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Tucker Carlson

American commentator and former Fox News host

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A former Fox News prime-time host who champions immigration limits, protectionism and skepticism of foreign wars and elite institutions, and now runs his own media network.

Tucker Carlson sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and slightly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly anti-establishment on institutions, strongly nationalist on nation and strongly traditional on culture.

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Where Tucker Carlson 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 free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Tucker Carlson

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People furthest from Tucker Carlson

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Political views closest to Tucker Carlson

IsolationismKeeps the country out of foreign alliances and wars and puts domestic concerns first.97%Right-wing populismCasts politics as ordinary people against elites, mixing nationalism, tradition and…96%PaleoconservatismA conservative strain skeptical of immigration, free trade and foreign wars, and…96%SovereigntismInsists that national institutions, not international bodies, should have the final say.96%

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