by winning independents and counting on republicans who stay home on election day.
If conservatives outnumber liberals, doesn’t it make sense that more moderates lean conservative than liberal? It seems to me that the GOP is losing at the national level because they love big government and cronyism. They hated Reagan and they hate the small government, opportunity for all, economic growth, and class mobility ideals of the conservative base. Reagan got a lot of crossover votes from Democrats with his brand of conservatism and he had coattails. McCain and Romney lost because they ran as “me too” Democrats with R’s behind their names.