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Nicola Sturgeon

First Minister of Scotland, 2014 to 2023

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Led the Scottish National Party and Scotland’s government for nearly nine years, campaigning for independence while pursuing progressive social policy.

Nicola Sturgeon sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and slightly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly progressive on culture, leaning state-led on economy and leaning globalist on nation.

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Where Nicola Sturgeon 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 authoritySlightly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Nicola Sturgeon

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Political views closest to Nicola Sturgeon

Social democracyKeeps a market economy but adds strong public services, unions and progressive taxes to…99%Market socialismCombines worker or public ownership of firms with markets and competition.99%Modern monetary theoryArgues that governments issuing their own currency can spend to reach full employment,…99%EurocommunismA communism that accepts elections and pluralism, breaking with Soviet orthodoxy in the…99%

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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: Scottish Government, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.