Orser67
Junior Chimp
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« on: February 26, 2018, 03:20:50 AM » |
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1)Cleveland
Huge gap
2)Clinton
moderate gap
3/4)Obama, Truman
5/6/7)Wilson, LBJ, FDR
In general, I'm against trying to impose liberal/conservative labels on pre-1896 presidents, so I'm going to exclude Jackson. However, Cleveland's handling of the Panic of 1893 was the single biggest cause of his party's move to the left in the 1896 presidential election, so I think it's reasonable to include him.
Clinton governed as a centrist. Obama and Truman were both mainstream, center-left politicians who advocated pretty liberal policies but generally faced a conservative Congress (at least in one house). Wilson, FDR, and LBJ might not have been personally more liberal than the others, but each moved the country decisively to the left.
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