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Davros

Here we have essentially two Space Hitlers. They have a bit in common, but I think that makes the choice more obvious. Palpatine has absolute power, and the galaxy is pretty bad off, but stormtroopers aren't going around indiscriminately killing everyone and everything. On the other side, we have Davros who created the Daleks, who are killing everyone and everything. And Davros is proud of it. He already comes form a race of space Nazis, and even those Space Nazis thought he was going too far. Davros builds a bomb to wipe out the entire omniverse. Not just his universe, but every universe that exists, and even the potential universe that could exist.

If Davros were a sith lord in the Star Wars universe, Tatooine would've been reduced to rubble. Stormtroopers would be going around murdering everyone they meet. Because that's what the Daleks do. It's all they know, and Davros knew that's what they would become. It's what he wanted them to be. On the other hand, if Palpatine were a Kaled and designing the Daleks, I do not think they'd be the one thing that can drive The Doctor -- one of the most peaceful and merciful beings in fiction -- capable of committing genocide against his own race just to get rid of them because the universe would be that much better off without them. Palpatine working for the Kaleds probably just wipe out the Thal, and try to take over the rest of the universe.

Saying that Davros wants peace is akin to saying Hitler wants peace. It's simplifying their motivation a bit too much imo. You could also say that Palpatine wants peace. Davros wants to destroy all life in the omniverse, save for his daleks. Davros was given the opportunity to make the Daleks a force for good by The Doctor in their (technically second>) meeting. He genetically engineered a race of space nazis to be space nazis. To the point where even slight genetic differences can set them off. Daleks often kill other Daleks because they aren't pure enough at the genetic level. Stormtroopers are nowhere near the level of Daleks, and it's not just because they can't hit the broad side of a barn.

And again, he created a reality bomb to wipe out all universes ever. I don't see Palpatine ever doing something on that level. On the other hand, I see Davros doing far worse as a Senator from Naboo.