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Josh Hawley

US Senator from Missouri, 2019 to present

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A conservative populist who takes on big tech and corporate mergers, backs tariffs and immigration limits, and challenged the certification of the 2020 election.

Josh Hawley sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly state-led and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly traditional on culture, strongly nationalist on nation and strongly anti-establishment on institutions. The profile is close to the middle on environment.

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Where Josh Hawley 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 authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentCentered on environment
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-cautious
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Josh Hawley

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People furthest from Josh Hawley

Emma Goldman Russian-born anarchist and writer, 1869 to 19408%Peter Singer Australian moral philosopher9%Bertrand Russell British philosopher and pacifist, 1872 to 19709%Carl Sagan American astronomer and science communicator, 1934 to 199610%

Political views closest to Josh Hawley

Post-liberalismArgues that liberalism has eroded community, family and shared purpose, and looks to…98%PaleoconservatismA conservative strain skeptical of immigration, free trade and foreign wars, and…98%Left conservatismCombines strong economic protection for workers with attachment to community, family and…97%DistributismSpreads property widely among families and small producers, opposing both big capital…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: Office of Senator Josh Hawley, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.