POLITICIANS were in charge. They were voted into office by single women and negroes. Men have always been conservative, as are married women.
“Conservative” politicians have won plenty of elections in the last 30 or 40 years.
Then they do little or nothing. And almost never undo anything from the Left that they claimed to oppose (eg. Obamacare, but there are many others).
Contrast that with the new Leftist gov’t in Poland. Where they took power in December, and have already implemented much of the Globohomo Agenda in 5 months.