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A '''Moderate Republican''' is someone who rejects some [[conservative]] positions, most notably on social issues such as [[abortion]] and [[homosexuality]]. Moderate Republicans often support each other rather than [[conservative]] candidates and typically reject conservative positions in the [[Republican Party]] platform.
A '''Moderate Republican''' is someone who rejects some [[conservative]] positions, most notably on social issues such as [[abortion]] and [[homosexuality]]. Moderate Republicans often support each other rather than [[conservative]] candidates and typically reject conservative positions in the [[Republican Party]] platform.
During the 1960s, the [[moderate]]/[[liberal]] wing of the Republican Party was referred to by [[conservative]] activist [[Phyllis Schlafly]] as the '''Eastern Establishment'''.<ref>Byas, Steve (December 16, 2014). [https://thenewamerican.com/a-choice-not-an-echo-fifty-years-later/ A Choice Not an Echo, Fifty Years Later]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 23, 2021.</ref><ref>Critchlow, Donald (February 26, 2006). [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/26/opinion/phyllis-schlafly-758051.html Phyllis Schlafly]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved April 23, 2021.</ref> Moderate Republicans from that era included senators [[Jacob Javits]] of [[New York]], [[Thomas Kuchel]] of [[California]], and governor [[Nelson Rockefeller]] of New York.
Four examples of moderate Republicans are former Senator [[Olympia Snowe]] of [[Maine]] and sitting Senators [[Susan Collins]], also of Maine, [[Lisa Murkowski]] of [[Alaska]], and the retiring [[Bob Corker]] of [[Tennessee]]. Some might also classify [[John McCain]] as a moderate Republican though he has had a largely conservative voting record.
Four examples of moderate Republicans are former Senator [[Olympia Snowe]] of [[Maine]] and sitting Senators [[Susan Collins]], also of Maine, [[Lisa Murkowski]] of [[Alaska]], and the retiring [[Bob Corker]] of [[Tennessee]]. Some might also classify [[John McCain]] as a moderate Republican though he has had a largely conservative voting record.
Republicans who support traditional conservative positions on social issues but not on economic issues are not typically described as moderate Republicans. For example, in the 2000 Republican presidential primaries [[Gary Bauer]] called for an increase in the minimum wage, opposed [[Social Security]] reform, and called for curtailed free trade, especially with [[China]]. Yet, he was not considered a moderate Republican.
Republicans who support traditional conservative positions on social issues but not on economic issues are not typically described as moderate Republicans. For example, in the 2000 Republican presidential primaries [[Gary Bauer]] called for an increase in the minimum wage, opposed [[Social Security]] reform, and called for curtailed free trade, especially with [[China]]. Yet, he was not considered a moderate Republican.
== See also ==
==See also==
*[[RINO]]
*[[Republican Atheists]]
==References==
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