Mike Pence is not a conservative.
Pence positioned himself as a principled ideologue and supporter of the Tea Party movement , noting he was `` a Christian , a conservative , and a Republican , in that order . ''	Republican	Republican Party (United States)	ideologue	ideologue	Tea Party movement	Tea Party movement
The Republican Party 's current ideology is American conservatism , which contrasts with the Democrats ' more progressive platform -LRB- also called modern liberalism -RRB- .	American conservatism	conservatism in the United States	modern liberalism	Modern liberalism in the United States
The Tea Party movement is an American political conservative movement within the Republican Party .	conservative	Conservatism in the United States	Republican Party	Republican Party (United States)
