United StatesFranklin D. Roosevelt was the thirty-second president of the United States, serving from 1933 to 1945. His New Deal expanded federal economic programs during the Great Depression, and he led the country through most of World War II.
In the 12 Axes register, Franklin D. Roosevelt leans hardest on Internationalism – Nationalism: Internationalism 83%; the register median is balanced 50%.
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Where Franklin D. Roosevelt sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Unitary
New Deal greatly expanded federal authority
Representative Democracy
Elected four times under constitutional rule
Centrist
Mixed record; ordered Japanese American internment
Internationalism
Architect of the United Nations
Military-Focused
Led wartime mobilization in World War II
Centrist
Limited action on civil rights
Social Democratic
Social Security and public works programs
Interventionism
Heavy federal intervention in markets
Free Trade
Reciprocal trade agreements lowered tariffs
Moderate
Episcopalian with a civic faith
Progressive
Reformist New Deal coalition
Technological
Backed large dams, electrification and wartime science
Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.
Internationalism – Nationalism
On Internationalism – Nationalism, Franklin D. Roosevelt is at Internationalism 83%. The register median is balanced 50%.
Federal – Unitary
On Federal – Unitary, Franklin D. Roosevelt is at Unitary 68%, almost the register median of Unitary 68%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.britannica.com
Portrait: Leon Perskie, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
