A person who is a member of the political party 'Conservative' or somebody who has stood in a local/general election for the conservative party. A person who is a member of the political party 'Conservative' or somebody who has stood in a local/general election for the conservative party.
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A political conservative in the USA is first and foremost, not defined as a republican or a Christian. A conservative is someone who believes in smaller government, lower taxes, individual rights, strong national defense through a strong military and maintaining the core family values that helped establish our great country. As it pertains to the constitution, a conservative believes in what is called "original intent." A conservative does not believe we should have to translate the constitution in order to have it apply to us more effectively, in the original text, it is the most complete document ever created.
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The terms, liberal and conservative are used to identify positions on political issues. A liberal politician is going to be in favor of spending on a certain issue and a conservative might have a wait and see attitude toward spending.
Liberal-Conservative Party was created in 1864.
Hayley G. Hoover is a political moderate, leaning to the conservative side.
Because 'conservative' and liberal' have no fixed content in politics. Conservative politicians in for instance Scandinavia and The Netherlands would mostly be considered liberal, if not 'socialist' in the eyes of US politicians. And what with the whole political spectrum in the USA being much more to the right than that of many other Western countries, many US conservative politicians would find it hard if not impossible to find a local 'conservative' Party where they would feel at home - and US liberals would be considered to hold slightly right-wing conservative political views in those countries.
Yes, Boris Johnson is a Conservative.