Sorry..... forgot to answer the "liberal" part.
Basically in the 60's the Dems became liberalfor spending and thinking socially.
The 60's are very weird as both parties worked closely behind the scenes. The Dems would allow more military spending and the GOP would allow more social programs through.
Then Nixon's scandal changed all that. The Dems saw a chance to take complete control by capitalizing on it and did so. THIS IS WHAT TRULY STARTED THE HATRED BETWEEN PARTIES. Before they were always willing to cover each others back, and share the power. (Just an overview not saying EVERY GOP and DEM did this)
But then Iran, high interest rates, inflation, a national deficit and the recession (because the unions were so strong they had inspired a stale product base, while imports stayed cheap and had innovative ideas.)
With Reagan came some cutbacks but also the theory that we would spend on military projects like *Star Wars* and force the USSR to spend themselves into bankruptcy. Which we did, but at the cost of social services. Reagan cut some programs but not many. Bush Sr. came in and didn't really have enough stroke with Congress to do anything. But this did push the country to the right fiscally, yet people stayed socially liberal.
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