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Dwight D. Eisenhower

US President, 1953 to 1961

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Supreme Allied Commander in Europe in World War II, he ended the Korean War, built the Interstate Highway System and warned of a growing military-industrial complex.

Dwight D. Eisenhower sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and slightly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly strength-first on war and peace, strongly institutional on institutions and strongly interventionist on interventionism.

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Where Dwight D. Eisenhower 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
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Dwight D. Eisenhower

NeoconservatismPairs free markets and traditional values with an assertive, democracy-promoting foreign…99%Liberal conservatismCombines free markets and limited government with respect for institutions, tradition…98%Hawkish realismSees the world as a contest between states, where military strength and alliances secure…98%One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…96%

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