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Mitt Romney

US Senator from Utah, 2019 to 2025

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The 2012 Republican presidential nominee and former Massachusetts governor, who became one of Donald Trump’s few Republican critics and voted to convict him twice.

Mitt Romney sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly free market and slightly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly institutional on institutions, strongly free market on economy and strongly strength-first on war and peace. The profile is close to the middle on environment.

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Where Mitt Romney 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 free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentCentered on environment
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 Mitt Romney

Liz Cheney US Representative from Wyoming, 2017 to 202399%Friedrich Merz Chancellor of Germany, 2025 to present99%Niall Ferguson Scottish-American historian99%Dwight D. Eisenhower US President, 1953 to 196199%José María Aznar Prime Minister of Spain, 1996 to 200499%John Major Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1990 to 199799%David Cameron UK Prime Minister, 2010 to 201699%John McCain US Senator from Arizona, 1987 to 201899%

People furthest from Mitt Romney

Emma Goldman Russian-born anarchist and writer, 1869 to 19403%John Lennon British musician and peace activist, 1940 to 19804%Murray Bookchin American social theorist, 1921 to 20065%Rosa Luxemburg Polish-German revolutionary, 1871 to 19195%

Political views closest to Mitt Romney

Liberal conservatismCombines free markets and limited government with respect for institutions, tradition…99%NeoconservatismPairs free markets and traditional values with an assertive, democracy-promoting foreign…98%Hawkish realismSees the world as a contest between states, where military strength and alliances secure…94%One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…93%

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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.