Richard Nixon’s political views

• Federal vs UnitaryFederal 60%
  FederalUnitary

  Signed general revenue sharing in October 1972, which sent federal money to states and cities with few conditions.

• Democratic vs AutocraticAutocratic 70%
  DemocraticAutocratic

  Ordered the firing of the special prosecutor in the Saturday Night Massacre of 20 October 1973, impounded funds that Congress had appropriated and resigned on 9 August 1974.

• Security vs FreedomSecurity 78%
  SecurityFreedom

  Sought a court order against publication of the Pentagon Papers in June 1971, and the Watergate break-in and cover-up brought down his presidency.

• Nationalism vs InternationalismInternationalism 62%
  NationalismInternationalism

  Visited China in February 1972 and signed the SALT I agreement and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with the Soviet Union on 26 May 1972.

• Militarist vs PacifistMilitarist 60%
  MilitaristPacifist

  Sent troops into Cambodia on 30 April 1970, then withdrew the last American soldiers from Vietnam in 1973 and ended the draft that year.

• Assimilationist vs MulticulturalistMulticulturalist 50%
  AssimilationistMulticulturalist

  His Philadelphia Plan required government contractors in Philadelphia to hire a minimum number of minority workers, and in July 1970 he asked Congress to support Native American self-determination.

• Planned vs Laissez-fairePlanned 75%
  PlannedLaissez-faire

  Announced a 90-day wage and price freeze on 15 August 1971 and, in 1970, established the Environmental Protection Agency and signed the Clean Air Act.

• Isolationism vs GlobalismIsolationism 62%
  IsolationismGlobalism

  On 15 August 1971 suspended the dollar’s convertibility into gold and imposed a 10% import surcharge, which was dropped after the Smithsonian agreement of December 1971.

• Progressive vs TraditionalTraditional 62%
  ProgressiveTraditional

  In March 1972 called for a moratorium on new court-ordered busing, opposing what he called forced integration of housing and education.

• Acceleration vs BioconservativeAcceleration 70%
  AccelerationBioconservative

  Signed the National Cancer Act on 23 December 1971, which launched the federal war on cancer.

No documented position, so not scored: Collectivize vs Privatize and Irreligious vs Religious.