> us in the left are generally non conformist That was true in the distant past, but in the past decade or two it seems to be changing from my perspective. For

> us in the left are generally non conformist That was true in the distant past, but in the past decade or two it seems to be changing from my perspective. For context, my perspective is that of an extreme libertarian who was raised and lives in a very "red" state. The major political parties offer a fair example of this - the GOP had the "Never Trumpers" who consistently and publicly opposed the party's presidential nominee (and later, the party's President). There are often right-wing "spoiler" candidates that run alongside Republicans and dilute the vote. On the other hand, I don't recall the last time there was a popular left-wing "spoiler" in a race. Democrats are very good at uniting behind a single candidate and getting a subset of their agenda pushed through. Republicans seem to infight the entire time, even when they have power.