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Lyndon B. Johnson

US President, 1963 to 1969

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Signed the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act and launched the Great Society, but escalated the Vietnam War.

Lyndon B. Johnson sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly state-led and slightly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly interventionist on interventionism, strongly state-led on economy and strongly strength-first on war and peace.

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Where Lyndon B. Johnson 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.

💰EconomyStrongly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureSlightly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Lyndon B. Johnson

Pan-ArabismSeeks the unity of Arab peoples across state borders and independence from foreign…95%Pan-AfricanismSeeks solidarity and unity among African peoples and states.93%Anti-colonial nationalismFuses independence struggles with economic self-reliance and national dignity.89%Realism in foreign policySees international politics as a contest of power and interests in which states act to…88%

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