Liberal Republicans

[Asenath Waite]

When did liberal Republicans mostly stop supporting the GOP? I could see some hanging on into the 90s but being scarred off by the Gingrich revolution though at the presidential level the more hawkish among them may have held their noses for W in 04.

I just got to thinking of this when in a recent thread it was mentioned by OSR that Jacob Javitz supported Reagan both times which surprised me initially but I guess it makes sense in the same way that it wasn't until Trump that a lot of conservative Dems broke from the party after having supported Obama twice.

[OSR stands with Israel]

It was a shift from 1988 to 2008 . Bush in 1988 performed around Ford levels in the North East or just slightly better despite winning big nationally and in 1992 Bill Clinton became the first dem other than LBJ to sweep the North East . Then in 1996 states like NJ and CT which were still relatively close went solid D so much of the north east had shifted by then .

In the Bush years you saw for example many northern suburbs continue to shift D but Bush made it up by doing better in rural areas there so it looked on paper that he did better but the liberal areas such as the Philli burbs clearly moved left in those years and then it solidified in 2008 when the PNW went solid D as well.

[Blow by blow, the passion dies]

In 1988, Bush was probably the last Republican to win a MAJORITY of them

[Secretary of State Liberal Hack]

2008 was probably the extinction event for Liberal Republicans.

[Blow by blow, the passion dies]

2008 was probably the extinction event for Liberal Republicans.

Most ones remaining probably supported Obama anyway