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What Loyalists i.e. Conservatives fear and have always feared is The Mob.

In other words, Democrats

This a common misconception (stereotype).. And at one time it was true. The Jacksonian democrats migrated in mass from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party during the Reagan presidency. They were called "Reagan Democrats".

Now the Republican Party is the party of the common man.

Go to this link: Average Joe is a Republican

The Jacksonian democrats migrated in mass from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party during the Reagan presidency. They were called "Reagan Democrats".

Absurd. Reagan Democrats are nothing whatsoever liek Jacksonian Democrats. Such a statement demonstrates no comprehension of either the 19th or the 20th centuries. While I too am a fan of Donald Rumsfled, and I too beleive the Republican Party to be the Party of the "common man", the Republican Party is characterized by decency and restraint. Jacksonian Democrats were little more than uncouth rabble, who showed their respect for the Nation by trashing the White House in manner so vile that it was not equalled until the Presidency of William Jefferson Clinton. If you want to find the "Jacksonian Democrats" of today, you'll find them sucking up to either one or both of the Clintons, not Ronald Reagan or G.W. Bush.