{"id":2027113,"date":"2023-09-10T07:31:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T11:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-tests-appetite-for-old-school-conservatism-in-trump-era-populist-gop\/"},"modified":"2023-09-10T07:33:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T11:33:29","slug":"pence-tests-appetite-for-old-school-conservatism-in-trump-era-populist-gop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-tests-appetite-for-old-school-conservatism-in-trump-era-populist-gop\/","title":{"rendered":"Pence gauges support for traditional conservatism in populist Trump-era GOP."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpence-tests-appetite-for-old-school-conservatism-in-trump-era-populist-gop%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2027113&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former Vice President Mike Pence: A Choice Between Old School Conservatism and Populism<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Today, I ask my fellow Republicans\u200b this: In the days to come, will we be the party of conservatism, or will\u2064 our party follow the siren song of populism unmoored to\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-vice-president-mike-pence-joins-the-heritage-foundation\/\" title=\"Former Vice President Mike Pence Joins The Heritage Foundation\">conservative principles<\/a>?&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Pandemic Politics Returns to\u2063 the \u2062Senate as COVID-19 Cases Rise<\/h3>\n<p>Former Vice President \u2062Mike Pence has centered his campaign \u2062around framing the choice for Republican voters as old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-tests-appetite-for-old-school-conservatism-in-trump-era-populist-gop\/\" title=\"Pence gauges support for traditional conservatism in populist Trump-era GOP.\">school conservatism versus populism<\/a>. In a recent speech, \u200bhe confidently \u200dstated that Republican primary\u2062 voters are seeking \u2064a leader who can bring America back, strengthen the military, revive \u200bthe economy, and defend\u2062 our liberties. For Pence, this means a Republican with clear-cut Reaganesque principles.<\/p>\n<p>However, Columbia University Department of Political Science professor Robert \u200dY. Shapiro \u200bbelieves that Pence&#8217;s message is falling on deaf ears.\u2062 He argues that the Republican Party is currently the party of \u200bTrump, and unless someone more conventionally conservative takes\u2062 over, Pence will not be\u2063 able to\u200c shift the \u200cparty&#8217;s direction.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato\u2019s Crystal Ball at the University\u200c of Virginia Center for Politics,\u200b Republican primary voters generally \u2062prefer the \u2064new-school Trumpist\/populist \u200cGOP \u2062over the old-school Reagan\/Bush GOP, despite their reverence for \u200dReagan. Kondik\u200b also notes\u2064 that many voters\u2062 fit the definition of being &#8220;populist&#8221; in this context, being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-hill-reports-that-the-gop-is-stealing-hispanic-votes\/\" title=\"\"The Hill\" Reports That the GOP Is \"Stealing\" Hispanic Votes\">culturally conservative<\/a> but moderate or even liberal on economics.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the old-school GOP&#8217;s emphasis on fiscal conservatism \u2063may not resonate with\u200c voters. Kondik\u200d compares \u200dit to the\u2062 preference for ice cream over broccoli, suggesting that voters are more \u200cinterested in winning than strict adherence to conservative principles.<\/p>\n<p>However, \u200dDirector of the University of New Hampshire Survey Center Andrew Smith \u200cbelieves that Pence&#8217;s strategy \u200dmay not be\u2064 futile. He sees \u200dit as an opportunity to either pull from Trump&#8217;s\u2062 base or consolidate support \u2062from\u200b non-Trump voters, making it\u200b the \u2062best\u200d possible approach.<\/p>\n<p>Republican strategist Ron Bonjean suggests\u2064 that Pence is using his campaign to gain support from the small slice of Republicans that make up the establishment wing. This strategy is likely to be well received within the Republican \u2063Party elite, as former President Ronald Reagan\u200c era traditional conservatives still hold \u2062significant influence.<\/p>\n<p>However, University \u200bof South Carolina political scientist David Darmofal \u2062acknowledges the\u200c populist turn within the Republican Party&#8217;s \u2063base. He questions whether Republicans truly want to return to Reagan&#8217;s version of conservatism \u2064or embrace\u2062 Trump&#8217;s more populist definition.<\/p>\n<p>Chip Felkel, a GOP strategist, sees the push against populism\u2062 in favor of old-fashioned conservative values as a commendable endeavor. However, he believes it may \u200bbe too idealistic in the \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/backlash-against-disney-grows-after-liberal-actor-in-show-with-gina-carano-made-similar-posts-still-has-job\/\" title=\"Backlash Against Disney Grows After Liberal Actor In Show With Gina Carano Made Similar Posts, Still Has Job\">current political climate<\/a>, where the base \u200cis more focused on national populism and tribalism.<\/p>\n<p>There is also skepticism about Pence&#8217;s ability to effectively\u2063 deploy this\u200c strategy. Some\u200b experts suggest that younger Republicans like Tim Scott or Nikki Haley, who belong to a different generation, \u200bmay be better positioned to make the case for conservatism versus populism to a younger \u200caudience.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Pence&#8217;s campaign is seen as an attempt to shape his \u2063legacy rather than\u2064 a strategy to win over voters. With a large portion of\u200c Republican voters \u2063supporting the party mainly because of Trump&#8217;s populism, winning a primary may be\u2064 challenging\u200c for Pence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Pence&#8217;s campaign focuses on presenting Republican voters with a choice between traditional conservatism and unanchored populism. He urges fellow Republicans to consider whether their party will embrace conservatism or be swayed by the allure of populism without conservative principles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2027114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2027113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2027113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2027114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2027113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2027113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2027113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}