing side
RIGHT
40
Hezbollah / March 8 / traditionalist blocs
Governing side
Higher scores indicate more violent speech
Factions scoped to Lebanon political spectrum
Political compass
public mood vs who governs
Authoritarian
Libertarian
Left
Right
Leaning security
Leaning liberty
Leaning left
Leaning right
People
+8 / +42
Politicians
+34 / +66
24-MONTH HISTORY • LEFT VS RIGHT
● LEFT
● RIGHT
│ MAJOR EVENTS
MAJOR EVENTS
July 2024
│
Israel-Hezbollah border war escalation rhetoric
September 2024
│
Pager/walkie-talkie attacks and revenge rhetoric peak
October 2024
│
Ground invasion phase martyrdom and threat rhetoric
November 2024
│
Ceasefire talks and spoiler threat rhetoric
March 2025
│
Depositors' protest and bank-raid rhetoric
June 2025
│
Hezbollah disarmament debate confrontation rhetoric
September 2025
│
War anniversary polarization
March 2026
│
Government formation sectarian rhetoric
May 2026
│
Municipal elections polarization
August 2026
│
Israeli occupation / Hezbollah disarmament threat rhetoric
September 2026
│
Ali al-Taher Hezbollah-base demolition and revenge-threat rhetoric
PUBLIC vs GOVERNMENT
Lines (left axis): public mood (Spectrum) and who held the state that month on the same left–right axis.
Bars (right axis): gap (public − government), autoscaled.
How to read this
Scores (0–100) estimate how often each side’s public discourse calls for violence or issues threats. Left and Right are that country’s own camps, not US parties transplanted abroad. In power is who holds the state that month. Public mood is where people sit left–right and liberty–order; who governs is the office-holders’ ideology (slow-moving). Higher violent-speech scores mean more violent rhetoric. Scores are for entertainment and experimental purposes. Full methodology