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Jon Stewart

American comedian and commentator

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Turned The Daily Show into a leading source of political satire and later campaigned for compensation for 9/11 first responders and veterans exposed to burn pits.

Jon Stewart sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly progressive on culture, leaning secular on religion and leaning state-led on economy.

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Where Jon Stewart 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 libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Jon Stewart

Ta-Nehisi Coates American author and journalist99%Harvey Milk American gay-rights politician, 1930 to 197899%Olympe de Gouges French playwright and feminist, 1748 to 179399%Mary Wollstonecraft English writer and philosopher, 1759 to 179799%Alexis Tsipras Prime Minister of Greece, 2015 to 201999%Gabriel García Márquez Colombian novelist, 1927 to 201499%Gabriel Boric President of Chile, 2022 to 202699%José Mujica President of Uruguay, 2010 to 201599%

People furthest from Jon Stewart

Louis XIV King of France, 1643 to 17157%Mojtaba Khamenei Supreme Leader of Iran, 2026 to present8%Vladimir Putin President of Russia, 2000 to present (with a term as prime minister)9%Joseph de Maistre Savoyard counter-revolutionary thinker, 1753 to 18219%

Political views closest to Jon Stewart

Democratic socialismSeeks democratic control of key industries, broad public ownership and universal services.98%Radical democracyWants more direct participation in decisions, through assemblies, referendums and…98%Market socialismCombines worker or public ownership of firms with markets and competition.98%Democratic confederalismA stateless, feminist and ecological model of local assemblies federated from below.98%

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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: Montclair Film Festival, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.