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Bahamas

Political journey

A former British colony that gained independence in 1973, the Bahamas has remained a stable parliamentary democracy, alternating between the Progressive Liberal Party and the Free National Movement. Its economy depends on tourism and offshore finance, and it is highly exposed to hurricanes and rising seas.

Bahamas today

Its current leader’s position on the ten Caucus dimensions.

💰EconomySlightly free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationCentered on nation
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceCentered on war and peace
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

Who leads Bahamas today

Portrait of Philip Davis

Philip Davis

Prime Minister of the Bahamas, 2021 to present

A lawyer who has led the Progressive Liberal Party since 2017, he won a second consecutive term in 2026, the first Bahamian prime minister to do so in decades.

Philip Davis sits in the near the center part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly free market and slightly authoritarian. The clearest positions are leaning institutional on institutions, leaning religious on religion and leaning traditional on culture. The profile is close to the middle on nation, war and peace and interventionism.

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Political views closest to Bahamas’s leadership

Christian democracyBlends Christian social teaching, a social market economy and European cooperation.99%CommunitarianismStresses community bonds, shared values and civic duty over pure individualism.98%Green conservatismSees protecting land, beauty and heritage as conservative values.98%One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…98%

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Ranked by how close their current leaders are on the ten dimensions.

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Country histories are short summaries. Positions are simplified estimates of the leaders included in Caucus as of October 2026, and percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions.