Figure · 1936–2018
John McCain
US Senator
Prisoner of war in Vietnam, senator from Arizona for over thirty years and Republican presidential nominee in 2008; known for his independence from his party.
«Serve a cause greater than yourself.»
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In short
On the traditional scale, John McCain sits in the law-and-order center-right camp. The clearest positions are on foreign policy: strongly towards “interventionism”; economy: strongly towards “market”; justice: fairly towards “tough on crime”; state: slightly towards “authority”. On sovereignty, environment, democracy and immigration it stays balanced. Among ideologies, the closest is neoconservatism (93%).
Position on the 13 axes
John McCainYou
EconomyEqualityMarket
StateLibertyAuthority
SocietyProgressTradition
SovereigntyIntegrationSovereignty
ReligionSecularismReligion
EnvironmentEcologyGrowth
TechnologyCautionAcceleration
Foreign policyPacifismInterventionism
JusticeRehabilitationTough on crime
DemocracyDirect democracyTechnocracy
MethodReformRupture
DevolutionCentralismFederalism
ImmigrationOpennessControl
Closest ideologies
NeoconservatismThe Strategist93%Liberal conservatismThe Notary89%NeoliberalismThe Globalizer83%Closest parties in Europe
Občanská demokratická stranaCzech Republic91%
Tėvynės sąjunga – Lietuvos krikščionys demokrataiLithuania91%
Partido Social DemocrataPortugal90%
Christen-Democratisch AppelNetherlands89%Similar figures
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