More favorable to Trump: Conservative Dems or Liberal GOPs?

[Tekken_Guy]

Sorry, I messed up the first poll. I meant liberal republicans, not progressive ones.

[smoltchanov]

Even "simply Liberal" Republicans are as big rarity now as "really conservative Democrats" are. I know both on local level only (not higher then county offices). So, the question is interesting, but - mostly theoretical..

[Dr. MB]

I'm sure he likes Joe Manchin better than John McCain.

[Dr. Arch]

Are there Liberal Republicans left?

[SaneDemocrat]

Liberal republicans

Ana Navarro vs CLay Travis

[Nyvin]

Are there Liberal Republicans left?

[Roll Roons]

Are there Liberal Republicans left?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Scott_(politician)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Baker
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Hogan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Weld
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Smith_(New_Jersey_politician) (on everything except abortion and gay marriage)

[Wazza [INACTIVE]]

How do you define these terms? According to Gallup self identified Liberal Republicans have a 76% approval rating of Trump whilst self identified conservative Democrats have only a 22% approval rating of Trump, so the answer is the former.

[TransfemmeGoreVidal]

How do you define these terms? According to Gallup self identified Liberal Republicans have a 76% approval rating of Trump whilst self identified conservative Democrats have only a 22% approval rating of Trump, so the answer is the former.

that's kind of the opposite of what i'd imagine

[TransfemmeGoreVidal]

Are there Liberal Republicans left?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Scott_(politician)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Baker
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Hogan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Weld
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Smith_(New_Jersey_politician) (on everything except abortion and gay marriage)

the Chris Smith link was dead which is probably an apt analogy for liberal republicanism

[Yellowhammer]

Are there Liberal Republicans left?

I don’t know, maybe the vast majority of us?

[Penn_Quaker_Girl]

Are there Liberal Republicans left?

They're around.

[Sol]

How do you define these terms? According to Gallup self identified Liberal Republicans have a 76% approval rating of Trump whilst self identified conservative Democrats have only a 22% approval rating of Trump, so the answer is the former.

that's kind of the opposite of what i'd imagine

The majority of conservative Democrats are African-American or Latino--so naturally they don't care for Trump.

[smoltchanov]

How do you define these terms? According to Gallup self identified Liberal Republicans have a 76% approval rating of Trump whilst self identified conservative Democrats have only a 22% approval rating of Trump, so the answer is the former.

that's kind of the opposite of what i'd imagine

The majority of conservative Democrats are African-American or Latino--so naturally they don't care for Trump.

Most of them are far from being "real" conservatives, first of all - on economic issues. Usually their "conservatism" is limited by few social issues (abortion, LGBT-rights or something similar). So, as i said few years ago - i am not aware of  really "conservative Democrats" or really "liberal Republicans" on level higher, then local, NOW (unlike even 20-30 years ago)..

[Wazza [INACTIVE]]

Are there Liberal Republicans left?

Yes, the modern GOP establishment are staunch supporters of economic liberalism.

[Wazza [INACTIVE]]

How do you define these terms? According to Gallup self identified Liberal Republicans have a 76% approval rating of Trump whilst self identified conservative Democrats have only a 22% approval rating of Trump, so the answer is the former.

that's kind of the opposite of what i'd imagine

The majority of conservative Democrats are African-American or Latino--so naturally they don't care for Trump.

Most of them are far from being "real" conservatives, first of all - on economic issues. Usually their "conservatism" is limited by few social issues (abortion, LGBT-rights or something similar). So, as i said few years ago - i am not aware of  really "conservative Democrats" or really "liberal Republicans" on level higher, then local, NOW (unlike even 20-30 years ago)..

Well OP has failed to give a coherent definition of the terms “Liberal Republican” and “Conservative Democrat” so until he delivers we can only provide broad interpretations based on the data we have...

[smoltchanov]

How do you define these terms? According to Gallup self identified Liberal Republicans have a 76% approval rating of Trump whilst self identified conservative Democrats have only a 22% approval rating of Trump, so the answer is the former.

that's kind of the opposite of what i'd imagine

The majority of conservative Democrats are African-American or Latino--so naturally they don't care for Trump.

Most of them are far from being "real" conservatives, first of all - on economic issues. Usually their "conservatism" is limited by few social issues (abortion, LGBT-rights or something similar). So, as i said few years ago - i am not aware of  really "conservative Democrats" or really "liberal Republicans" on level higher, then local, NOW (unlike even 20-30 years ago)..

Well OP has failed to give a coherent definition of the terms “Liberal Republican” and “Conservative Democrat” so until he delivers we can only provide broad interpretations based on the data we have...

Sure. But - to give few examples - "conservative Democrat" to me is NOT a person like Manchin or Cuellar (both are "centrists", judging by their voting records and ratings by ideologically "pure" organizations like ADA or ACU),  but someone like former North Carolina Senator Sam Ervin (or Alabama's James Allen and Richard Shelby) or former Mississippi congressman and governor John Bell Williams (minus open racism of course, which is not so relevant now as it was then). And i don't know present day Democratic officeholders with so conservative views. The same with "liberal Republicans": for me these are people like Joseph Javits, Charles Mathias and Charles Whalen - and, again, i don't know a single Republican officeholder with similar views.

[Don Vito Corleone]

The latter. Always remember that the keyword in Conservative Democrat is "Democrat" and the keyword in Liberal Republican is "Republican".

[Sam Smith]

There is no such thing as a conservative Democrat anymore.
Name one Democrat who is opposed to abortion & Gun Control?

[Roll Roons]

There is no such thing as a conservative Democrat anymore.
Name one Democrat who is opposed to abortion & Gun Control?

Of those currently holding office, there's JBE, Joe Manchin and Collin Peterson. I'm sure you also have your share of Democratic state legislators and local officials in the South who are pro-life and pro-gun.

[Sam Smith]

There is no such thing as a conservative Democrat anymore.
Name one Democrat who is opposed to abortion & Gun Control?

Of those currently holding office, there's JBE, Joe Manchin and Collin Peterson. I'm sure you also have your share of Democratic state legislators and local officials in the South who are pro-life and pro-gun.

Manchin supports gun control.
He has a mixed record on abortion but better than most Democrats.

[Epaminondas]

There is no such thing as a conservative Democrat anymore.
Name one Democrat who is opposed to abortion & Gun Control?

So "conservative" can be reduced to just two issues now?
That's convenient.
They could be renamed the Gunbirth Movement.