Midwest conservative

A Midwest conservative is one who is unpretentious and skeptical about the Establishment, the Swamp, and the Left Coast, and supports both social conservatism and Midwestern austerity. They have traditionally been associated with the Republican Party and known for their advocacy of Old Right-style politics.

During the 1930s, Midwest conservatives came to oppose the entrenched, bloated government brought about by the New Deal. Nebraska Republicans Hugh A. Butler and Kenneth Wherry were a pair of isolationists and adamant conservatives in the Senate who symbolized traditional Midwestern conservatism.

Iowa politicians Bourke Hickenlooper and H. R. Gross were also representative of Midwestern conservatism, opposing big government and liberal economic initiatives.