Grover Cleveland’s political views

• Federal vs UnitaryUnitary 55%
  FederalUnitary

  Sent federal troops into Chicago in June 1894 over Governor Altgeld’s protest, but read federal powers narrowly when he vetoed relief spending.

• Nationalism vs InternationalismNationalism 65%
  NationalismInternationalism

  Endorsed “entangling alliance with none” in 1885, and in 1895 told Congress to resist British claims in the Venezuela boundary dispute, while accepting arbitration.

• Militarist vs PacifistPacifist 50%
  MilitaristPacifist

  Withdrew the Hawaii annexation treaty in 1893 and declared neutrality in Cuba in 1895, yet his Navy Secretary won five new battleships in 1895–96.

• Assimilationist vs MulticulturalistAssimilationist 75%
  AssimilationistMulticulturalist

  Signed the Dawes Act, which broke up tribal land into individual allotments, and the Scott Act of 1888, which barred Chinese immigrants who had left the country from returning.

• Collectivize vs PrivatizePrivatize 80%
  CollectivizePrivatize

  Vetoed hundreds of private pension bills and, in February 1887, the Texas Seed Bill, finding “no warrant” in the Constitution for relief spending.

• Planned vs Laissez-faireLaissez-faire 72%
  PlannedLaissez-faire

  Signed the Interstate Commerce Act in 1887, but called Congress into special session in 1893 to repeal the Sherman Silver Purchase Act and defend the gold standard.

• Isolationism vs GlobalismGlobalism 70%
  IsolationismGlobalism

  Devoted his entire 1887 annual message to cutting the tariff, though he let the modest Wilson–Gorman tariff of 1894 become law unsigned.

• Progressive vs TraditionalTraditional 70%
  ProgressiveTraditional

  Argued against women’s suffrage in a 1905 Ladies’ Home Journal article.

No documented position, so not scored: Democratic vs Autocratic, Security vs Freedom, Irreligious vs Religious, and Acceleration vs Bioconservative.