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The '''Old Left''' was a group of liberals that dominated US politics during the [[Fifth Party System]] and preceded the [[New Left]] of the [[Sixth Party System]]. Leading Old Left figures include [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]], [[Harry S. Truman]], and [[Lyndon Baines Johnson]]. They were fiscally progressive, supported the [[welfare state]], and were more likely to support less restrictions on immigration than the [[Old Right]], their rivals of the day. Unlike the New Left, however, they endorsed [[interventionism]] and [[free trade]], both of which are [[neoliberal]] policies. This lead to some, known as [[neoconservatives]], joining the [[Republican Party]] during the 1960s and supporting the [[Vietnam War]].
The '''Old Left''' was a group of liberals that dominated US politics during the [[Fifth Party System]] and preceded the [[New Left]] of the [[Sixth Party System]]. Leading Old Left figures include [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]], [[Harry S. Truman]], and [[Lyndon Baines Johnson]]. They were fiscally progressive, supported the [[welfare state]], and were more likely to support less restrictions on immigration than the [[Old Right]], their rivals of the day. Unlike the New Left, however, they endorsed [[interventionism]] and [[free trade]], both of which are [[neoliberal]] policies. This lead to some, known as [[neoconservatives]], joining the [[Republican Party]] during the 1960s and supporting the [[Vietnam War]].
==See also==
*[[New Deal Coalition]]
[[Category:United States Politics]]
[[Category:United States Politics]]
[[Category:New Deal]]
[[Category:New Deal]]
[[Category:Liberalism]]
[[Category:Liberalism]]