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Billy Graham

American evangelist, 1918 to 2018

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The best-known evangelical preacher of the 20th century advised several US presidents and broke with segregation early by refusing to hold separated crusades.

Billy Graham sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and slightly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly religious on religion, strongly traditional on culture and leaning strength-first on war and peace. The profile is close to the middle on environment and technology.

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Where Billy Graham 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.

💰EconomyLeaning free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentCentered on environment
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyCentered on technology
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Billy Graham

Social conservatismDefends the traditional family, religion and moral norms in law and society.98%One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…97%Christian democracyBlends Christian social teaching, a social market economy and European cooperation.97%MonarchismSupports a hereditary monarch as head of state, from ceremonial constitutional monarchy…96%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Warren K. Leffler, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.