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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAmerica Is A Liberal Nation: For The First Time Social Liberals Outnumber Conservatives
Gallup reported that the number of respondents who called themselves social liberals has increased to 31%, while the number of self-identified social conservatives has fallen to 30%. The number of Democrats who refer to themselves as social liberals jumped from 47% in 2014 to 53% in 2015. The number of Republicans who call themselves socially conservative has declined from 60% in 2014 to 53% in 2015.
Democrats who used to call themselves social moderates are moving to the left while Republicans are experiencing a decline in social conservatives. The polling matches the overall trend in the country. America has moved left on same-sex marriage, equal pay for women, immigration, and climate change. Issues like the minimum wage and taxes have become both social and economic causes.
The United States is moving to the left. It has been inching leftward on social issues for decades, and the leftward trend is accelerating.
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/05/22/america-liberal-nation-time-social-liberals-outnumber-conservatives.html
Some good news for a Friday.
merrily
(45,251 posts)C Moon
(12,221 posts)merrily
(45,251 posts)Training all those wooHoos to dance in unison is quite a bit of choreography.
merrily
(45,251 posts)Human101948
(3,457 posts)Their base is dying off in ever increasing numbers.
YoungDemCA
(5,714 posts)Human101948
(3,457 posts)but the tipping point is coming and they will be swept out like the rancid turds they are.
Dawgs
(14,755 posts)YoungDemCA
(5,714 posts)And are more evenly spread throughout the country, geographically speaking.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Liberals tend to want to go to the polls.
YoungDemCA
(5,714 posts)So, that's a big issue.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Some FOX "News" viewing hayseed finds 25 machines in the barn where he votes but there's only 5 to serve 20,000 Democrats downtown.
merrily
(45,251 posts)and hundreds of other DU posts debunking the myth that liberals are not reliable voters.
YoungDemCA
(5,714 posts)I did say "conservatives are more reliable voters than liberals are, and are more evenly spread throughout the country, geographically speaking."
merrily
(45,251 posts)merrily
(45,251 posts)ejbr
(5,856 posts)That liberals don't vote
merrily
(45,251 posts)have such a strong influence on low info voters. See also Reply 9 , below.
The notion that liberals don't vote has been debunked too many times on this board for good faith posters to continue posting that false meme.
Both houses of Congress, the Supreme Court, a vast majority of Governors, and too many state houses are in the hands of conservatives...so whatev...
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)Where are people leaning now in economic issues?
Economic and social issues are two sides of the same coin, one cannot be without the other.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)or both.
"Liberal" was smeared for so many decades, kind of like "feminist." Perhaps the Internet is helping more people realize it's something to be proud of, not hide.
erronis
(15,328 posts)Control and money only.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)But keep in mind the media are the ones selling the politicians the air time for their ads.