[Just another Joe]

American conservatism - I do not speak for European conservatism - is largely libertarian in character.

At the grass root level.
At the national level I think I would put it more into the statist category.

[thoughtomator]

At the national level conservatism isn't statist, it just isn't represented in proportion to its voting base. Conservatives in New York, or Pennsylvania - while there are very many - aren't represented by conservatives on the national level.