Party comparison
Morena vs MC: how alike are they?
We compare the documented positions of Morena and Movimiento Ciudadano on the 45 questions in the test, issue by issue.
In brief
How do Morena and MC differ?
Morena and Movimiento Ciudadano split almost into thirds: of 35 sourced statements, 12 agreements, 12 clashes and 11 with one of them in the middle. Their answers are 1.80 points apart on average.
They are most alike on rights and freedoms. Both support legal abortion up to week 12, Movimiento Ciudadano more strongly: its program wants public health services to guarantee it. Both accept adoption by same-sex couples, and both want trans people to be able to correct their name and sex with an administrative filing; Movimiento Ciudadano frames it as gender self-determination, and Morena by criticizing how cumbersome that paperwork is today for LGBTIQ+ people. To that list they add the nepotism ban as early as 2027, which Movimiento Ciudadano's floor leader demanded in 2025, removing lawmakers' immunity, environmental taxes, the minimum wage and universal social programs, which Movimiento Ciudadano voted to enshrine in the Constitution in 2024.
The third made up of clashes is another story. Seven disagreements run from one end of the scale to the other, and all of them stem from Chamber votes in which Morena supplied the votes and Movimiento Ciudadano opposed, from judicial elections to abolishing the INAI and Cofece. The loneliest case is tariffs: in December 2025, no other group joined Movimiento Ciudadano in voting against making imports from countries without a trade treaty more expensive, against 225 votes in favor from Morena; its platform defends free trade. On vapes the gap is smaller: Morena voted for the ban 224 to 0, and Movimiento Ciudadano voted against both the 2024 constitutional reform and the 2025 law, but both texts covered other matters, so its position is disagreement, short of the maximum.
Energy is the topic of nuance: on four of its five statements, one of the two sits in the middle. Movimiento Ciudadano voted in 2024 against giving Pemex and the CFE constitutional priority, but in 2025 supported their laws overall, which places it in the middle against Morena's full rejection of private firms competing on equal terms. Fracking works the other way: its floor leader filed a bill in April 2026 to ban it in the Constitution, after the government announced studies on unconventional gas, while Morena does not take sides. On mining, Morena rules out new licenses and Movimiento Ciudadano only proposes adding to the bans already in the law areas with fragile ecosystems or where biodiversity would be irreversibly lost.
On taxes, Movimiento Ciudadano strongly favors taxing accumulated wealth, and Morena takes the midpoint: in the president's words the idea deserves study, though her administration has no plans for it at present. Ten statements are excluded because a position is estimated, three of them on education. Two of the others concern how institutions are designed: taking the military out of airports, trains and customs, and limiting overrepresentation in the Chamber. Movimiento Ciudadano is on record strongly in favor of both, but Morena's position is estimated, so they are not compared.
The tiebreaker questions add three gaps of two points or more. For unproductive inheritances, Movimiento Ciudadano calls for a tax that the president has ruled out; it also opposed the parts of the 40-hour week reform lacking two guaranteed days off; and it voted against the 2024 reform, backed by Morena, that expressly forbids amparo rulings against a law from benefiting everyone.
This summary is based on the parties’ documented positions on the test statements; the reasoning behind each position, and its source where there is one, is on each party’s page. Updated 25/10/2026.
Differences
Where they clash most
Security and armed forces
The National Guard should return to civilian command, outside the Ministry of Defense.
Justice and the judiciary
The election of judges, magistrates and Supreme Court justices by popular vote should be reversed.
Justice and the judiciary
The suspensions that judges grant in amparo proceedings against laws and government acts should be limited.
Justice and the judiciary
Constitutional amendments should not be open to challenge before the Supreme Court.
Elections and parties
Only people who hold Mexican nationality alone should be able to govern a state or the country.
Common ground
Where they agree
Security and armed forces
The government should use facial recognition cameras and artificial intelligence to prevent crime.
Both: In favor
Institutions and corruption
Deputies and senators should not have immunity: prosecutors should be able to take them before a judge without the Chamber's permission.
Both: In favor
Work and pensions
The minimum wage should keep rising above inflation every year.
Both: In favor
Health and social programs
Social programs should be aimed mainly at those who have least, rather than being for everyone.
Both: Against
Education, children and family
Under-16s should not be able to open social media accounts without verified permission from a parent or guardian.
Both: In between
Energy and environment
Polluters should pay environmental taxes according to the damage they cause.
Both: In favor
By issue
Agreement by issue
Detail
Question by question
Security and armed forces 38 %
| Question | Morena | MC |
|---|---|---|
| The National Guard should return to civilian command, outside the Ministry of Defense. | Strongly against | Strongly in favor |
| Pretrial detention should always be decided by a judge, case by case, and not applied automatically depending on the offence. | Strongly against | In favor |
| The armed forces should stop running airports, trains and customs. | Against | Strongly in favor |
| The government should use facial recognition cameras and artificial intelligence to prevent crime. | In favor | In favor |
Justice and the judiciary 0 %
| Question | Morena | MC |
|---|---|---|
| The election of judges, magistrates and Supreme Court justices by popular vote should be reversed. | Strongly against | Strongly in favor |
| The suspensions that judges grant in amparo proceedings against laws and government acts should be limited. | Strongly in favor | Strongly against |
| Constitutional amendments should not be open to challenge before the Supreme Court. | Strongly in favor | Strongly against |
Elections and parties 25 %
| Question | Morena | MC |
|---|---|---|
| Proportional-representation deputies should be chosen by direct vote, not from lists drawn up by the parties. | Strongly in favor | Against |
| Public funding for political parties should be cut. | Strongly in favor | In between |
| No party should hold a larger share of seats in the Chamber than its share of the vote. | Against | Strongly in favor |
| Only people who hold Mexican nationality alone should be able to govern a state or the country. | Strongly in favor | Strongly against |
Institutions and corruption 58 %
| Question | Morena | MC |
|---|---|---|
| Autonomous bodies, independent from the government, should be restored for transparency and economic competition. | Strongly against | Strongly in favor |
| The ban on relatives succeeding an officeholder should already apply in the 2027 elections, not from 2030. | In favor | Strongly in favor |
| Deputies and senators should not have immunity: prosecutors should be able to take them before a judge without the Chamber's permission. | In favor | In favor |
Economy and taxes 50 %
| Question | Morena | MC |
|---|---|---|
| An annual tax on large fortunes should be created. | In between | Strongly in favor |
| Taxes on soft drinks, junk food and tobacco should be raised. | Strongly in favor | Against |
| The government should reduce public debt even if that forces it to spend less. | In between | In favor |
Work and pensions 88 %
| Question | Morena | MC |
|---|---|---|
| The private retirement-fund system (Afores) should be replaced by a public pension system. | In between | Against |
| The minimum wage should keep rising above inflation every year. | In favor | In favor |
Health and social programs 60 %
| Question | Morena | MC |
|---|---|---|
| Social programs should be aimed mainly at those who have least, rather than being for everyone. | Against | Against |
| People without social security should be able to get care at private clinics paid for by the State when the public system cannot give them an appointment or medicines. | Against | In favor |
| The sale of vapes and e-cigarettes should be banned. | Strongly in favor | Against |
| The federal government should buy and distribute the medicines for all public health institutions. | In favor | In between |
| Social programs should be delivered through states and municipalities, not only directly by the federal government. | Against | In favor |
Education, children and family 67 %
| Question | Morena | MC |
|---|---|---|
| Teachers should have to pass an evaluation to obtain and keep their posts. | Against | In favor |
| Full-day schools in basic education should be brought back. | Against | In favor |
| Under-16s should not be able to open social media accounts without verified permission from a parent or guardian. | In between | In between |
Energy and environment 65 %
| Question | Morena | MC |
|---|---|---|
| Private companies should be able to compete with Pemex and the CFE (the state oil and electricity companies) on equal terms. | Strongly against | In between |
| Mexico should allow fracking to produce more of its own gas. | In between | Strongly against |
| Polluters should pay environmental taxes according to the damage they cause. | In favor | In favor |
| Mexico should prioritize renewable energy over oil and gas, even if it costs more at first. | In between | In favor |
| No new mining concessions should be granted. | Strongly in favor | In between |
Water, farming and indigenous peoples 81 %
| Question | Morena | MC |
|---|---|---|
| Planting genetically modified maize should remain banned in Mexico. | Strongly in favor | In favor |
| Holders of a water concession should be able to sell it or pass it on together with the land. | Against | In between |
| A project on indigenous land should not go ahead if the community rejects it in the consultation. | In between | In favor |
| Prices for staple grains should be set by the market, without government guaranteed prices. | Against | Against |
United States, trade and migration 50 %
| Question | Morena | MC |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico should keep high tariffs on products from China and other countries that have no trade agreement with it. | Strongly in favor | Strongly against |
| Mexico should prioritize its relationship with the United States and Canada over its relationship with Latin America. | In between | In between |
| Mexico should stop undocumented migrants from crossing the country on their way to the United States. | In between | Strongly against |
Rights and freedoms 75 %
| Question | Morena | MC |
|---|---|---|
| Abortion should be legal nationwide during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. | In favor | Strongly in favor |
| Same-sex couples should be able to adopt on the same terms as other couples. | In favor | In favor |
| The sale of marijuana for adult use should remain prohibited. | In between | Strongly against |
| Trans people should be able to change their name and sex on their official documents through an administrative procedure. | In favor | Strongly in favor |
| Euthanasia should be legal for terminally ill patients who request it. | In between | In favor |
| A government agency should be able to order internet platforms to remove harmful content. | In between | Against |
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