When was the last time the Republican nominee was arguably more left-leaning than the Democratic one

[Libertas Vel Mors]

Oh great, another one of these threads...the Republicans were inarguably to the left of the reactionary Democrats in the 1850s, 60s, and 70s, and arguably so until the 1930s, but we should keep that debate in the "historical continuity" thread (where I've just made a long new post!). By election, I'd say in 1904 Teddy was to the left of Parker and in 1924 both candidates were so conservative it was hard to tell, so I'd choose one of those two.

William Jennings Bryan, noted conservative

William McKinley, noted liberal

[Libertas Vel Mors]

Oh great, another one of these threads...the Republicans were inarguably to the left of the reactionary Democrats in the 1850s, 60s, and 70s, and arguably so until the 1930s, but we should keep that debate in the "historical continuity" thread (where I've just made a long new post!). By election, I'd say in 1904 Teddy was to the left of Parker and in 1924 both candidates were so conservative it was hard to tell, so I'd choose one of those two.

William Jennings Bryan, noted conservative

William McKinley, noted liberal

Neither of those men were major political figures in those decades.

I was responding to the "arguably until the 1930s" part.