William Howard Taft’s political views

• Nationalism vs InternationalismInternationalism 55%
  NationalismInternationalism

  Negotiated arbitration treaties with Britain and France in 1911, which the Senate amended until Taft could not accept them.

• Militarist vs PacifistMilitarist 55%
  MilitaristPacifist

  Sent troops to Nicaragua after the 1911 coup and the 1912 disturbances as part of dollar diplomacy, yet said the United States would not intervene in revolutionary Mexico without congressional approval.

• Assimilationist vs MulticulturalistMulticulturalist 60%
  AssimilationistMulticulturalist

  Vetoed the immigration bill in February 1913 because it imposed a literacy test on new arrivals; supporters could not muster the votes to override him.

• Collectivize vs PrivatizeCollectivize 55%
  CollectivizePrivatize

  Backed the Sixteenth Amendment, passed by Congress in mid-1909, and a corporation tax, and won the law creating the Postal Savings System in 1910, to head off a general income tax.

• Planned vs Laissez-fairePlanned 70%
  PlannedLaissez-faire

  Brought 70 antitrust cases in four years against Roosevelt’s 40 in seven, won the 1911 Supreme Court rulings against Standard Oil and American Tobacco, and signed the Mann–Elkins Act of 18 June 1910.

• Isolationism vs GlobalismIsolationism 60%
  IsolationismGlobalism

  Signed the Payne–Aldrich Tariff on 5 August 1909, which angered progressives, then won congressional approval of a Canadian reciprocity agreement in July 1911 that Canada rejected after Prime Minister Laurier lost the September election.

• Progressive vs TraditionalTraditional 65%
  ProgressiveTraditional

  Opposed the judicial recall and vetoed Arizona’s statehood bill over it in 1911, signing the admission bill on 14 February 1912 only after Arizona removed the provision.

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