You just keep missing the point, you keep mentioning individual politicians in primaries, or the question you just asked about which president.
I am talking about the nation, the populace, the voters.
The VOTERS must be social conservatives, for conservatism to work, if they are not good, moral, naturally conservative people, then they will merely vote to take what they want, they will be bought with welfare, and free stuff, and free medical, whatever, without a moral compass, they will use that vote as the keys to the vault, and social liberal politicians will feed on that.
The conservatism of the voters comes before they decide which economic policies that they will vote in.