SPB - Absolutely no offence intended, but you need to expand your idea of spectrum to compass. A spectrum is a line. There's an up / down to political ideology that many folk don't notice (I didn't) until it's pointed out...

The traditional view is left / right, but that's solely a socio-economic view. You need a Y axis to that, which is Authoritarian / Libertarian. Essentially, X is "How much should we support our folk?"; Y is "How much compulsion should we apply to our folk?" Once you understand that, you understand why Stalinist Russia (extreme Authoritarian; extreme Socialism) resembles Nazi Germany (extreme Auth / actually, surprisingly, not as far Right as you probably think).

And yes, I'm being brief & I realise that some folk will read this and... react. I'm happy to explain further if anyone wants to ask. My own politics are slightly Libertarian, slightly more Socialist, for whatever that might be worth. But I'm a pragmatist at heart. I couldn't give a toss about anyone's ideals. I'd just like a world that more or less works!! ;-)