Political view

Fiscal conservatism

Prioritizes low taxes, balanced budgets and limited public debt.

Associated with: Balanced-budget movements, Germany's debt brake.

Fiscal conservatism sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly free market and slightly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly free market on economy and strongly institutional on institutions. The profile is close to the middle on nation and war and peace.

Where fiscal conservatism sits on eight dimensions

This is a broad family of ideas, so real people and parties who hold it differ from the profile below. The dot shows the typical tendency.

💰EconomyStrongly free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureSlightly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationCentered on nation
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceCentered on war and peace
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional

Leaders in office today who fit

Luís Montenegro Prime Minister of Portugal, 2024 to present84%Luc Frieden Prime Minister of Luxembourg, 2023 to present82%Kyriakos Mitsotakis Prime Minister of Greece, 2019 to present81%

Leaders from history who fit

David Cameron UK Prime Minister, 2010 to 201681%Konrad Adenauer Chancellor of West Germany, 1949 to 196376%George Washington US President, 1789 to 179774%

Similar political views

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Views are simplified profiles built from public writings and records, and they are open to debate. Percentages show how close two profiles are across all eight dimensions.