The coalition of voters that elected Ronald Reagan was described "the New Right" because they emerged as a new group of conservatives activists whose concerns were different than the traditional conservatives and its aims had been redefined due to their discontent and opposition to the social and political changes that the U.S. was undergoing in the 1960s that included protest movements against the Vietnam War, a new feminist movement, a homosexuality movement too, the legalization of abortion, high divorce and crime rates, a rampant drug use and more-open and public displays of sexuality and a liberal political agenda that included high taxes, an increase in government spending and corruption of the federal government.
The Coalition of voters that brought Reagan to power were called the New Right, because they were conservatives with separate concerns from traditional conservatives.
The New Right was a group of coalitions that emerged in the United States in the 1960s and gained power till Reagan's election.
They were different from the traditional conservatives because they combined their conservative views with neo-liberal economics, which called for minimal government intervention in markets.
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