Americas

Dominica

Political journey

A British colony until independence in 1978, Dominica was devastated by Hurricane David in 1979 and Hurricane Maria in 2017. Roosevelt Skerrit’s Labour Party has governed since 2004, pursuing climate resilience and selling citizenship to investors to fund development.

Dominica today

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

💰EconomySlightly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentStrongly 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
🛡️InterventionismSlightly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

Who leads Dominica today

Portrait of Roosevelt Skerrit

Roosevelt Skerrit

Prime Minister of Dominica, 2004 to present

Dominica’s longest-serving prime minister, he has run its citizenship-by-investment program and promised to make the island the world’s first climate-resilient nation.

Roosevelt Skerrit sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly state-led and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly nature-first on environment, leaning authoritarian on liberty and authority and leaning traditional on culture. The profile is close to the middle on war and peace.

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Political views closest to Dominica’s leadership

Green conservatismSees protecting land, beauty and heritage as conservative values.99%CommunitarianismStresses community bonds, shared values and civic duty over pure individualism.99%Christian democracyBlends Christian social teaching, a social market economy and European cooperation.97%One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…97%

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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.