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Woodrow Wilson

US President, 1913 to 1921

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Led the US into World War I and proposed the League of Nations, while also expanding racial segregation in the federal government.

Woodrow Wilson sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly interventionist on interventionism, strongly institutional on institutions and strongly religious on religion.

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Where Woodrow Wilson 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.

💰EconomySlightly free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Woodrow Wilson

David Brooks American columnist97%Dwight D. Eisenhower US President, 1953 to 196196%Harry S. Truman US President, 1945 to 195396%David Cameron UK Prime Minister, 2010 to 201695%Colin Powell US Secretary of State, 2001 to 200595%Liz Cheney US Representative from Wyoming, 2017 to 202395%Friedrich Merz Chancellor of Germany, 2025 to present95%Abiy Ahmed Prime Minister of Ethiopia, 2018 to present95%

People furthest from Woodrow Wilson

Emma Goldman Russian-born anarchist and writer, 1869 to 19404%John Lennon British musician and peace activist, 1940 to 19806%Murray Bookchin American social theorist, 1921 to 20066%Murray Rothbard American economist, 1926 to 19957%

Political views closest to Woodrow Wilson

NeoconservatismPairs free markets and traditional values with an assertive, democracy-promoting foreign…94%Liberal conservatismCombines free markets and limited government with respect for institutions, tradition…93%Christian democracyBlends Christian social teaching, a social market economy and European cooperation.91%One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…91%

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