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Jefferson had several stances where he wanted to maintain the social status quo in the United States. He was a staunch supporter of family and agriculture as the building blocks of American society rather than urbinization. He supported slavery and believed that a heterogeneous democratic society could not survive. He wanted strong limits on federal power. Even his advocacy for a small military at the time was the 'status quo.' Yes it was a different time but on the whole his beliefs mesh better with a conservative than a liberal. His view on banks wouldn't fly today either, but that doesn't automatically make him a modern day Democrat.
In the ways he was a liberal, he supported classical liberalism and not the brand of "liberalism" (ie expanding compulsory government run programs) that the Democratic party generally preaches. His platform meshes much more with modern GOP than Democrats. You also are seeing GOP candidates like Cruz and Paul who are calling for a smaller U.S. role in the world and draw many of their values from Jefferson's philosophies. Meanwhile I haven't seen Clinton or Obama use Jeffersonian values for their platforms.
In the ways he was a liberal, he supported classical liberalism and not the brand of "liberalism" (ie expanding compulsory government run programs) that the Democratic party generally preaches. His platform meshes much more with modern GOP than Democrats. You also are seeing GOP candidates like Cruz and Paul who are calling for a smaller U.S. role in the world and draw many of their values from Jefferson's philosophies. Meanwhile I haven't seen Clinton or Obama use Jeffersonian values for their platforms.
