Who is more conservative: libertarians or Republicans?

If you look at a Nolan Chart (See here how it is created?), you will see that libertarians share a fairly long border with conservatives and a different long border with liberals. However, many more libertarians have participated in politics as Republicans than as Democrats. read more

Republican libertarians are also more conservative in the broader sense of not wanting drastic change. In this sense of the word “conservative”, aligning with a third party is inherently not conservative, regardless of the third party’s ideology. read more

A libertarian Republican is a politician or Republican party member who has advocated libertarian policies while typically voting for and being involved with the United States Republican Party. read more