Conservatives in the United States

For the concept, see Conservatism.

Conservatives in the United States support American traditions, Christianity, republicanism, businesses, anti-communism, American exceptionalism (the US is unique and special). They think America's enemies are socialism and authoritarianism.

Conservative thinkers and leaders

Below is a list of people considered "conservative".

Only a few politicians in the 19th century called themselves "conservative" but later scholars sometimes say the Federalist Party was conservative.

Politicians Senator Barry Goldwater (1909–1998) President Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933) President Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) President George W. Bush (b.1946) President Donald Trump (b.1946) Vice-President Dick Cheney (b.1941) Representative Newt Gingrich (b.1943) Vice-President Mike Pence (b.1959) Judges Chief Justice William Rehnquist (1924–2005) Associate Justice Antonin Scalia (1936–2016) Judge Robert Bork (1927–2012) Justice Neil Gorsuch (b. 1967) Economists Milton Friedman (1912–2006) Russell Kirk (1918–1994) Irving Kristol (1920–2009) Alan Greenspan (b.1926)

Writers and intellectuals Ayn Rand (1905–1982) William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925–2008) Phyllis Schlafly (1924-2016) Robert Nozick (1938–2002) Pat Buchanan (b.1938) Media personalities Rush Limbaugh (1951–2021) Ann Coulter (b. 1961) Glenn Beck (b. 1964) Diplomats John Bolton (b. 1943) Paul Wolfowitz (b. 1948) Financial supporters Sheldon Adelson (1933–2021) Charles G. Koch (b. 1935) David H. Koch (1940–2019) Think tanks American Enterprise Institute Cato Institute Heritage Foundation

Gallery

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  John Adams

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  Calvin Coolidge

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  Ronald Reagan

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  George W. Bush

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  Donald Trump

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  William F. Buckley, Jr.

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  Barry Goldwater

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  Newt Gingrich

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  Mike Pence

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  Antonin Scalia

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  Phyllis Schlafly

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  Glenn Beck

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  John Bolton

Relevant pages

• Conservatism

Conservatives In The United States Media

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  William F. Buckley Jr., an author who founded National Review magazine in 1955

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  President Ronald Reagan holding a "Stop Communism" t-shirt on the South Lawn of the White House in March 1986

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  An American Legion postcard urging parents to teach religion to their children as a civic duty, c. 1930s

• Ronald Reagan gives a televised address from the Oval Office, outlining his plan for tax reductions in July 1981 (excerpt).

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  Russell Kirk, conservative theorist

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  Percent of self-identified conservatives by state in 2018, according to a Gallup poll:*     45% and above*     40–44%*     35–39%*     30–34%*     25–29%*     24% and under

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  Keith Rupert Murdoch, founder of Fox Corporation, in 2012

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  Portrait of John Adams in 1792

Other websites

• The Heritage Foundation, generally considered world's most influential conservative think tank.
• ReaganConservatives.us Archived 2011-12-04 at the Wayback Machine, promoting traditional conservative beliefs in politics and faith.
• Project for a New American Century, neoconservative think tank.
• National Review magazine, influential conservative political magazine.
• Townhall.com, conservative news, information, and commentary.
• Chronicles magazine.
• FirstThings.com.
• The American Conservative magazine.
• "The Leadership Institute".
• "The Origins of the Modern American Conservative Movement," Archived 2010-03-08 at the Wayback Machine Heritage Foundation.
• "Conservative Predominance in the U.S.: A Moment or an Era?" Archived 2006-10-10 at the Wayback Machine, 21 experts from the U.S. and abroad, ponder the future of conservatism.
• Dictionary of the History of Ideas: Conservatism at the University of Virginia Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Machine.