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Chuck Schumer

US Senate Democratic leader, 2017 to present

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A veteran New York senator who leads Senate Democrats and has been a central negotiator on budgets, judges and immigration.

Chuck Schumer sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and centered on liberty and authority. The clearest positions are strongly institutional on institutions, leaning progressive on culture and leaning interventionist on interventionism. The profile is close to the middle on liberty and authority.

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Where Chuck Schumer 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 state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityCentered on liberty and authority
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Chuck Schumer

Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the US House, 2007 to 2011 and 2019 to 202399%Kamala Harris US Vice President, 2021 to 202599%Olaf Scholz Chancellor of Germany, 2021 to 202599%Joe Biden US President, 2021 to 202599%Barack Obama US President, 2009 to 201799%Jonas Gahr Støre Prime Minister of Norway, 2021 to present99%Keir Starmer UK Prime Minister, 2024 to 202699%Pete Buttigieg US Secretary of Transportation, 2021 to 202599%

People furthest from Chuck Schumer

Murray Rothbard American economist, 1926 to 199510%Jair Bolsonaro President of Brazil, 2019 to 202213%Leo Tolstoy Russian novelist and moral thinker, 1828 to 191013%Ron Paul US Representative from Texas, 1997 to 201315%

Political views closest to Chuck Schumer

Third Way centrismCombines market economics with moderate social policy and pragmatic problem solving.98%KeynesianismSupports government spending and central bank action to smooth recessions and protect…97%Nordic modelPairs open markets and high trust with high taxes, strong unions and generous public…96%FabianismPursues socialism gradually through research, education and reform rather than revolution.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: U.S. Senate Photographic Studio/Jeff McEvoy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.