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Moderate Republicans may refer to: Within the United States Republican Party: Moderate Republicans (Reconstruction era), active from 1854 to 1877; Moderate Republicans (United States, 1930s–1970s) or Rockefeller Republicans; Moderate Republicans (modern United States), the present-day faction; In France: Moderate Republicans (France, 1848–1870)
Moderate Republicans were less enthusiastic than Radical Republicans about Black suffrage, even though they otherwise embraced civil equality and the expansion of federal authority during the American Civil War. [2] They were also skeptical of the lenient, conciliatory Reconstruction policies of President Andrew Johnson.
The Republican Governance Group, originally the Tuesday Lunch Bunch and then the Tuesday Group until 2020, is a group of moderate Republicans in the United States House of Representatives. [7] It was founded in 1994 in the wake of the Republican takeover of the House; the Republican House caucus came to be dominated by conservatives. [8]
The Republican Party in the United States includes several factions, or wings.During the 19th century, Republican factions included the Half-Breeds, who supported civil service reform; the Radical Republicans, who advocated the immediate and total abolition of slavery, and later advocated civil rights for freed slaves during the Reconstruction era; and the Stalwarts, who supported machine ...
Moderates in the Republican Party are an ideologically centrist group that predominantly come from the Northeastern United States, [354] and are typically located in swing states or blue states. Moderate Republican voters are typically affluent, fiscally conservative, socially moderate or liberal and often Never Trump.
Moderate House Republican lawmakers are preparing to fend off primary challenges from the right in the coming weeks, including tonight in Pennsylvania.
Prior to his election as president, his views on social issues were often described as centrist or moderate. Political commentator Josh Barro termed Trump a "moderate Republican," saying that except on immigration, his views are "anything but ideologically rigid, and he certainly does not equate deal making with surrender."
The Republican Main Street Partnership is a Republican Party (GOP) organization for moderate republicans including moderate conservatives. Sometimes moderate conservatives are called "Republicans in Name Only" by more traditional conservatives. [13] A prominent moderate conservative United States president is George H. W. Bush. [14]