The
Republican Party of the
United States in the 21st century is composed of various different groups or factions. Although their interests at times conflict, they share enough in common to remain in the same party.
By and large the factions are informal and unorganized. They do not have their own organizations, newspapers, or paid memberships. Defining the views of any "faction" of any American political party is difficult. The 2009 off year elections brought out some of the divisions, especially as they played out in the
election for Congress in the 23rd New York District.
By ideology
Traditionalists
Traditionalists belong to one of the oldest branches of
conservatism, extending back to the
New Humanism of
Irving Babbitt and
Paul Elmer More, the Southern Agrarians,
T. S. Eliot, the British
Distributists, and the original New Conservatives (
Russell Kirk,
Richard M. Weaver, and
Robert Nisbet).
Traditionalists favor cultural and educational renewal,
localism, civic communitarianism, natural law and transcendent faith, and organic society while opposing abortion, feminism, and same-sex marriage.
Several public
traditionalists are academics and write for such publications as
Modern Age ,
Humanitas , The
University Bookman,
The Intercollegiate Review, and
Touchstone Magazine.
Traditionalist organizations include the
Intercollegiate......
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