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Franklin D. Roosevelt

US President, 1933 to 1945

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Answered the Great Depression with the New Deal, creating Social Security and large public works, then led the US through most of World War II. He is the only president elected four times.

Franklin D. Roosevelt sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly interventionist on interventionism, leaning state-led on economy and leaning tech-optimist on technology. The profile is close to the middle on institutions.

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Where Franklin D. Roosevelt 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 authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureSlightly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsCentered on institutions
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Franklin D. Roosevelt

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People furthest from Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Political views closest to Franklin D. Roosevelt

Pan-AfricanismSeeks solidarity and unity among African peoples and states.98%Pan-ArabismSeeks the unity of Arab peoples across state borders and independence from foreign…98%Anti-colonial nationalismFuses independence struggles with economic self-reliance and national dignity.94%Modern monetary theoryArgues that governments issuing their own currency can spend to reach full employment,…91%

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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: Leon Perskie, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.