You really don’t know the difference in historical periods?
You really think that someone being born into being a democrat in the 1930s and voting for his last presidential democrat in 1948, and then emerging as a conservative activist, then conservative politician, and eventually history’s conservative hero, is the same as someone born republican switching parties because of Reagan, leaving the GOP BECAUSE of Goldwater, the Reagan Revolution, the abortion wars, Vietnam and the 1960s, the 2nd amendment wars, Carter, Clinton, LBJ, Mondale, to follow the 1980s by becoming solely for democrats and fund raising as a democrat, and voting democrat?
You don’t see any difference? Reagan emerged from being a 2 term California Governor, during the height of the 1960s, with a reputation as a fire breathing right-winger.
Mitt Romney emerged from a failed single term in 2006 with no chance at reelection, a 34% approval, and a reputation as a hard liberal.
Romney despised Reagan and conservative America.
Now, I believe the last 2 conservative presidents were Silent Cal and Ron Reagan. of course, both came from different eras, but both did a great job.