Elections when both major candidates were Conservative/Liberal

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Since 1896

Ill say


For Conservative:

1996: Clinton Vs Dole
1924: Coolidge vs Davis

For Liberal:

1972: Nixon vs McGovern
1936: FDR vs Landon
1912: Wilson vs Teddy Roosevelt

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Neither of those are really correct, though 1996 is better than 1972.


Both Conservative would be 1924, if just considering the two major party candidates

Both Liberal would be 1936.

Didnt Clinton Run on Welfare Reform, Lowering Taxes, and Cutting Spending or was that 1992

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1924 is the obvious example of a presidential election in which both major parties nominated conservatives. I suppose you could argue that Carter and Ford were somewhat similar as well. There are far more elections in which both major party candidates were liberals: off the top of my head, 1904, 1912, 1940, and 1948 are all contenders.

Wasnt Alton B Parker a Conservative( I believe that was the last election when the Democrats had a more conservative candidate then the Republicans)

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What about 1980? There had to be a reason the Liberal party of NY State didn't endorse Carter.

Thats surprising

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1912: all 3 progressive
1924: both conservative (excluding LaFollete)
1936: all liberal (ish)
1944: all liberal
1948: all liberal
1952: all liberal
1956: all liberal
1960: all liberal maybe
1976: both centerist

Holy moly, Dwight Eisenhower was not a liberal.  This is the strangest revisionism of them all.

You know how hardcore conservatives like Cruz call people like Kasich "RINOs" because they aren't quite as extreme as the "true conservatives" would like, but Democrats laugh at this because both are conservatives at the end of the day who simply disagree on method and pragmatism?  Insert Goldwater and Eisenhower instead.

except Goldwater would likely be considered a moderate in todays GOP. Ever since Newt Gingrich impeached Clinton the entire GOP has moved way far to the right