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Mitch McConnell

US Senate Republican leader, 2007 to 2025

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The longest-serving Senate party leader in US history reshaped the federal judiciary by blocking and confirming nominees.

Mitch McConnell sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly institutional on institutions, strongly free market on economy and strongly strength-first on war and peace.

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Where Mitch McConnell sits on ten dimensions

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💰EconomyStrongly free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Mitch McConnell

Liz Cheney US Representative from Wyoming, 2017 to 202399%José María Aznar Prime Minister of Spain, 1996 to 200499%Mitt Romney US Senator from Utah, 2019 to 202599%Niall Ferguson Scottish-American historian99%Winston Churchill UK Prime Minister, 1940 to 1945 and 1951 to 195598%Stephen Harper Prime Minister of Canada, 2006 to 201598%Friedrich Merz Chancellor of Germany, 2025 to present98%Álvaro Uribe President of Colombia, 2002 to 201098%

People furthest from Mitch McConnell

Emma Goldman Russian-born anarchist and writer, 1869 to 19401%Murray Bookchin American social theorist, 1921 to 20062%John Lennon British musician and peace activist, 1940 to 19802%Peter Kropotkin Russian anarchist and naturalist, 1842 to 19212%

Political views closest to Mitch McConnell

NeoconservatismPairs free markets and traditional values with an assertive, democracy-promoting foreign…98%Liberal conservatismCombines free markets and limited government with respect for institutions, tradition…96%Hawkish realismSees the world as a contest between states, where military strength and alliances secure…96%Thatcherism and ReaganismFree-market economics, tax cuts, deregulation and a firm stance toward the Soviet Union.90%

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