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Ron DeSantis

Governor of Florida, 2019 to present

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A former Navy lawyer who has made Florida a laboratory for conservative policy on education, immigration and cultural issues, and ran for president in 2024.

Ron DeSantis sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly traditional on culture, strongly free market on economy and strongly nationalist on nation.

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Where Ron DeSantis 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 authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Ron DeSantis

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Political views closest to Ron DeSantis

Thatcherism and ReaganismFree-market economics, tax cuts, deregulation and a firm stance toward the Soviet Union.97%National conservatismPrioritizes national sovereignty, cultural identity, tradition and firm borders.96%Religious rightSeeks to shape law and politics by religious, often Christian, values.96%Right-wing populismCasts politics as ordinary people against elites, mixing nationalism, tradition and…94%

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