Former Governor, Virginia · Republican
Glenn Youngkin
Youngkin governed Virginia from 2022 to 2026 as a capable, business-minded executive and recruited heavy investment to the state, including a large expansion of data centers. On trade and foreign policy he is a conventional Republican, closer to the party's consensus before 2016 than to the Ten Articles.
This grade is preliminary and based on the public record to date.
OverallB-GPA 2.83
The grades
- SovereigntyDid they put American interests first and keep decisions in American hands?B
- HemisphereDid they guard the Americas against rival powers and threats?B-
- No entangling warsDid they keep the country out of wars that weakened it and served no American interest?C+
- StatecraftDid they use diplomacy, force and alliances skillfully, on American terms?B-
- Industry and tradeDid they protect and build American industry?C+
- Working AmericansDid ordinary working families do better because of them?C+
- BuildingDid they build things that lasted and push the frontier forward?B
- NationDid they strengthen a shared American identity and the Union?B
- CompetenceWere they capable and effective in office?A-
- IntegrityDid they govern honestly, free of corruption and of capture by donors or foreign interests, and do what they said?B+
On the axes
MarketEconomyPopulist
Free tradeTradeProtectionist
National interestForeign policyGlobal mission
CosmopolitanNationNational
Dark dot: Glenn Youngkin. Red mark: the Monroe Society. Ideological closeness to the Society: 64%.