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Originally Posted by dalmations202
I realize that there are conservative Democrats. Heck my father claims to be one.
They are just hard to find anymore, when in the 50's they were somewhat prevalent.
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Well, it's the same way with Liberal Republicans. There are no Nelson Rockefellers or, my favorite, Alf Landons, in the Republican party anymore. Part of it started in 1964 when a lot of the ultra-conservatives left the Democrats because of civil rights and in turn the liberals all left the Republicans, but even then, Nixon was a moderate, almost liberal, despite his evil. A lot of conservatives then left the Democrats in the 70's. 1980, I think, sealed the ideological separation between the parties.