Where would Captain America (Earth-616) fall on the political compass?

Slight left centrist I reckon. Despite his name and outfit, he strikes me as more of a humanist than a nationalist anyway.

He'd probably start Liberal, then ease on over to Conservative Republican, maybe.

Varies from writer. Millar obviously had him pegged as a libertarian/classical liberal type(which is probably where he is most consistently, albeit more in the classical liberal than libertarian), however iirc some writers have portrayed him as a New Deal style democrat.

@admiralthunder: he would fight for all Americans. Also, move this to Gen Discussion.

Ultimate Cap would be conservative lol.

Stupidity-obese-guns wing! like most US Citizens

"I'm loyal to nothing, general -- except the dream"

Not gonna lie, guys, Cap kinda sounds like a terrorist there lol.

Lol, that reminds me, I have a feeling this scene could be similarly misconstrued too.

Cap always struck me as a libertarian

libertarian

He's a classical liberal, and a social conservative.

Depends on the era he's written and what was socioculturally popular at the time... like basically

every other superhero

Does anyone read Coates run? I really wonder how he portrays him.

Don't know economically, they try to portray him as progressive but his record with mutants says otherwise.

Cap has always been progressive and maybe libertarian, at least in 616.

Right-wing libertarianism. He is a defender of american capitalism and the idealized views of liberty and social prosperity, and not a big fan of political interventionism.

@olorun said:

What instances are you referring to?

If this issue is anything to go by, an amped Magneto once tried to forcibly erase Steve's mind of all prejudice towards mutants when he assumed Capt. was being partial to bigots due to supporting the free will of everyone.

Problem for Magneto: Captain America apparently has no prejudice towards anybody.

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Probably classical liberal due to Civil War and Steve supporting individual rights while not keen on government regulation.