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Rand Paul

US Senator from Kentucky, 2011 to present

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An ophthalmologist and libertarian-leaning Republican who opposes big government spending, mass surveillance and foreign interventions.

Rand Paul sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly free market and strongly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly free market on economy, strongly non-interventionist on interventionism and strongly libertarian on liberty and authority.

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Where Rand Paul 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 authorityStrongly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Rand Paul

Ron Paul US Representative from Texas, 1997 to 201399%Murray Rothbard American economist, 1926 to 199594%Friedrich Hayek Austrian-British economist and philosopher, 1899 to 199294%Milton Friedman American economist, 1912 to 200691%Ludwig von Mises Austrian economist, 1881 to 197390%Robert Nozick American philosopher, 1938 to 200290%Adam Smith Scottish economist and philosopher, 1723 to 179090%Joe Rogan American podcaster and comedian87%

People furthest from Rand Paul

Joseph Stalin Soviet leader, 1920s to 19534%Kim Jong Un Supreme Leader of North Korea, 2011 to present5%Vladimir Lenin Head of the Soviet government, 1917 to 19245%Leon Trotsky Soviet revolutionary and founder of the Red Army6%

Political views closest to Rand Paul

PaleolibertarianismMixes free-market libertarianism with cultural traditionalism and localism.96%Non-interventionismAvoids foreign wars and entangling alliances while trading freely with all.95%Austrian schoolAn economic tradition that stresses individual choice, sound money and skepticism about…95%MinarchismLimits the state to a minimal "night-watchman" role of courts, police and defense.94%

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