[GeronL]

Conservatives and liberals

Democrats and Republicans

mix and match

conservatives are not necessarily Republican and visa versa

[adorno]

conservatives are not necessarily Republican and visa versa

Sounds like an identity crisis for many conservatives. Fact is that, when they vote, they vote mostly are "republicans", which is their party of record. I'm a conservative, registered as a republican, and I vote republican, and I don't have a problem calling myself a republican. The problem is that, far too many republicans have strayed from the principles of what republicanism was/is about.