Portrait of Richard Nixon
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Richard Nixon

US President, 1969 to 1974

Opened relations with China, founded the Environmental Protection Agency and ended US combat in Vietnam, then became the only president to resign, over the Watergate scandal.

Richard Nixon sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly free market and strongly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly authoritarian on liberty and authority, strongly strength-first on war and peace and leaning nationalist on nation.

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Where Richard Nixon sits on eight dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this leader's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomySlightly free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional

Leaders most like Richard Nixon

Paul Kagame President of Rwanda, 2000 to present82%Anwar Sadat President of Egypt, 1970 to 198180%Ferdinand Marcos Jr. President of the Philippines, 2022 to present79%Muhammad Ali Jinnah Founder of Pakistan, 1947 to 194879%Masoud Pezeshkian President of Iran, 2024 to present78%Nicolas Sarkozy President of France, 2007 to 201278%

Leaders furthest from Richard Nixon

Mahatma Gandhi Leader of the Indian independence movement18%Leon Trotsky Soviet revolutionary and founder of the Red Army26%José Mujica President of Uruguay, 2010 to 201527%

Political views closest to Richard Nixon

GaullismA French tradition of national independence, a strong presidency and a leading role for…76%BonapartismAuthoritarian rule by a popular leader who claims to embody the nation, with plebiscites…72%One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…71%

Percentages show how close two profiles are across all eight dimensions. Including a person here is for historical study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.