Is the conservative movement collapsing?

[RaphaelDLG]

Probably, but let's wait until democrats stop getting murdered in state houses and congressional districts before coming to any conclusions

[RaphaelDLG]

Of course not. No matter what the issues of the time are, there will always be liberals and conservatives.

True but I think the OP means neoliberalism, which has been the dominant economic policy in America for 30 years due to the work of movement cons

[RaphaelDLG]

No.

"Small government" has absolutely nothing to do with the conservative movement, or why people have voted Republican for the past 50 years.

I mean you're right that Republicans would not have won without racism, religious wedge issues, and militaristic fearmongering, but there ARE millions of people, many of which that I know personally and in fact I actually used to be, that believe/are convinced that government is inherently inefficient and should therefore be small. 

That number is not inconsequential and is the result of remarkable evangelization by intellectuals like Friedman, Reagan, etc.