Ah the old right and the new left

It's a long discussion but over the history of politics what parties have stood for has changed a number of times. And much confusion exists as a result of political groups having the annoying habit of picking names that are actual things and not necessarily in line with their views. This leads to annoying things like Conservatives technically backing economic liberalism

Boo at "Progressives" not officially becoming the Bull Moose Party and the general and rampant abuse of the term since.

Anyway the point is that over time parties evolve. It isn't a 1984 type scenario because it occurs over time, often in response to reality (Pearl Harbor slapped the Non-interventionalist out of a lotta people and Viet Nam, especially the draft, had a massive impact on the aformentioned values of college students.).