conservative faction

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Taylor, from the party's conservative faction, won the secret ballot, 34 votes to 17.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

Its brainy combination of jazz, classical, post-rock and dreamy synths could easily scare the most conservative faction of Latin Grammy voters — and that would be a grave mistake.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2025

He was also a co-founder of the Blue Dog Democrats, an influential conservative faction within the Democratic Party.

From Salon • Aug. 11, 2024

There was also a growing conservative faction in Rome led by Cato the Elder that emphatically emphasized Roman moral virtue over Greek weakness.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

There had been a great excitement over the second meeting-house, to which the conservative faction had strongly objected, but, after the radicals had once gained the day, other innovations passed without public challenge.

From A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches by Jewett, Sarah Orne