Scott Walker Most Conservative GOP Presidential Nominee Since 1980, Professor McDaniel Finds

CAPITAL TIMES (MADISON, WISCONSIN) -- If Walker is the Republican nominee, he’ll be the most conservative candidate the party has fielded in decades. According to data compiled by Stanford University political scientist Adam Bonica and organized by San Francisco State University political scientist Jason McDaniel, Walker’s ideology falls farther to the right than that of his potential rivals and to every Republican nominee dating back to 1980.