Do Young Conservatives Still Care About the Free Market? – By Emma Camp (Reason) / Mar 2, 2023
“It’s not about money or jobs or fiscal conservatism,” one CPAC attendee told Reason.
In recent years, the Republican Party has taken an undeniable turn away from its commitment to small government and free market economics. While the left and right are growing ever further apart on social issues, the two sides have inched closer on economics, with both parties supporting increased government spending and protectionist policies.
But what about young conservative voters? Do they share the same suspicion of the free, unencumbered markets?
Of the dozen young conservative voters Reason interviewed at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), a significant majority voiced waning support for free market values, instead favoring regulation, protectionism, and cultural war zeal to battle abortion, “wokeness” in schools, “cancel culture,” and globalism.
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