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Lee Jae-myung
A former mayor and provincial governor who won the June 2025 snap election, held after President Yoon Suk Yeol was removed over his martial-law attempt. His Democratic Party stresses welfare and cash support for citizens.
Lee Jae-myung sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and centered on liberty and authority. The clearest positions are leaning state-led on economy, leaning tech-optimist on technology and leaning progressive on culture. The profile is close to the middle on liberty and authority and war and peace.
Where Lee Jae-myung 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 authorityCentered on liberty and authority
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceCentered on war and peace
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist
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Political views closest to Lee Jae-myung
CooperativismPrefers businesses owned and run by workers, consumers or local communities.99%Modern monetary theoryArgues that governments issuing their own currency can spend to reach full employment,…99%Market socialismCombines worker or public ownership of firms with markets and competition.98%Pan-AfricanismSeeks solidarity and unity among African peoples and states.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: Republic of Korea/플리커 / 대한민국 청와대, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.