In terms of statist totalitarianism, the "Right" and "Left" division is not a line, it's a donut, run far enough "right" or "left" and you get to death camps and gulags.  The "Right" takes the argument that they favor small government and individual liberty, but these are the same people who voted for the Patriot Act and think the government has the right to ownership of women's reproductive ability (etc etc ad nauseum).  That's not small government, that's extremely intrusive big government.  I've not seen any Republican president in my lifetime (starting with Reagan) do anything to prove to my face they favor smaller government, only that they want to push around where the money in big government is allocated.