🇵🇹 Portugal In power: RIGHT
CURRENT MONTH — OCTOBER 2026
LEFT
16
PS / BE / PCP / Livre
Governing side
RIGHT
16
PSD / CDS / Chega
Governing side
Higher scores indicate more violent speech
Factions scoped to Portugal political spectrum
Political compass
public mood vs who governs
Authoritarian
Libertarian
Left
Right
Leaning security
Leaning liberty
Leaning left
Leaning right
People
+32 / +18
Politicians
+18 / +14
24-MONTH HISTORY • LEFT VS RIGHT
● LEFT
● RIGHT
│ MAJOR EVENTS
MAJOR EVENTS
June 2024
│
European Parliament elections / Chega surge discourse
September 2024
│
Housing crisis protest confrontations
February 2025
│
Minority government confidence crisis rhetoric
March 2025
│
Snap election campaign polarization
June 2025
│
Public-sector strike confrontation rhetoric
September 2025
│
Migration and Chega platform rhetoric spike
November 2025
│
State budget parliamentary and street clash rhetoric
March 2026
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Housing-law protest rhetoric
June 2026
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Local elections polarization
October 2026
│
Housing marches fill Lisbon and Porto; police clear a camp and arrest dozens
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