Political view

Paleoconservatism

A conservative strain skeptical of immigration, free trade and foreign wars, and attached to heritage and local community.

Associated with: Pat Buchanan, Russell Kirk, Robert Taft.

Paleoconservatism sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly traditional on culture, strongly nationalist on nation and leaning anti-establishment on institutions. The profile is close to the middle on environment.

Where paleoconservatism 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.

💰EconomySlightly free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentCentered on environment
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-cautious
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional

Leaders in office today who fit

Rumen Radev Prime Minister of Bulgaria, 2026 to present76%Robert Fico Prime Minister of Slovakia, 2006 to 2010, 2012 to 2018 and 2023 to present75%Hristijan Mickoski Prime Minister of North Macedonia, 2024 to present73%

Leaders from history who fit

Corazon Aquino President of the Philippines, 1986 to 199268%Viktor Orbán Prime Minister of Hungary, 1998 to 2002 and 2010 to 202666%Lech Wałęsa President of Poland, 1990 to 199566%

Similar political views

Left conservatismCombines strong economic protection for workers with attachment to community, family and…71%Religious rightSeeks to shape law and politics by religious, often Christian, values.71%Social conservatismDefends the traditional family, religion and moral norms in law and society.70%SovereigntismInsists that national institutions, not international bodies, should have the final say.70%TraditionalismDefends inherited culture, faith, family and local community against rapid modernization.69%

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.