Esoteric Conservatism: A History, by Bruce Oakley[1]
As American conservatism fell into a constant stage of opposition throughout the so-called “Long Decades” (1960-1992), it began to embrace many “counterculture” movements, which, while originally infiltrated by Communistic elements, began to be purified in conservative tradition as their young members grew older. Soon, a new form of spiritualism came to be in the modern Republican Party, and while its members clashed with the old “Religious Right”, their values were pure. Soon the old communistic New Deal order was kicked out, and in its place we returned to the free market…”
[1] Oakley, a high school football star-turned-dentist-turned-conservative historian, is a former member of the John Birch Society, explaining some of the language here.
1969-1977: Billy Graham (Democratic)
1968 def. (with John Pastore) Richard Nixon (Republican), George Wallace (American)
1972 def. (with John Pastore) George Murphy (Republican), Ralph Nader (New), John Schmitz (American)
1977-1985: Ted Kennedy (Democratic)
1976 def. (with Charles Woods) Jim Rhodes (Republican), Ron Dellums (New)
1980 def. (with Charles Woods) Ron Paul (Republican), Pete McCloskey (New)
1985-1993: Charles Woods (Democratic)
1984 def. (with Hugh Carey) Ron Paul (Republican)
1988 def. (with Hugh Carey) Dick Lamm (Republican)
1993-1995: Dick Randolph (Republican)[2]
1995-2001: Alexander Barron (Republican)[3]
1992 def. (with Alexander Barron) Bruce Sundlun (Democratic), Pat Robertson (Values)
1996 def. (with Christine Todd Whitman) Fob James (Values), Ken Eikenberry (Democratic)
[2] Died in plane crash over Alaska
[3] Son of Austrian esoteric Lea Hirsig, ITTL he becomes a leader in the New Age movement and then its extreme Libertarian-conservative element.