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Pete Buttigieg

Former US Transportation Secretary

Former mayor of South Bend and Transportation Secretary from 2021 to 2025; the first openly gay Cabinet member confirmed by the Senate.

«Politics of practical solutions, not slogans.»

In short

On the traditional scale, Pete Buttigieg sits in the center-left camp. The clearest positions are on society: strongly towards “progress”; sovereignty: fairly towards “integration”; environment: fairly towards “ecology”; technology: fairly towards “acceleration”. On state, religion, justice, devolution and immigration it stays balanced. Among ideologies, the closest is social liberalism (92%).

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Position on the 13 axes

Economy→ MarketState→ AuthoritySociety→ TraditionSovereignty← IntegrationReligion← SecularismEnvironment→ GrowthTechnology→ AccelerationForeign policy→ InterventionismJustice→ Tough on crimeDemocracy→ TechnocracyMethod→ RuptureDevolution→ FederalismImmigration→ ControlEconomyStateSocietySovereigntyReligionEnvironmentTechnologyForeign pol.JusticeDemocracyMethodDevolutionImmigration

Closest ideologies

Social liberalismThe Reformer92%Third WayThe Modernizer91%Technocratic reformismThe Expert90%

Closest parties in Europe

Labour PartyIreland97%SDPFinland97%Sozialdemokratische Partei DeutschlandsGermany96%Partido Socialista Obrero EspañolSpain96%

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Positions are estimates based on documented ideas, platforms and actions, updated to October 2026.