Party comparison
MC vs SOMOS: how alike are they?
We compare the documented positions of Movimiento Ciudadano and SOMOS on the 45 questions in the test, issue by issue.
In brief
How do MC and SOMOS differ?
Movimiento Ciudadano and SOMOS sit an average of 0.38 points apart: they share a side on 27 of their 32 comparable statements and clash on just one. Both will also run without alliances in 2027: Movimiento Ciudadano because it has said so, and SOMOS because the law bars a party contesting its first election from joining a coalition.
Their sources differ in kind. SOMOS received its INE registration in June 2026 and has no deputies, so its positions come from its program of action, its 2025 ten-point plan and its press releases; those of Movimiento Ciudadano often come from how its group voted in the Chamber. That is why thirteen statements are left out of the count: in eleven the estimated position belongs to SOMOS, and in three to Movimiento Ciudadano (one is estimated for both).
Rights and freedoms is the most even topic: five sourced statements, all five on the same side. Both strongly back legal abortion up to week 12 nationwide; SOMOS frames it as federal law, Movimiento Ciudadano as a service public health care must provide. Neither wants marijuana to stay banned: Movimiento Ciudadano proposes regulating cannabis, adult use included, and SOMOS replacing drug prohibition with regulation and taxes. On adoption by same-sex couples SOMOS is more explicit (5 against 4); on trans people changing their documents, Movimiento Ciudadano is (5 against 4). And neither accepts a government agency ordering content off the internet.
On energy they agree on all four comparable statements: both want green taxes (SOMOS adds a national carbon market) and priority for renewables, and both sit in the middle on competition with Pemex and the CFE and on mining concessions, which neither proposes to end altogether. On justice, Movimiento Ciudadano brings votes and SOMOS brings proposals: the former voted in 2024 against sending judges to the ballot box, and the latter's ten-point plan calls for repealing that reform; one opposed the new Amparo Act in October 2025, and the other wants to strengthen suspensions.
Electoral rules also unite them. Both want no party to hold more seats than votes (SOMOS proposes scrapping the 8-point margin in Article 54), defend party lists for proportional-representation seats and rejected, in September 2026, requiring a single nationality to govern: Movimiento Ciudadano with its vote and SOMOS with a press release urging the Senate to stop it.
Their differences cluster in social policy. Their one clash is whether programs should focus on the poorest: Movimiento Ciudadano voted in 2024 to write universal programs into the Constitution (2), while SOMOS proposes expanding conditional transfers for the neediest households, with a minimum for every family (4). On delivery through states and municipalities, SOMOS sits in the middle: it defends federalism but wants a national register of recipients tied to the CURP. On the soda tax, Movimiento Ciudadano voted against the 2026 increase (2), and SOMOS wants the revenue spent on universal health care without saying whether to raise it (3). Both lean toward taxing large fortunes: Movimiento Ciudadano through wealth taxes (5), SOMOS through a progressive tax reform that does not name such a levy (4).
Some issues left out have a source for Movimiento Ciudadano but not yet for SOMOS. Its leader in the Chamber proposed a constitutional ban on fracking in April 2026, and in December 2025 it was the only group to vote against raising tariffs on countries without a trade agreement; in both cases the SOMOS position is estimated, as it is on vapes and on bringing the nepotism ban forward to 2027. None of the tiebreaker questions separates them by two points or more, although only seven of the fifteen have sources for both.
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.
Common ground
Where they agree
Security and armed forces
The National Guard should return to civilian command, outside the Ministry of Defense.
Both: Strongly in favor
Security and armed forces
The armed forces should stop running airports, trains and customs.
Both: Strongly in favor
Justice and the judiciary
The election of judges, magistrates and Supreme Court justices by popular vote should be reversed.
Both: Strongly in favor
Justice and the judiciary
The suspensions that judges grant in amparo proceedings against laws and government acts should be limited.
Both: Strongly against
Justice and the judiciary
Constitutional amendments should not be open to challenge before the Supreme Court.
Both: Strongly against
Elections and parties
Proportional-representation deputies should be chosen by direct vote, not from lists drawn up by the parties.
Both: Against
By issue
Agreement by issue
Detail
Question by question
Security and armed forces 88 %
| Question | MC | SOMOS |
|---|---|---|
| The National Guard should return to civilian command, outside the Ministry of Defense. | Strongly in favor | Strongly in favor |
| Pretrial detention should always be decided by a judge, case by case, and not applied automatically depending on the offence. | In favor | Strongly in favor |
| The armed forces should stop running airports, trains and customs. | Strongly in favor | Strongly in favor |
| The government should use facial recognition cameras and artificial intelligence to prevent crime. | In favor | In between |
Justice and the judiciary 100 %
| Question | MC | SOMOS |
|---|---|---|
| The election of judges, magistrates and Supreme Court justices by popular vote should be reversed. | Strongly in favor | Strongly in favor |
| The suspensions that judges grant in amparo proceedings against laws and government acts should be limited. | Strongly against | Strongly against |
| Constitutional amendments should not be open to challenge before the Supreme Court. | Strongly against | Strongly against |
Elections and parties 94 %
| Question | MC | SOMOS |
|---|---|---|
| Proportional-representation deputies should be chosen by direct vote, not from lists drawn up by the parties. | Against | Against |
| Public funding for political parties should be cut. | In between | Against |
| No party should hold a larger share of seats in the Chamber than its share of the vote. | Strongly in favor | Strongly in favor |
| Only people who hold Mexican nationality alone should be able to govern a state or the country. | Strongly against | Strongly against |
Institutions and corruption 92 %
| Question | MC | SOMOS |
|---|---|---|
| Autonomous bodies, independent from the government, should be restored for transparency and economic competition. | Strongly in favor | Strongly in favor |
| The ban on relatives succeeding an officeholder should already apply in the 2027 elections, not from 2030. | Strongly in favor | 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 75 %
| Question | MC | SOMOS |
|---|---|---|
| An annual tax on large fortunes should be created. | Strongly in favor | In favor |
| Taxes on soft drinks, junk food and tobacco should be raised. | Against | In between |
| The government should reduce public debt even if that forces it to spend less. | In favor | In between |
Work and pensions 88 %
| Question | MC | SOMOS |
|---|---|---|
| The private retirement-fund system (Afores) should be replaced by a public pension system. | Against | In between |
| The minimum wage should keep rising above inflation every year. | In favor | In favor |
Health and social programs 80 %
| Question | MC | SOMOS |
|---|---|---|
| Social programs should be aimed mainly at those who have least, rather than being for everyone. | Against | In favor |
| 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. | In favor | In favor |
| The sale of vapes and e-cigarettes should be banned. | Against | Against |
| The federal government should buy and distribute the medicines for all public health institutions. | In between | Against |
| Social programs should be delivered through states and municipalities, not only directly by the federal government. | In favor | In between |
Education, children and family 92 %
| Question | MC | SOMOS |
|---|---|---|
| Teachers should have to pass an evaluation to obtain and keep their posts. | In favor | In favor |
| Full-day schools in basic education should be brought back. | In favor | Strongly 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 95 %
| Question | MC | SOMOS |
|---|---|---|
| Private companies should be able to compete with Pemex and the CFE (the state oil and electricity companies) on equal terms. | In between | In between |
| Mexico should allow fracking to produce more of its own gas. | Strongly against | 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 favor | In favor |
| No new mining concessions should be granted. | In between | In between |
Water, farming and indigenous peoples 88 %
| Question | MC | SOMOS |
|---|---|---|
| Planting genetically modified maize should remain banned in Mexico. | In favor | In between |
| Holders of a water concession should be able to sell it or pass it on together with the land. | In between | In between |
| A project on indigenous land should not go ahead if the community rejects it in the consultation. | In favor | In favor |
| Prices for staple grains should be set by the market, without government guaranteed prices. | Against | Strongly against |
United States, trade and migration 83 %
| Question | MC | SOMOS |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico should keep high tariffs on products from China and other countries that have no trade agreement with it. | Strongly against | 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. | Strongly against | Against |
Rights and freedoms 92 %
| Question | MC | SOMOS |
|---|---|---|
| Abortion should be legal nationwide during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. | Strongly in favor | Strongly in favor |
| Same-sex couples should be able to adopt on the same terms as other couples. | In favor | Strongly in favor |
| The sale of marijuana for adult use should remain prohibited. | Strongly against | Strongly against |
| Trans people should be able to change their name and sex on their official documents through an administrative procedure. | Strongly in favor | In favor |
| Euthanasia should be legal for terminally ill patients who request it. | In favor | In favor |
| A government agency should be able to order internet platforms to remove harmful content. | Against | Against |
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