CONSERVATIVE
-Eisenhower
-Nixon
-Reagan
-Johnson
-W. Bush
-H.W. Bush
-Ford
-Carter
-Clinton
LIBERAL
just........wow
Conservative refers to "conserving" tradition, does it not? The tradition of the post-Rooseveltian United States was the New Deal, so I ranked the presidents on how much they posed a threat to it. Liberals, obviously would seek to decimate it, such as when the radical Bill Clinton declared the end of "welfare as we know it". Compare that to conservatives like Johnson and Eisenhower who not only preserved this American tradition, but in fact expanded on it. I'll admit, not all of my placements were accurate, and some were put in place for arbitrary reasons. After all, while Reagan had a radical agenda, little of it was truly implemented, and he preserved the proud New Deal traditions of lavish federal spending and heightened nationalistic suspicion of other powers.
