3 most Conservative and Liberal Decades since the 1910s

[OSR stands with Israel]

Here's what I think:

Most Conservative:

1. 1920s
2. 2000s
3. 1980s


Most Liberal:

1. 1960s
2. 1930s
3. 1910s

[Indy Texas]

Liberal: 1910s (Progressive Era), 1930s (New Deal), 1960s (Great Society)

Conservative: 1920s (Harding/Coolidge), 1980s and 1990s (the Reagan-Bush-Clinton Neoliberal Centre-Right Consensus of deregulation and liberalization)

[Joey1996]

Is this just accounting for white people?

[OSR stands with Israel]

Is this just accounting for white people?

On Social and Cultural Issues, it's Liberal or Conservative in comparison with the time period they were in.

 

[twenty42]

Conservative

1920s
1950s
1980s

Liberal

1930s
1940s
1960s

Moderate

1970s
1990s
2000s

[Beet]

In the U.S.?

Left-wing:

1. 1930s
2. 1960s
3. 1910s

Right-wing:

1. 1980s
2. 1920s
3. 1950s

[OSR stands with Israel]

In the U.S.?

Left-wing:

1. 1930s
2. 1960s
3. 1910s

Right-wing:

1. 1980s
2. 1920s
3. 1950s

The 1920s were by far more conservative than the 1980s (Taxes were cut more in the 20s than 80s, Government Spending was cut more in the 1920s(despite the fact that government was already much smaller in 1920 than it was in 1980) , there also was a red scare , there was prohibition, you had even a more conservative president and GOP(I would argue moderates in the GOP had more influence in 1980 than 1920s.)

Also the 1950s were not more conservative compared to the 2000s . Economically it was way further to the left and on social issues the country moved to the left in the 1950s for most of that decade , while in the 2000s the country moved to the right on social issues until the very end of that decade.

[Beet]

That's your opinion. In my opinion, the government cuts of the 1920s merely took things back to where they were before World War I, not too long ago. Whereas the tax cuts and change in thinking of the 1980s overturned decades of orthodoxy. In fact, it was so successful that 2000s conservatism was just an extension of 1980s conservatism.

[OSR stands with Israel]

That's your opinion. In my opinion, the government cuts of the 1920s merely took things back to where they were before World War I, not too long ago. Whereas the tax cuts and change in thinking of the 1980s overturned decades of orthodoxy. In fact, it was so successful that 2000s conservatism was just an extension of 1980s conservatism.

I would say it took it back to how things were before Teddy Roosevelt.


On the 1950s though I would say it was not nearly as Conservative as the 2000s:

- Dwight Eisenhower was and governed as a moderate, George W Bush governed as a Conservative

- GOP was much stronger in the 2000s than 1950s, and conservatives were still in the political wilderness in the 1950s(which they wouldnt start to get out of until 1968) while for most of the 2000s it was Liberals who were in the political wilderness(especially from 2001-2006).

- Eisenhower implemented one of the largest public work projects, kept taxes astronomically high , and kept the New Deal Regulatory State. While Bush on the other hand cut taxes (even though they were much lower in 2001 compared to 1953) , took deregulation to a whole new level.

- The Country on Social issues was clearly moving towards the left throughout the 1950s while in the 2000s they were moving to the right till like 2008.

[Sir Mohamed]

Most liberal:

1. 1960s
2. 2010s
3. 1930s


Most conservative:

1. 1920s
2. 1980s
3. 1990s

[Del Tachi]

Liberal - 1930s, 1960s, 1940s

Conservative - 2000s, 1980s, 1920s

[Joey1996]

Is this just accounting for white people?

*White

We're capitalizing white now?

[Orser67]

The conservative decades:
1980s
1920s

The somewhat conservative decades:
1990s
1950s
2000s (decade)

The somewhat liberal decades:
1940s
1900s (decade)
1970s

The liberal decades:
1910s
1960s
1930s

[dw93]

Most Liberal in an Economic Sense:

1. 1930's
2. 1960's
3. 1910's

Most Liberal in a Social/Cultural Sense:

1. 1960's
2. 1970's
3. 2010's (thus far)

Most Conservative in an Economic Sense:

1. 1920's
2. 1980's
3. 2000's (decade)

Most Conservative in a Social Sense:

1. 1950's
2. 1980's
3. 2000's (decade)