Moderate Republican - Revision history

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Conservative at 20:02, December 22, 2019

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 A '''Moderate Republican''' is someone who rejects some [[conservative]] positions, most notably on social issues such as [[abortion]] and [[homosexuality]].  Moderate Republicans often support each other rather than [[conservative]] candidates and typically reject conservative positions in the [[Republican Party]] platform.
-During the 1960s, the [[moderate]]/[[liberal]] wing of the Republican Party was referred to by [[conservative]] activist [[Phyllis Schlafly]] as the '''Eastern Establishment'''.<ref>Byas, Steve (December 16, 2014). [https://thenewamerican.com/a-choice-not-an-echo-fifty-years-later/ A Choice Not an Echo, Fifty Years Later]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 23, 2021.</ref> Moderate Republicans from that era included senators [[Jacob Javits]] of [[New York]], [[Thomas Kuchel]] of [[California]], and governor [[Nelson Rockefeller]] of New York.
+During the 1960s, the [[moderate]]/[[liberal]] wing of the Republican Party was referred to by [[conservative]] activist [[Phyllis Schlafly]] as the '''Eastern Establishment'''.<ref>Byas, Steve (December 16, 2014). [https://thenewamerican.com/a-choice-not-an-echo-fifty-years-later/ A Choice Not an Echo, Fifty Years Later]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 23, 2021.</ref><ref>Critchlow, Donald (February 26, 2006). [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/26/opinion/phyllis-schlafly-758051.html Phyllis Schlafly]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved April 23, 2021.</ref> Moderate Republicans from that era included senators [[Jacob Javits]] of [[New York]], [[Thomas Kuchel]] of [[California]], and governor [[Nelson Rockefeller]] of New York.
 Four examples of moderate Republicans are former Senator [[Olympia Snowe]] of [[Maine]] and sitting Senators [[Susan Collins]], also of Maine,  [[Lisa Murkowski]] of [[Alaska]], and the retiring [[Bob Corker]] of [[Tennessee]]. Some might also classify [[John McCain]] as a moderate Republican though he has had a largely conservative voting record.
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 A '''Moderate Republican''' is someone who rejects some [[conservative]] positions, most notably on social issues such as [[abortion]] and [[homosexuality]].  Moderate Republicans often support each other rather than [[conservative]] candidates and typically reject conservative positions in the [[Republican Party]] platform.
-During the 1960s, the [[moderate]]/[[liberal]] wing of the Republican Party was referred to by [[conservative]] activist [[Phyllis Schlafly]] as the '''Eastern Establishment'''.<ref>Byas, Steve (December 16, 2014). [https://thenewamerican.com/a-choice-not-an-echo-fifty-years-later/ A Choice Not an Echo, Fifty Years Later]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 23, 2021.</ref> Moderate Republicans from that era included senators [[Jacob Jatvis]] of [[New York]], [[Thomas Kuchel]] of [[California]], and governor [[Nelson Rockefeller]] of New York.
+During the 1960s, the [[moderate]]/[[liberal]] wing of the Republican Party was referred to by [[conservative]] activist [[Phyllis Schlafly]] as the '''Eastern Establishment'''.<ref>Byas, Steve (December 16, 2014). [https://thenewamerican.com/a-choice-not-an-echo-fifty-years-later/ A Choice Not an Echo, Fifty Years Later]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 23, 2021.</ref> Moderate Republicans from that era included senators [[Jacob Javits]] of [[New York]], [[Thomas Kuchel]] of [[California]], and governor [[Nelson Rockefeller]] of New York.
 Four examples of moderate Republicans are former Senator [[Olympia Snowe]] of [[Maine]] and sitting Senators [[Susan Collins]], also of Maine,  [[Lisa Murkowski]] of [[Alaska]], and the retiring [[Bob Corker]] of [[Tennessee]]. Some might also classify [[John McCain]] as a moderate Republican though he has had a largely conservative voting record.
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 Republicans who support traditional conservative positions on social issues but not on economic issues are not typically described as moderate Republicans.  For example, in the 2000 Republican presidential primaries [[Gary Bauer]] called for an increase in the minimum wage, opposed [[Social Security]] reform, and called for curtailed free trade, especially with [[China]].  Yet, he was not considered a moderate Republican.
-== See also ==
+==See also==
 *[[RINO]]
 *[[Republican Atheists]]
 [[Category:Republican Party]]
 [[Category:Liberalism]]

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	A '''Moderate Republican''' is someone who rejects some [[conservative]] positions, most notably on social issues such as [[abortion]] and [[homosexuality]]. Moderate Republicans often support each other rather than [[conservative]] candidates and typically reject conservative positions in the [[Republican Party]] platform.		A '''Moderate Republican''' is someone who rejects some [[conservative]] positions, most notably on social issues such as [[abortion]] and [[homosexuality]]. Moderate Republicans often support each other rather than [[conservative]] candidates and typically reject conservative positions in the [[Republican Party]] platform.
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		+	During the 1960s, the [[moderate]]/[[liberal]] wing of the Republican Party was referred to by [[conservative]] activist [[Phyllis Schlafly]] as the '''Eastern Establishment'''.<ref>Byas, Steve (December 16, 2014). [https://thenewamerican.com/a-choice-not-an-echo-fifty-years-later/ A Choice Not an Echo, Fifty Years Later]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 23, 2021.</ref> Moderate Republicans from that era included senators [[Jacob Jatvis]] of [[New York]], [[Thomas Kuchel]] of [[California]], and governor [[Nelson Rockefeller]] of New York.

	Four examples of moderate Republicans are former Senator [[Olympia Snowe]] of [[Maine]] and sitting Senators [[Susan Collins]], also of Maine, [[Lisa Murkowski]] of [[Alaska]], and the retiring [[Bob Corker]] of [[Tennessee]]. Some might also classify [[John McCain]] as a moderate Republican though he has had a largely conservative voting record.		Four examples of moderate Republicans are former Senator [[Olympia Snowe]] of [[Maine]] and sitting Senators [[Susan Collins]], also of Maine, [[Lisa Murkowski]] of [[Alaska]], and the retiring [[Bob Corker]] of [[Tennessee]]. Some might also classify [[John McCain]] as a moderate Republican though he has had a largely conservative voting record.

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 == See also ==
 *[[Atheist Republicans]]
 [[Category:Republican Party]]
 [[Category:Liberalism]]

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 A '''moderate Republican''' is someone who rejects some [[conservative]] positions, most notably on social issues such as [[abortion]] and [[homosexuality]].  Moderate Republicans often support each other rather than [[conservative]] candidates.  Moderate Republicans typically reject [[conservative]] positions in the [[Republican]] Party Platform.
-Two examples of moderate Republicans are Senators [[Olympia Snowe]] and [[Susan Collins]] of [[Maine]].
+Three examples of moderate Republicans are former Senator [[Olympia Snowe]] of [[Maine]] and sitting Senators [[Susan Collins]], also of Maine, and [[Lisa Murkowski]] of [[Alaska]].
-In some states, the rift between moderate and conservative Republicans has become such that Republican primaries almost overshadow the general elections in importance. An example is [[Kansas]], which is a very conservative state that is dominated by the state Republican Party that has factionalized into moderate and conservative Republicans.
+In some states, the rift between moderate and conservative Republicans has become such that Republican primaries almost overshadow the general elections in importance. An example is [[Kansas]], which is a very conservative state that is dominated by the state Republican Party that has factionalized into moderate and conservative wings. The same was even true in Mississippi in the 2014 Senate election there.
-Republicans who support traditional conservative positions on social issues but not on economic issues are not typically described as moderate Republicans.  For example, in the 2000 Republican presidential primaries [[Gary Bauer]] called for an increase in the minimum wage, opposed Social Security reform, and called for curtailed free trade, especially with China.  Yet, he was not considered a moderate Republican.
+Republicans who support traditional conservative positions on social issues but not on economic issues are not typically described as moderate Republicans.  For example, in the 2000 Republican presidential primaries [[Gary Bauer]] called for an increase in the minimum wage, opposed [[Social Security]] reform, and called for curtailed free trade, especially with [[China]].  Yet, he was not considered a moderate Republican.
 [[Category:Republican Party]]