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JD Vance

Vice President of the United States, 2025 to present

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Author of Hillbilly Elegy who moved from venture capital to the US Senate to the vice presidency, and backs tariffs and tighter immigration under a populist-nationalist agenda.

JD Vance sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly nationalist on nation, strongly traditional on culture and strongly anti-establishment on institutions.

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Where JD Vance 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
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from JD Vance

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Political views closest to JD Vance

Right-wing populismCasts politics as ordinary people against elites, mixing nationalism, tradition and…98%SovereigntismInsists that national institutions, not international bodies, should have the final say.95%National conservatismPrioritizes national sovereignty, cultural identity, tradition and firm borders.94%PaleoconservatismA conservative strain skeptical of immigration, free trade and foreign wars, and…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: Emily J. Higgins, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.