 should the republican party move more toward the middle and abandon their conservative ideologies  yes no undicided republician party needs take a look at the results of the last poll on this site 88 actually believed that mitt would win this state michigan was actually one of the earlier calls for o bama you cannot keep doing things the same way and expect different results if nothing changes then nothing changes look at the wording of the above question abandon ideologies never adjust yes that is if you want to see a republican in the white house any time soon conservative and moderate we ve had several moderates run for the party how many of won zero zilch nada we need to run a true conservative i think if we could not win in this environment they need to close up shop and let the tea party take over and run against the liberals ida changing our views no no no  what would we do that for to become more like the demacrates that we so patiently apposed they have taken an un godly stand on all these issues we don t need to become more progressive we need to stand for what is right and good and not evil and wrong how quickly the winds of the nobles are changing don t expect me or any one with a true faith in god to go along with this respected submitted jean a shank no i don t believe that no i don t believe that republican should abandon their conservative ideologies but there needs to be the ability to compromise our country was build with checks and balances so that one ideology is not able to take complete control with the attitude that there is no compromise nothing gets done that is what i have seen recently with the republican party as well as the democrat party sometimes you have to give a little on something so that you can move forward on something else if you really care about this country both sides need to bend a little bit to move things forward and not resort to the blame game what does it mean to be a conservative  we need to articulate what it means to be a conservative in a more effective and meaningful matter instead of letting the democrats define what it means to be a conservative we need to define what it means and then speak about and advocate for those positions compromise core beliefs never  just because you lose an election doesn t mean you change your beliefs that s what is wrong with our country our politicians pander to the groups that get them elected and throw out the foundational truths that our country was created upon fiscal irresponsibility is wrong homosexuality is wrong abortion is wrong and to change a political party s stands for votes is unconscionable moving to the center when the dems got shellacked in the 2010 election did they move to the center absolutely not they doubled down and supported openly gay marriage immigration amnesty more government giveaways and more control the other side moves to wherever they can maximize the most political gain be it the center or far left we do not move because our principles are based on truth and not political gain centerright most americans are centerright as long as we have extreme candidates that say extreme things we will lose elections we actually had one candidate that said if a woman is raped and a baby is the result of that rape then god intended for it to happen we need more common sense conservatives no more extreme candidates  should the republican party move more toward the middle and abandon their conservative ideologies  