What were the results of the socially oriented policy of the 1990s? in the USA and Western Europe?

What were the results of the socially oriented policy of the 1990s? in the USA and Western Europe? What explains the defeat of the Democrats in the 2000 elections in the United States?

Despite attempts to correct the deformations of the neoliberal system, it was not possible to completely correct them, so that in the end the situation did not change significantly.

President Bill Clinton has been able to reduce unemployment, close the budget deficit, reform the health care system, and raise American incomes. Nevertheless, expectations regarding the elimination of the results of the conservative coup and a decrease in the role of religious organizations did not come true. It was they who ensured the victory for George W. Bush, who initially acted as a “compassionate” (socially oriented) conservative.