United StatesRonald Reagan was the fortieth president of the United States, serving from 1981 to 1989. A former actor and California governor, he promoted tax cuts, deregulation, higher defense spending and a firm stance toward the Soviet Union.
In the 12 Axes register, Ronald Reagan leans hardest on Planned – Markets: Markets 83%; the register median is Planned 68%.
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Where Ronald Reagan sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Federal
New Federalism shifted programs to states
Representative Democracy
Elected president within constitutional limits
Liberal
Stressed individual freedom, tough on drugs
Anti-Interventionist
Assertive anti-Soviet American nationalism
Militarist
Largest peacetime defense buildup
Polyculturalist
Color-blind rhetoric; signed 1986 immigration amnesty
Capitalist
Tax cuts and smaller domestic government
Free Market
Deregulation and supply-side economics
Free Trade
Free trade pact with Canada, some quotas
Religious
Courted religious conservatives openly
Conservative
Socially conservative on family issues
Technological
Championed the Strategic Defense Initiative
Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.
Planned – Markets
On Planned – Markets, Ronald Reagan is at Markets 83%. The register median is Planned 68%.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, Ronald Reagan is at Democratic 68%, almost the register median of Democratic 68%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.britannica.com
Portrait: Michael Evans, Public domain, 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].
