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Prominent conservatives->Prominent conservative presidents, added influential non-presidential figures
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Every so often a conservative has been elected president of the United States. All presidents combine some liberal and some conservative elements, as well as some policies that do not fit into categories. In the last 125 years the most prominent conservatives include:
Every so often a conservative has been elected president of the United States. All presidents combine some liberal and some conservative elements, as well as some policies that do not fit into categories.
*[[Grover Cleveland]]
In the last 125 years the most prominent conservative presidents include:
*[[William McKinley]]
*[[William Howard Taft]]
*[[Grover Cleveland]] (1885-1889, 1893-1897)
*[[Warren G. Harding]]
*[[William McKinley]] (1897-1901)
*[[Calvin Coolidge]]
*[[William Howard Taft]] (1909-1913)
*[[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]
*[[Warren G. Harding]] (1921-1923)
*[[Ronald Reagan]]
*[[Calvin Coolidge]] (1923-1929)
*[[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] (1953-1961)
*[[Ronald Reagan]] (1981-1989)
Other influential figures in the conservative ideology and movement within the past 125 years include:
*[[Barry Goldwater]] - 1964 Republican candidate, lost to [[Lyndon Johnson]]
*[[Russell Kirk]] - Theorist & intellectual
*[[Irving Kristol|Irving]] and [[William Kristol]] - Notable [[neoconservatives]]
*[[Pat Buchanan]] - Popular [[paleoconservative]] figure and occasional presidential candidate
*[[Margaret Thatcher]] - [[British]] prime minister between 1979 and 1990, held similar views as Ronald Reagan
*[[Milton Friedman]] - Chicago-school [[libertarian]] [[economist]], influential during Reagan administration
*[[Arthur Laffer]] - Reagan [[supply-side]] economist (after which the [[Laffer curve]] is named)
In America, most conservatives tend to align with the [[Republican Party]], but not exclusively so. In the 2008 election, 35% of the voters identified themselves as conservatives. Of them, 78% voted for McCain and 20% for Obama, with the 20% accounting for Obama's margin of victory. Only 22% of the voters were liberal; they favored Obama 89%-10%. In the moddle were 44% who called themselves moderates. They split for Obama by 60%-39%. (Minor candidates won 2% of the vote.)<ref> See [http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/polls/#USP00p1 Presidential 2008 Exit Poll]</ref>
In America, most conservatives tend to align with the [[Republican Party]], but not exclusively so. In the 2008 election, 35% of the voters identified themselves as conservatives. Of them, 78% voted for McCain and 20% for Obama, with the 20% accounting for Obama's margin of victory. Only 22% of the voters were liberal; they favored Obama 89%-10%. In the moddle were 44% who called themselves moderates. They split for Obama by 60%-39%. (Minor candidates won 2% of the vote.)<ref> See [http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/polls/#USP00p1 Presidential 2008 Exit Poll]</ref>