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In reply to the discussion: California voters have just about wiped out the republican party [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)There's no excuse for pushing pernicious nonsense that these people are conservative, either by personality or by their extremely well documented political records. Frankly, I'd think better of this post if I knew it were a frank lie instead of deluded belief. There's no excuse for either, though.
And, btw, the definition I use of liberal and conservative -- to protect from people who manipulate labels for dishonest purposes -- is defined by personality. We're all basically one or the other in almost infinite combination, but there are real differences between the two basic personality orientations that mostly explain our political choices.
This simple graph comparing presidents over the 80 years is from 538. Please note the relative consistency of Democrats, and that the variations, both in presidents and their records, tend to reflect ideological and other situational realities during the times they served.
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