However, the city's Independent Budget Office has pointed out that seven of these tax cuts were state initiatives, and that Giuliani had actually opposed the largest cut which was due to come with the expiration of a 12½-percent surcharge on the city's personal income tax. Giuliani has said that he cut taxes 23 times as mayor of New York City. 4.1.2 Late-term and "partial birth" abortionĮconomic policy Taxation.2.6 Waterboarding and interrogation methods.He switched to the Republican Party in 1980 after a five-year stint as an Independent.Ĭonservative 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. Kennedy and George McGovern in their presidential bids. Giuliani was originally a Democrat, and supported both John F. On The Issues, a non-partisan organization that records politicians' stances, considers Giuliani to be a " Libertarian Conservative." 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. Īn August 2006 poll from Rasmussen Reports showed that the American public perceives Giuliani overall to be a moderate. Mayor Giuliani has described himself as a moderate Republican. Below are remarks and positions of Rudy Giuliani, former candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States.