Where does Richard Nixon sit on the political compass?
Centre-right US president
Richard Nixon is placed at +0.2 economically (center) and +4.2 socially (authoritarian). That coordinate falls in the Authoritarian Democratism cell.
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Portrait: Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984), Public domain. Source.
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Closest ideology
Authoritarian Democratism Authoritarian democratism is the centre of the authoritarian band: elections or parties exist, but a strong executive, security services, or national culture set the limits of debate. Economically it is mixed rather than socialist or laissez-faire.
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