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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMost Voters Identify as Center-Right
Gallup: As Americans continued to lean more Democratic than Republican in their party preferences in 2019, the ideological balance of the country remained center-right, with 37% of Americans, on average, identifying as conservative during the year, 35% as moderate and 24% as liberal.
https://politicalwire.com/2020/02/18/most-voters-identify-as-center-right/
Meadowoak
(5,556 posts)hlthe2b
(102,343 posts)Bettie
(16,120 posts)if you drill down on it, talk to them, a lot of them ARE quite liberal.
dchill
(38,518 posts)abqtommy
(14,118 posts)democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,698 posts)These terms are getting bent all out of shape, because nobody really bothers to be specific.
I'm socially and politically liberal, fiscally a bit conservative, financially progressive...
SlogginThroughIt
(1,977 posts)You cant be socially liberal and fiscally conservative can you? If you want social programs they need to be funded.
Wounded Bear
(58,698 posts)It collects the requisite amount of taxes to cover the budget and spends the money conscientiously. What the money gets spent on is about politics, in which lane I am progressive. Social safety nets fit well within the realm of fiscal responsibility, since in most cases socializing things like medical care ends up being cheaper and more efficient that the alternatives we use.
That doesn't mandate a 'balanced budget,' but it does mean we should contain deficit spending intelligently.
SlogginThroughIt
(1,977 posts)Thanks!
Wounded Bear
(58,698 posts)They just get tossed around and used as weapons. Meanwhile there are subte differences in how individuals apply them to their own stances.
SlogginThroughIt
(1,977 posts)Greybnk48
(10,171 posts)I'm sure that some people in the US love the polling results Gallup comes up with based on who they decide to talk to and how many, but I don't think they're reliable.
Wounded Bear
(58,698 posts)walkingman
(7,655 posts)tend to be Conservative.....at least that is what I see in Texas.
scarletlib
(3,418 posts)ooky
(8,926 posts)swing state polls for our candidates vs. Trump.
Gallup seems to have an agenda.
Gothmog
(145,489 posts)budkin
(6,713 posts)Gallup TBH
Poiuyt
(18,130 posts)conservative stance, most people will side with the liberal stance. And the more educated they become about the issue, the more likely they are to take the liberal stance. But its important to keep labels out of the picture because the conservatives have done a good job of demonizing Democrats and liberals.