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Al Gore

US Vice President, 1993 to 2001

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Bill Clinton’s vice president who won the popular vote in 2000, then campaigned on climate change with the film An Inconvenient Truth and shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.

Al Gore sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly state-led and slightly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly nature-first on environment, strongly institutional on institutions and strongly tech-optimist on technology.

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Where Al Gore sits on ten dimensions

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

💰EconomySlightly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentStrongly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyStrongly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Al Gore

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People furthest from Al Gore

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Political views closest to Al Gore

Third Way centrismCombines market economics with moderate social policy and pragmatic problem solving.95%Eco-modernismArgues that technology such as nuclear power, intensive farming and urbanization can…94%European federalismWants Europe's states to pool sovereignty into a shared democratic federation.94%Liberal internationalismBacks a rules-based world order of alliances, trade and institutions to keep the peace.94%

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