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Hillary Clinton

US Secretary of State, 2009 to 2013

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A former First Lady, US senator and Secretary of State who became the first woman to win a major party’s presidential nomination in 2016.

Hillary Clinton sits in the near the center part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly state-led and slightly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly institutional on institutions, strongly interventionist on interventionism and leaning strength-first on war and peace.

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Where Hillary Clinton 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.

💰EconomySlightly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning 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 religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Hillary Clinton

Joe Biden US President, 2021 to 202599%Barack Obama US President, 2009 to 201799%Kamala Harris US Vice President, 2021 to 202599%Jens Stoltenberg Prime Minister of Norway and NATO Secretary General99%Chuck Schumer US Senate Democratic leader, 2017 to present99%Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the US House, 2007 to 2011 and 2019 to 202399%Tony Blair UK Prime Minister, 1997 to 200799%Bill Clinton US President, 1993 to 200198%

People furthest from Hillary Clinton

Murray Rothbard American economist, 1926 to 19957%Leo Tolstoy Russian novelist and moral thinker, 1828 to 19108%Ron Paul US Representative from Texas, 1997 to 201310%Dorothy Day American journalist and Catholic Worker founder, 1897 to 198011%

Political views closest to Hillary Clinton

Third Way centrismCombines market economics with moderate social policy and pragmatic problem solving.98%Humanitarian interventionismHolds that outside powers may use force to stop genocide and mass atrocities, even…97%Liberal internationalismBacks a rules-based world order of alliances, trade and institutions to keep the peace.96%European federalismWants Europe's states to pool sovereignty into a shared democratic federation.93%

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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. Department of State, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.