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George W. Bush

US President, 2001 to 2009

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Responded to the 9/11 attacks with wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and expanded AIDS relief in Africa. The Iraq War and the 2008 financial crisis define much of his legacy.

George W. Bush sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly interventionist on interventionism, strongly strength-first on war and peace and strongly traditional on culture.

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Where George W. Bush 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 authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like George W. Bush

Benjamin Disraeli UK Prime Minister, 1868 and 1874 to 188099%Álvaro Uribe President of Colombia, 2002 to 201099%William F. Buckley Jr. American author and commentator, 1925 to 200899%John Howard Prime Minister of Australia, 1996 to 200799%Menachem Begin Prime Minister of Israel, 1977 to 198399%Winston Churchill UK Prime Minister, 1940 to 1945 and 1951 to 195599%Ariel Sharon Prime Minister of Israel, 2001 to 200699%José María Aznar Prime Minister of Spain, 1996 to 200498%

People furthest from George W. Bush

Emma Goldman Russian-born anarchist and writer, 1869 to 19401%John Lennon British musician and peace activist, 1940 to 19801%Murray Bookchin American social theorist, 1921 to 20061%Petra Kelly German Green co-founder, 1947 to 19922%

Political views closest to George W. Bush

NeoconservatismPairs free markets and traditional values with an assertive, democracy-promoting foreign…99%Thatcherism and ReaganismFree-market economics, tax cuts, deregulation and a firm stance toward the Soviet Union.96%Hawkish realismSees the world as a contest between states, where military strength and alliances secure…96%MilitarismTreats military strength and martial values as central to national life.95%

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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: Eric Draper, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.