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Lai Ching-te

President of Taiwan, 2024 to present

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A former doctor and vice president who leads Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party and defends the island’s self-government under pressure from Beijing.

Lai Ching-te sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: centered on economy and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly tech-optimist on technology, leaning institutional on institutions and leaning progressive on culture. The profile is close to the middle on economy and interventionism.

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Where Lai Ching-te 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.

💰EconomyCentered on economy
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyStrongly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Lai Ching-te

Tsai Ing-wen President of Taiwan, 2016 to 202499%Mark Carney Prime Minister of Canada, 2025 to present98%Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya Belarusian opposition leader97%Anthony Albanese Prime Minister of Australia, 2022 to present97%Benjamin Franklin American founder, diplomat and inventor, 1706 to 179096%Jonas Gahr Støre Prime Minister of Norway, 2021 to present96%Yitzhak Rabin Prime Minister of Israel, 1974 to 1977 and 1992 to 199596%Pete Buttigieg US Secretary of Transportation, 2021 to 202596%

People furthest from Lai Ching-te

Leo Tolstoy Russian novelist and moral thinker, 1828 to 191017%Dorothy Day American journalist and Catholic Worker founder, 1897 to 198019%Ruhollah Khomeini Supreme Leader of Iran, 1979 to 198921%Hibatullah Akhundzada Supreme Leader of Afghanistan, 2021 to present23%

Political views closest to Lai Ching-te

Liberal nationalismHolds that nations have a right to self-government and a shared identity, provided they…99%Civic republicanismValues citizen participation, civic virtue and freedom from domination, and often…96%Realism in foreign policySees international politics as a contest of power and interests in which states act to…96%KeynesianismSupports government spending and central bank action to smooth recessions and protect…95%

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