What Does it Mean to be a Conservative Democrat?

[RainDog]

28. thanks for the link!

I think some responses get to my confusion about what, exactly, the definition of a conservative democrat would mean. Since both parties have gone along with various deregulatory schemes sometimes - I think my definition tends more towards recognizing the term as something like social conservative. That would cover issues related to culture war things... maybe they have reservations but know, ultimately, their private lives are not the ones impacted, so they step back on those because they have more populist economic positions.

Since you mentioned economics - what do you think about a basic minimum income?

I ask this b/c the nature of work is changing so fast, b/c unions have lost so much power, b/c of things in the past that should be acknowledged (like the history of sexism and racism), and because it would fall, for me, in line with the idea of basic human rights - and the idea that the nation wants to invest in its citizens, both adult and child.