Neither Cheney or McCain, both stalwart if, in McCain’s case, quirky on some issues, conservatives. (Both rejected the Trump cult, but that's not inconsistent with being a dedicated conservative.)
Moderate Republicans (and Conservative Dems)[0] have been largely dead since the long post-WWII realignment settled out in the mid-1990s.
[0] Yes, this is asymmetrical; that's how systematic overrepresentation to one side of the spectrum combined with the incentive to nearly-balanced parties under the electoral system we have shakes out.
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Neither Cheney or McCain, both stalwart if, in McCain’s case, quirky on some issues, conservatives. (Both rejected the Trump cult, but that's not inconsistent with being a dedicated conservative.)
Moderate Republicans (and Conservative Dems)[0] have been largely dead since the long post-WWII realignment settled out in the mid-1990s.
[0] Yes, this is asymmetrical; that's how systematic overrepresentation to one side of the spectrum combined with the incentive to nearly-balanced parties under the electoral system we have shakes out.