The last election in which the Democratic candidate was more conservative?

[Swing Voter]

2004

LOL!

I'm being dead serious.

Please elaborate.

I'm also curious to know  in what manner John Kerry is more conservative than George Bush.

Er, yes... can someone explain that?

Bush was a Social conservative, fiscaly stupid and was a forign policy liberal. Kerry was a Forign policy conservative and liberal on the other counts.

so I would agree 2004 as far as forign policy and spending goes.

What?

I believe he's trying to tie in John Kerry to the traditional isolationist bent of American conservatism, which has, of course, been virtually ignored since the Reagan Reaction.

There's no such thing as a "liberal" or a "conservative" foriegn policy anyway in my opinion. It's either interventionist, non-interventionist, or pragmatic. By his logic, Hippies are conservative.

Yes it's precisely that polarization in U.S. politics.....you're either a conservative or a liberal.....or a Democrat or a Republican....that I find unattractive.

You can't turn everything into a battle of this vs. that, or right vs. wrong as many try to do.

Wow, I agree 100% with that sentiment. The idea that there are only two options is detrimental to democracy and the liberal vs. conservative divide that we've seen within the parties since the '80s has only grown more polarized over the years.

As for the topic questions, I'd go with 1976, at least from a campaign standpoint.