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Santiago Abascal

Spanish politician and leader of Vox

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Left the People’s Party to found Vox in 2013 and built it into a leading force on Spain’s right, campaigning on tougher immigration policy, Spanish unity and traditional values.

Santiago Abascal sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly free market and strongly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly nationalist on nation, strongly traditional on culture and strongly religious on religion. The profile is close to the middle on interventionism.

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Where Santiago Abascal 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 authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Santiago Abascal

National conservatismPrioritizes national sovereignty, cultural identity, tradition and firm borders.97%Religious rightSeeks to shape law and politics by religious, often Christian, values.97%Right-wing populismCasts politics as ordinary people against elites, mixing nationalism, tradition and…96%Thatcherism and ReaganismFree-market economics, tax cuts, deregulation and a firm stance toward the Soviet Union.92%

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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: Vox España, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.