Pastor and civil rights leader

Martin Luther King Jr.

Baptist minister and leader of the American civil rights movement, King led the Montgomery bus boycott and the March on Washington, advocating nonviolent civil disobedience, an end to racial segregation, economic redistribution and opposition to the Vietnam War.

1929–1968

Portrait: Martin Luther King Jr. — Wikimedia Commons / Wikipédia

Profile across the 12 axes

How Martin Luther King Jr. positions on each of the 12 political dimensions measured by 12 Axes.

Structure

Leaning - Unitary

Federal 30%

Unitary 70%

Representation

Strong - Democracy

Democracy 86%

Autocracy 14%

Power

Leaning - Liberty

Security 34%

Liberty 66%

Immigration

Strong - Multiculturalism

Assimilation 26%

Multiculturalism 74%

Diplomacy

Very strong - Pacifist

Militarist 9%

Pacifist 91%

Intervention

Strong - Non-interventionist

Non-interventionist 78%

Nationalist 23%

Economy

Strong - Public

Public 78%

Private 23%

Control

Strong - Planning

Planning 73%

Free market 28%

Trade

Balanced

Protectionism 49%

Globalism 51%

Religion

Strong - Religious

Irreligious 28%

Religious 73%

Morality

Balanced

Progressive 51%

Traditionalist 49%

Technology

Balanced

Technology 46%

Biology 54%

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