What does being conservative mean?

What does being conservative mean?

Conservatism is an aesthetic, cultural, social, and political philosophy, which seeks to promote and to preserve traditional social institutions. In Western culture, conservatives seek to preserve a range of institutions such as organized religion, parliamentary government, and property rights.

What is the Conservative Party?

The Conservative Party in the United States refers to various state parties that have no connection with one another that support conservatism in the United States.

What makes a person a liberal?

Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but they generally support individual rights (including civil rights and human rights), democracy, secularism, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion and a market economy.

What does it mean to be liberal minded?

adjective. In early use: having a generous character or disposition. Later: holding liberal opinions; tolerant, broad-minded.

What is DFW conservative voters?

DFW Conservative Voters offers recommendations of the best conservative candidates on the ballot in the Republican primary across the Dallas/Fort Worth area. We started in Tarrant County in 1998 and have increased the span of our effort as time and resources have permitted.

Do voters know a candidate’s true political philosophy?

Voters who haven’t decided on a race have no clues to a candidate’s political philosophy from the ballot itself. To make matters more challenging, liberals and Democrats often run as “Republicans” in the Republican primary, regardless of their real political philosophy.

Why do we take our responsibility as voters very seriously?

We take our responsibility as voters very seriously, because “we, the people” are the ones who choose those who govern us. We must choose well, for all of us live with the result of those choices, whether good or bad.

Can a Liberal run as a Republican in the primary?

To make matters more challenging, liberals and Democrats often run as “Republicans” in the Republican primary, regardless of their real political philosophy. We list our recommendations for each race on a small green postcard. The small cards are simple, listing the races in the order they appear on the ballot.