Think of each of the macro parties as a coalition. Republicans are not all in one political pigeonhole. There are Christian conservatives, social conservatives, small government types, nationalists, imperialists, fiscal conservatives, fiscal conservatives who're liberals on social issues...etc.
Our parties morph over time and with changes in leadership. From 1856 to 1868, the GOP was the liberal party in the USA and the Dems were the conservatives. Things shift WITHIN the parties here, not between parties as much.
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