Until the 1960’s, future neo-conservatives shared the Democratic Party’s vehement anti-communism, acceptance of the Civil Rights Movement, and support for President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal welfare-state policies. Tellingly, the influential neo-conservative Richard Perle said in 2003 that he was still a registered Democrat, out of “nostalgia” for Henry “Scoop” Jackson, the powerful former Senator who embodied these commitments.
直到二十世纪六十年代以前，未来的新保守主义者与民主党同样激烈地反对共产主义、接受民权运动并且支持弗兰克林·罗斯福总统新政的福利国家政策。颇能说明问题的是，有影响力的新保守主义者理查德·派瑞2003年的时候说他 仍然 是一名注册的民主党党员，这是出于对体现了这些诺言的强有力的前参议员亨利·杰克逊的“留恋”。