In its declaration of principles, the PT says it aims for a socialist society, and in the quiz that leaves three answers it shares with no one. It is the only party against reducing public debt at the expense of spending: its program would rather renegotiate the debt and seek write-offs than cut. It is the only one that wants to replace the Afores with a public system, although its 2024 platform, which calls the reforms that created them neoliberal, keeps each worker's individual account inside a state-run manager. And it is the only one opposed to ranking U.S. and Canadian ties above Latin American ones: its platform calls for a Latin American and Caribbean bloc with autonomy from Washington.
That streak shows most in "Economy and taxes," its third most distinctive theme (1.67 points). In 2026 a PT deputy filed a bill to tax, every year, fortunes above 100 million pesos, and in the quiz the PT fully backs such a levy; the only party matching that strength is Movimiento Ciudadano, with which it clashes on justice, security and institutions. It also calls for real, sustained wage increases, and on "Work and pensions" it stands 1.14 points from the rest, more than either of its allies.
Of Morena's partners, it is the one that has broken ranks most often in this legislature, by our count of the votes. On March 25, 2025, 38 of its deputies voted against the committee report that shielded a deputy accused of attempted rape from losing his immunity, and it agrees with ending immunity for lawmakers. In December of that year 42 of its deputies abstained when tariffs were raised on Chinese imports and those from other countries lacking a trade agreement: its floor leader warned of pressure on prices and of even greater dependence on the United States. Sheinbaum's electoral reform fell in 2026 with its votes against: in its view it distorted representation and left small states out, hence its opposition to filling proportional-representation seats at the ballot box. And along with the PVEM it kept the right to nominate relatives in 2027, which its floor leader justified with a blunt "We are independent parties."
None of this pulls it away from the coalition where the quiz weighs most. Its most distant theme, "Justice and the judiciary" (2.62 points), is identical to Morena's and the PVEM's, because its platform already called for electing judges at the polls and its caucus voted for the three reforms the quiz covers. In security (1.68 points), what its platform describes is a civilian, community-based police force; its votes, however, moved the National Guard under the Defense ministry. With Morena it also shares opposition to paying private clinics with public money and to evaluating teachers for their posts, though on the latter Morena's position is estimated.
Of its 45 answers, 18 agree, 8 are intermediate and 19 disagree, with 12 at the extremes. Its estimated positions number 7, mostly on social issues: adoption by same-sex couples, trans people's document changes, euthanasia, full-day schools and minors on social media; so its theme closest to the average, "Rights and freedoms" (0.43 points), rests partly on estimates. Its highest match is with Morena (86%), close to the PVEM (84%), and it matches the PAN least (48%).
How the eight parties’ places on the political compass are calculated, statement by statement, is explained in the analysis «Left-wing and right-wing parties in Mexico: the 2027 compass».
