Global InformationPolitical positions of Mitt Romney information
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The political positions of Mitt Romney have been recorded from his 1994 U.S. senatorial campaign in Massachusetts, the 2002 gubernatorial election, during his 2003–2007 governorship, during his 2008 U.S. presidential campaign, in his 2010 book No Apology: The Case for American Greatness, during his 2012 U.S. presidential campaign, and during his 2018 senatorial campaign in Utah. Some of these political positions have changed, while others have remained unchanged.
In 1994, during his campaign for US Senate in Massachusetts, "Romney has cast himself as a moderate Republican, socially liberal and fiscally conservative" and The New York Times likened his views to those of Governor William F. Weld.[1] During his gubernatorial campaign in 2002, Romney described himself as a centrist saying of himself: "I'm someone who is moderate, and ... my views are progressive."[2] The Boston Globe, reporting on the 2004 Republican National Convention list of speakers, wrote that "Massachusetts Republicans with moderate positions on most social issues, Romney and [Lt. Gov. Kerry] Healey also fit into the moderate tone that the Bush campaign wants to project for its [2004] convention." In 2005, Romney described his views as being "moderate on the national scene."[3][4] However, in 2007, Romney launched his first presidential campaign and referred to himself as consistently conservative.[5] In 2011, again running a presidential campaign, he described himself as being "'in sync' with the conservative Tea Party."[6] In 2012, speaking at CPAC, a conservative political action committee, Romney described his tenure as a 'severely conservative' Governor of Massachusetts.[7] Since 2019, while serving as a United States Senator from Utah, Romney was considered to be among the Senate's moderate Republicans.[8][9][10][11]
In 2012, Gallup surveyed Americans about their perceptions of presidential candidates and 45% perceived Mitt Romney as conservative, 29% as moderate, and 12% as liberal with 14% having no opinion about his ideology.[12] In 2016, Romney considered endorsing and voting for the Libertarian Party's presidential ticket.[13][14] Romney announced that he did not plan to make an endorsement for president in 2020.[15][16] He was one of three Republican Senators, the others being Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine, who refused to co-sponsor a resolution opposing the impeachment inquiry into President Trump.[17][18][19] He was one of two Republicans voting with Democrats to allow witnesses during the impeachment trial, being disinvited from CPAC as a result.[20][21] In February 2020, he became the sole Republican to vote in favor of convicting President Trump under the first article of impeachment.[22][23] In the U.S. Senate, as of January 2021, Romney had voted with President Trump on legislative issues about 75% of the time.[24] As of October 2022, he has voted with President Biden's legislative positions about 56.4% of the time.[25]
- ^ and, Sara Rimer (25 October 1994). "THE 1994 CAMPAIGN: MASSACHUSETTS; 'Perfect Anti-Kennedy' Opposes the Senator". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
- ^ "Romney in 2002 called his views "progressive"". Retrieved 2018-08-06.
- ^ Phillips, Frank (2005-12-22). "Romney says media distort his views". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2019-05-27.
- ^ "Romney says media distort his views". 2013-05-26. Archived from the original on 2013-05-26. Retrieved 2019-05-27.
- ^ "Romney: I'm The Consistent Conservative". Retrieved 2018-08-06.
- ^ "Romney says he is "in sync" with Tea Party". Reuters. 2011-08-17. Retrieved 2019-05-27.
- ^ Ball, Molly (2012-02-10). "A 'Severely Conservative' Romney Tries to Woo CPAC". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
- ^ Reklaitis, Victor. "What the Republican senators considered the most moderate are saying about calling witnesses at Trump's impeachment trial". MarketWatch. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
- ^ Kumar, Anita. "Pro-Trump groups have a new impeachment enemy: Republicans". POLITICO. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
- ^ Peery, Lexi. "Mitt Romney's ever-shifting role in the Senate impeachment trial". The Spectrum & Daily News. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
- ^ Jordan, Chuck (2020-01-18). "The TRUST Act is a plot to gut Social Security behind closed doors". The Hill. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
- ^ "Americans See Views of GOP Candidates Closer to Their Own". Gallup. Retrieved 2018-06-23.
- ^ Woolf, Nicky (2016-06-11). "Mitt Romney may vote Libertarian, as GOP criticism of Trump deepens". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
- ^ Schleifer, Theodore (July 28, 2016). "Libertarian candidates say Mitt Romney is considering endorsing them". CNN.
- ^ "Republican Senator Mitt Romney won't endorse President Trump for re-election". NBC News. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ "Mitt Romney says he is 'not planning' to endorse Trump for 2020 elections". Washington Examiner. 2019-09-13. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ "Only 3 Senate Republicans aren't defending Trump from the impeachment inquiry. Here's why". NBC News. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ "Analysis: Only 3 Senate Republicans aren't defending Trump from the impeachment inquiry. Here's why". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ Carney, Jordain (2019-10-28). "Murkowski, Collins say they won't co-sponsor Graham's impeachment resolution". The Hill. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ Choi, Matthew. "Romney not welcome at CPAC after impeachment witness vote". POLITICO. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
- ^ Santucci, Jeanine. "Mitt Romney won't be invited to CPAC after impeachment trial vote for witnesses". USA Today. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
- ^ Leibovich, Mark (2020-02-05). "Romney, Breaking With Republicans, Will Vote to Convict Trump of Abuse of Power". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- ^ "Mitt Romney to break with GOP and vote to remove Trump from office". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- ^ Bycoffe, Aaron (2017-01-30). "Tracking Congress In The Age Of Trump". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
- ^ Bycoffe, Anna Wiederkehr and Aaron (2021-04-22). "Does Your Member Of Congress Vote With Or Against Biden?". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved 2021-06-17.