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Andy Beshear   Cory Booker   Pete Buttigieg   Roy Cooper   Rahm Emanuel   Rubin Gallego   Nikki Haley   Kamala Harris   Ro Khanna   Amy Klobuchar   Wes Moore   Chris Murphy   Gavin Newsom   Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez   JB Pritzker   Rand Paul   Josh Shapiro   Donald Trump Jr.   JD Vance   Tim Walz   Raphael Warnock   Gretchen Whitmer   Glenn Youngkin  


Andy Beshear

1. Fiscal and economic

Sometimes liberal

Usually moderate left

Rarely moderate right

2. Social and cultural

Sometimes progressive

Reliably moderate left

Rarely moderate right

3. Achieving goals and solution

Reliably a consensus builder

4. Political philosophy

Reliably a populist

5. Labor vs. business

Reliably pro-labor

6. Pro-choice or pro-life
Reliably Pro-choice

7. Environment & energy

Rarely a fossil fuel industry ally

Usually environmentalists' ally

8. Education

Reliably an ally of public education

9. Job creation solutions

Reliably favors investing in infrastructure

10. Candidate's professional experience

Has been an elected administrator

11. Candidate's electoral history

Has been elected by a conservative constituency

12. Candidate's view on War with Iran

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Cory Booker

1. Fiscal and economic

Reliably liberal

Sometimes moderate left

2. Social and cultural

Reliably progressive

Sometimes moderate left

3. Achieving goals and solution

Sometimes a consensus builder

Infrequently uncompromising

4. Political philosophy

Equally a populist

Equally a pluralist

5. Labor vs. business

Reliably pro-labor

6. Pro-choice or pro-life
Reliably Pro-choice

7. Environment & energy

Reliably environmentalists' ally

8. Education

Reliably an ally of public education

9. Job creation solutions

Reliably favors investing in infrastructure

10. Candidate's professional experience

Has been an elected administrator

Has been elected as a legislator

11. Candidate's electoral history

Has been elected by a liberal constituency

12. Candidate's view on War with Iran

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Pete Buttigieg

1. Fiscal and economic

Reliably liberal

Sometimes moderate left

2. Social and cultural

Sometimes progressive

Reliably moderate left

Rarely moderate right

3. Achieving goals and solution

Usually a consensus builder

Rarely uncompromising

4. Political philosophy

Sometimes a populist

Infrequently a pluralist

5. Labor vs. business

Reliably pro-labor

6. Pro-choice or pro-life
Reliably Pro-choice

7. Environment & energy

Reliably environmentalists' ally

8. Education

Reliably an ally of public education

9. Job creation solutions

Reliably favors investing in infrastructure

10. Candidate's professional experience

Has been an elected administrator

Has been elected as a legislator

11. Candidate's electoral history

Has been elected by a liberal constituency

12. Candidate's view on War with Iran

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Roy Cooper

1. Fiscal and economic

Sometimes liberal

Usually moderate left

Rarely moderate right

2. Social and cultural

Sometimes progressive

Reliably moderate left

Rarely moderate right

3. Achieving goals and solution

Usually a consensus builder

Rarely uncompromising

4. Political philosophy

Equally a populist

Equally a pluralist

5. Labor vs. business

Usually pro-labor

Rarely pro-business

7. Environment & energy

Reliably pro-choice

Reliably environmentalists' ally

8. Education

Reliably an ally of public education

9. Job creation solutions

Reliably favors investing in infrastructure

10. Candidate's professional experience

Has been an elected administrator

11. Candidate's electoral history

Has been elected by a conservative constituency

12. Candidate's view on War with Iran

(no publicly available opinion)

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Nikki Haley

1. Fiscal and economic

Sometimes liberal

Usually moderate left

Rarely moderate right

2. Social and cultural

Rarely moderate left

Reliably moderate right

Sometimes conservative

3. Achieving goals and solution

Reliably uncompromising

4. Political philosophy

Reliably a pluralist

5. Labor vs. business

Reliably pro-business

6. Pro-choice or pro-life

Not often pro-life

7. Environment & energy

Equally a fossil fuel industry ally

Equally environmentalists' ally

8. Education

Reliably favors school choice

9. Job creation solutions

Reliably favors cutting taxes and regulations

10. Candidate's professional experience

Has been an elected administrator

11. Candidate's electoral history

Has been elected by a conservative constituency

12. Candidate's view on War with Iran

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Kamala Harris

1. Fiscal and economic

Reliably liberal

Sometimes moderate left

2. Social and cultural

Reliably progressive

Sometimes moderate left

3. Achieving goals and solution

Infrequently a consensus builder

Sometimes uncompromising

4. Political philosophy

Sometimes a populist

Infrequently a pluralist

5. Labor vs. business

Often pro-labor

Not often pro-business

6. Pro-choice or pro-life

Reliably pro-choice

7. Environment & energy

Reliably pro-choice

Reliably environmentalists' ally

8. Education

Reliably an ally of public education

9. Job creation solutions

Reliably favors investing in infrastructure

10. Candidate's professional experience

Has been an elected administrator

Has been elected as a legislator

11. Candidate's electoral history

Has been elected by a liberal constituency

12. Candidate's view on War with Iran

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Wes Moore

1. Fiscal and economic

Sometimes liberal

Usually moderate left

Rarely moderate right

2. Social and cultural

Sometimes progressive

Reliably moderate left

Rarely moderate right

3. Achieving goals and solution

Reliably a consensus builder

4. Political philosophy

Equally a populist

Equally a pluralist

5. Labor vs. business

Reliably pro-labor

6. Pro-choice or pro-life

Reliably pro-choice

7. Environment & energy

Rarely a fossil fuel industry ally

Usually environmentalists' ally

8. Education

Reliably an ally of public education

9. Job creation solutions

Reliably favors providing skills training

10. Candidate's professional experience

Reliably Businessperson

Has been an elected administrator

11. Candidate's electoral history

Has been elected by a liberal constituency

12. Candidate's view on War with Iran

Opposes

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Chris Murphy

1. Fiscal and economic

Reliably liberal

Sometimes moderate left

2. Social and cultural

Reliably progressive

Sometimes moderate left

3. Achieving goals and solution

Usually a consensus builder

Rarely uncompromising

4. Political philosophy

Reliably a populist

5. Labor vs. business

Equally pro-labor

Equally pro-business

6. Pro-choice or pro-life

Reliably pro-choice

7. Environment & energy

Reliably environmentalists' ally

8. Education

Reliably an ally of public education

9. Job creation solutions

Reliably favors providing skills training

10. Candidate's professional experience

Has been elected as a legislator

11. Candidate's electoral history

Has been elected by a liberal constituency

12. Candidate's view on War with Iran

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Gavin Newsom

1. Fiscal and economic

Usually liberal

Sometimes moderate left

Rarely moderate right

2. Social and cultural

Sometimes progressive

Reliably moderate left

Rarely moderate right

3. Achieving goals and solution

Infrequently a consensus builder

Sometimes uncompromising

4. Political philosophy

Reliably a pluralist

5. Labor vs. business

Reliably pro-labor

6. Pro-choice or pro-life

Reliably pro-choice

7. Environment & energy

Rarely a fossil fuel industry ally

Usually environmentalists' ally

8. Education

Reliably an ally of public education

9. Job creation solutions

Reliably favors investing in infrastructure

10. Candidate's professional experience

Has been an elected administrator

11. Candidate's electoral history

Has been elected by a liberal constituency

12. Candidate's view on War with Iran

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Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez

1. Fiscal and economic

Reliably liberal

Sometimes moderate left

2. Social and cultural

Reliably progressive

Sometimes moderate left

3. Achieving goals and solution

Infrequently a consensus builder

Sometimes uncompromising

4. Political philosophy

Reliably a populist

5. Labor vs. business

Reliably pro-labor

6. Pro-choice or pro-life

Reliably pro-choice

7. Environment & energy

Reliably environmentalists' ally

8. Education

Reliably an ally of public education

9. Job creation solutions

Reliably Green New Deal

10. Candidate's professional experience

Has been elected as a legislator

11. Candidate's electoral history

Has been elected by a liberal constituency

12. Candidate's view on War with Iran

Opposes

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JB Pritzker

1. Fiscal and economic

Sometimes liberal

Reliably moderate left

2. Social and cultural

Sometimes progressive

Reliably moderate left

Rarely moderate right

3. Achieving goals and solution

Infrequently a consensus builder

Sometimes uncompromising

4. Political philosophy

Reliably a pluralist

5. Labor vs. business

Reliably pro-labor

6. Pro-choice or pro-life

Reliably pro-choice

7. Environment & energy

Rarely a fossil fuel industry ally

Usually environmentalists' ally

8. Education

Reliably an ally of public education

9. Job creation solutions

Reliably favors investing in infrastructure

10. Candidate's professional experience

Has been a businessperson

Has been an elected administrator

11. Candidate's electoral history

Has been elected by a liberal constituency

12. Candidate's view on War with Iran

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Josh Shapiro

1. Fiscal and economic

Sometimes liberal

Usually moderate left

Rarely moderate right

2. Social and cultural

Sometimes progressive

Reliably moderate left

Rarely moderate right

3. Achieving goals and solution

Usually a consensus builder

Rarely uncompromising

4. Political philosophy

Usually a populist

Rarely a pluralist

5. Labor vs. business

Reliably pro-labor

6. Pro-choice or pro-life

7. Environment & energy

Reliably pro-choice

Reliably environmentalists' ally

8. Education

Reliably an ally of public education

9. Job creation solutions

Reliably favors providing skills training

10. Candidate's professional experience

Has been an elected administrator

11. Candidate's electoral history

Has been elected by a divided constituency

12. Candidate's view on War with Iran

Opposes

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Donald Trump Jr.

1. Fiscal and economic

Rarely moderate left

Reliably moderate right

Infrequently conservative

2. Social and cultural

Sometimes moderate right

Reliably conservative

3. Achieving goals and solution

Reliably uncompromising

4. Political philosophy

Reliably a populist

5. Labor vs. business

Reliably pro-business

6. Pro-choice or pro-life

Reliably pro-life

7. Environment & energy

Reliably a fossil fuel industry ally

8. Education

Reliably favors school choice

9. Job creation solutions

Reliably favors cutting taxes and regulations

10. Candidate's professional experience

Has been a businessperson

11. Candidate's electoral history

Never held office

12. Candidate's view on War with Iran

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JD Vance

1. Fiscal and economic

Sometimes moderate right

Reliably conservative

2. Social and cultural

Sometimes moderate right

Reliably conservative

3. Achieving goals and solution

Reliably uncompromising

4. Political philosophy

Reliably a populist

5. Labor vs. business

Reliably pro-business

6. Pro-choice or pro-life

Reliably pro-life

7. Environment & energy

Reliably a fossil fuel industry ally

8. Education

Reliably favors school choice

9. Job creation solutions

Reliably favors cutting taxes and regulations

10. Candidate's professional experience

Has been an elected administrator

Has been elected as a legislator

11. Candidate's electoral history

Has been elected by a conservative constituency

12. Candidate's view on War with Iran

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Tim Walz

1. Fiscal and economic

Reliably liberal

Sometimes moderate left

2. Social and cultural

Reliably progressive

Sometimes moderate left

3. Achieving goals and solution

Sometimes a consensus builder

Infrequently uncompromising

4. Political philosophy

Reliably a populist

5. Labor vs. business

Reliably pro-labor

6. Pro-choice or pro-life

Reliably pro-choice

7. Environment & energy

Not often a fossil fuel industry ally

8. Education

Reliably an ally of public education

9. Job creation solutions

Reliably favors investing in infrastructure

10. Candidate's professional experience

Has been an elected administrator

Has been elected as a legislator

11. Candidate's electoral history

Has been elected by a liberal as well as a conservative constituency

12. Candidate's view on War with Iran

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Raphael Warnock

1. Fiscal and economic

Reliably liberal

Sometimes moderate left

2. Social and cultural

Reliably progressive

Sometimes moderate left

3. Achieving goals and solution

Sometimes a consensus builder

Infrequently uncompromising

4. Political philosophy

Reliably a pluralist

5. Labor vs. business

Reliably pro-labor

6. Pro-choice or pro-life

Reliably pro-choice

7. Environment & energy

Reliably environmentalists' ally

8. Education

Reliably an ally of public education

9. Job creation solutions

Reliably favors investing in infrastructure

10. Candidate's professional experience

Has been elected as a legislator

11. Candidate's electoral history

Has been elected by a conservative constituency

12. Candidate's view on War with Iran

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Gretchen Whitmer

1. Fiscal and economic

Usually liberal

Sometimes moderate left

Rarely moderate right

2. Social and cultural

Reliably progressive

Sometimes moderate left

3. Achieving goals and solution

Usually a consensus builder

Rarely uncompromising

4. Political philosophy

Usually a populist

Rarely a pluralist

5. Labor vs. business

Reliably pro-labor

6. Pro-choice or pro-life

Reliably pro-choice

7. Environment & energy

Reliably environmentalists' ally

8. Education

Reliably an ally of public education

9. Job creation solutions

Reliably favors providing skills training

10. Candidate's professional experience

Has been an elected administrator

11. Candidate's electoral history

Has been elected by a liberal constituency

12. Candidate's view on War with Iran

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Rahm Emanuel

1. Fiscal and economic

1. Fiscal and economic
Sometimes Liberal
Usually Moderate Left
Rarely Moderate Right

2. Social and cultural
Sometimes Progressive
Reliably Moderate Left

3. Achieving goals and solution
Reliably Consensus builder

4. Political philosophy
Reliably Pluralist

5. Labor vs. business
Reliably Pro-Labor

6. Pro-choice or pro-life
Reliably Pro-choice

7. Environment & energy
Environment friendly

8. Education
Rarely School choice
Usually Public education

9. Job creation solutions
Would invest in infrastructure

10. Candidate's professional experience
A businessperson
Elected administrator
Legislator

11. Candidate's electoral history
Elected by a typically liberal constituency

12. Candidate's view on War with Iran

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Ruben Gallego

1. Fiscal and economic
Reliably Liberal

2. Social and cultural
Reliably Progressive

3. Achieving goals and solution
Sometimes Consensus builder
Infrequently Uncompromising

4. Political philosophy
Sometimes Populist
Infrequently Pluralist

5. Labor vs. business
Reliably Pro-Labor

6. Pro-choice or pro-life
Reliably Pro-choice

7. Environment & energy
Reliably environmentalists' ally

8. Education
Reliably Public education

9. Job creation solutions
Reliably Cut taxes and regulations

10. Candidate's professional experience
Legislator

11. Candidate's electoral history
Elected by a typically liberal constituency
Elected by a typically divided constituency

12. Candidate's view on War with Iran

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Ro Khanna

1. Fiscal and economic
Reliably Liberal

2. Social and cultural
Reliably Progressive

3. Achieving goals and solution
Infrequently Consensus builder
Sometimes Uncompromising

4. Political philosophy
Reliably Populist

5. Labor vs. business
Reliably Pro-Labor

6. Pro-choice or pro-life
Reliably Pro-choice

7. Environment & energy
Reliably environmentalists' ally

8. Education
Reliably Public education

9. Job creation solutions
Favors providing skills training

10. Candidate's professional experience
Legislator

11. Candidate's electoral history
Elected by a typically liberal constituency

12. Candidate's view on War with Iran

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Glenn Youngkin

1. Fiscal and economic
Reliably Conservative

2. Social and cultural
Reliably Conservative

3. Achieving goals and solution
Sometimes Consensus builder
Infrequently Uncompromising

4. Political philosophy
Reliably Populist

5. Labor vs. business
Reliably Pro-business

6. Pro-choice or pro-life
Reliably Pro-choice

7. Environment & energy
Reliably Fossil fuel friendly

8. Education
Reliably School choice

9. Job creation solutions
Reliably Cut taxes and regulations
Would invest in infrastructure
Favors providing skills training

10. Candidate's professional experience
A businessperson
Elected administrator

11. Candidate's electoral history
Elected by a typically divided constituency

12. Candidate's view on War with Iran

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Rand Paul

1. Fiscal and economic
Reliably Conservative

2. Social and cultural
Usually Moderate Right
Reliably Conservative

3. Achieving goals and solution
Rarely Consensus builder
Usually Uncompromising

4. Political philosophy
Reliably Populist

5. Labor vs. business
Reliably Pro-business

6. Pro-choice or pro-life
Reliably Pro-life

7. Environment & energy
Reliably Fossil fuel friendly

8. Education
Reliably School choice

9. Job creation solutions
Reliably Cut taxes and regulations

10. Candidate's professional experience
Legislator

11. Candidate's electoral history
Elected by a typically conservative constituency

12. Candidate's view on War with Iran

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Amy Klobuchar

1. Fiscal and economic
Sometimes Liberal
Usually Moderate Left
Rarely Moderate Right

2. Social and cultural
Sometimes Progressive
Reliably Moderate Left

3. Achieving goals and solution
Reliably Consensus builder

4. Political philosophy
Sometimes Populist
Sometimes Pluralist

5. Labor vs. business
Usually Pro-Labor
Rarely Pro-business

6. Pro-choice or pro-life
Reliably Pro-choice

7. Environment & energy
Reliably Environment friendly

8. Education
Reliably Public education

9. Job creation solutions
Favors investing in alternative energy
Would invest in infrastructure
Favors providing skills training

10. Candidate's professional experience
Legislator

11. Candidate's electoral history
Elected by a typically liberal constituency

12. Candidate's view on War with Iran

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