Political positions of Rudy Giuliani

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Below are remarks and positions of Rudy Giuliani, former candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States. Mayor Giuliani has described himself as a moderate Republican.^[1]

An August 2006 poll from Rasmussen Reports showed that the American public perceives Giuliani overall to be a moderate. Specifically, of those Americans polled, 36% classified him as a moderate, 29% as a conservative, and 15% as a liberal, with the remaining 20% being unsure.^[2] On The Issues, a non-partisan organization that records politicians' stances, considers Giuliani to be a "Libertarian Conservative."^[3]

Giuliani was originally a Democrat, and supported both John F. Kennedy^[4] and George McGovern^[5] in their presidential bids. He switched to the Republican Party in 1980 after a five-year stint as an Independent.

Conservative political pundit George Will wrote that at the end of Giuliani's time as mayor he had run the most conservative government in America in the last 50 or 60 years.^[6]