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Mike Johnson

Speaker of the US House, 2023 to present

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A Louisiana Republican and evangelical lawyer who became Speaker in 2023 and aligns closely with Donald Trump’s agenda.

Mike Johnson sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly traditional on culture, strongly religious on religion and leaning free market on economy.

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Where Mike 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.

💰EconomyLeaning free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Mike Johnson

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Political views closest to Mike Johnson

Religious rightSeeks to shape law and politics by religious, often Christian, values.99%National conservatismPrioritizes national sovereignty, cultural identity, tradition and firm borders.96%Thatcherism and ReaganismFree-market economics, tax cuts, deregulation and a firm stance toward the Soviet Union.96%IslamismA broad family of movements that seek to organize politics and law around Islam, from…96%

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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: United States Congress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.