Support for the party among working-class voters has been unreliable in recent years, she says, thanks in part to their conservative stance on social issues.

她说，最近几年工人阶层中的选民们对党派的支持一直是不可靠的，在某种程度上是因为他们在社会事务上的保守立场。

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It will be fending off a social-conservative third party that might run an anti-abortion candidate like Gary Bauer just to make a point.

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However, they are understood and embraced by Tea Party and social conservative votes.

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Unlike the vast majority of his fellow campaigners, he is also well to the right of the Conservative Party on social and moral issues.

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