Thomas Jefferson
Wrote the Declaration of Independence and doubled US territory with the Louisiana Purchase. He enslaved hundreds of people while writing that all men are created equal.
Thomas Jefferson sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and strongly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly libertarian on liberty and authority, leaning free market on economy and leaning tech-optimist on technology. The profile is close to the middle on environment.
Where Thomas Jefferson sits on eight dimensions
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Political views closest to Thomas Jefferson
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