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How liberal or conservative are you relative to the U.S. voting population?
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Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
I don't know a percentage, but I would reckon that at least 90% of voters are more conservative than me. My conclusion is based on me being more for the legalization of all drugs, viewing nothing as "forbidden" when it comes to consensual relations between adults so long as no one is harmed, being much further left than liberal ideology, and being opposed to the monstrosity of an economic system we have.
the nation leans about 60% liberal and 40% conservative voter apathy levels that out. compared to me , idk
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
Generally speaking, I frown upon pharmaceutical medications and favor natural medications and changes in lifestyle (if possible) to treat issues that we tend to prescribe pills for.
Drugs such as rohyphnol fall under the ones I frown upon, even though they do serve legitimate pharmaceutical purposes. However, abusing them is something I do not agree with, and, if anything, there should be a legal category for rape and "assisted" rape (or some other wording) that is defined by using drugs to make the victim unaware, alter normal behaviors, and docile (getting someone drunk to convince them to have sex with you is another example).
I'd say the most popular date-rape drug remains alcohol. We tried prohibiting that once and it didn't work out well.
Anything can be abused: baseball bats, kitchen knives, Heroin, &al. Dogs bite, cats kill wildlife and cars do more damage than just about any drug you can name. You can't ban everything, and an ill-chosen prohibition can have more negative ramifications than the thing banned.
I don't think liberal -- conservative is a single line continuum. One can be liberal on certain cultural or economic issues and conservative on others.
Almost all, probably.
Comparing my political beliefs to the general spectrum of American political dialogue. Most recently, it's how so many people cheerfully refer to Bernie Sanders (who I'd consider a centrist anywhere but the US) as "socialist" and the like.
What passed as "liberal" in the US would be "center-right" anywhere else in the world.
luckily the op asked about the US for me then, though I agree and would find im more politically like the rest of the world.
[QUOTE="9-10ths_Penguin, post: 4422104, member: 13455" Most recently, it's how so many people cheerfully refer to Bernie Sanders (who I'd consider a centrist anywhere but the US) as "socialist" and the like.[/QUOTE]Polled on the issues alone, American opinion mirrors Saunder's platform.
Bernie really is a centrist.
Bernie really is a centrist.
Yorutenchi
Member
What is conservative and what is liberal in this country is not matched well with other countries. I think on the American scale I am pretty far left on some issues. But I am also conservative on others. So I would guess I am more liberal than most in America I think.
I don't think these words have much meaning in the USA anymore. They're more like labels or brand name.
What the Founding Fathers called liberalism is now staunch conservativism. The Tea Party is determined to rearrange the culture and political landscape to suit themselves. That makes them as progressive as a raging Communist. I often hear arguments supporting RvW that amount to "That's the way it is and I like it that way so I want it to stay that way". Nothing could be much more conservative than that attitude.
I think the majority of the USA would consider me a liberal, but I don't.
Tom
What the Founding Fathers called liberalism is now staunch conservativism. The Tea Party is determined to rearrange the culture and political landscape to suit themselves. That makes them as progressive as a raging Communist. I often hear arguments supporting RvW that amount to "That's the way it is and I like it that way so I want it to stay that way". Nothing could be much more conservative than that attitude.
I think the majority of the USA would consider me a liberal, but I don't.
Tom
Yorutenchi
Member
Don't worry. If politics and the like are confusing in America just remember that the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan is actually a conservative party. All countries have strange politics and terms.
Underhill
Well-Known Member
I am a registered republican but a social democrat. I think both parties generally suck.
I registered republican because local politics are decided in the Republican primaries. In state and national races it is rare that our county has a voice. (NYC and the other 3 cities of NY tend to dominate state and federal politics.)
I registered republican because local politics are decided in the Republican primaries. In state and national races it is rare that our county has a voice. (NYC and the other 3 cities of NY tend to dominate state and federal politics.)
Terrywoodenpic
Oldest Heretic
Both the practice of having primaries and the political spectrum differs from that of the rest of the world.
the percentage of British voters, who would register any where at all on the American scale of things, would be minute. Though our exteeme right would sometimes hover in both political camps depending on the issue involved.
the percentage of British voters, who would register any where at all on the American scale of things, would be minute. Though our exteeme right would sometimes hover in both political camps depending on the issue involved.
I'm more liberal than 95% of the population.
I'm also more conservative than 90% of them.
I'm also more conservative than 90% of them.
I'm surprised no-one's yet posted the political compass test:
https://www.politicalcompass.org/analysis2?ec=-6.75&soc=-5.85
https://www.politicalcompass.org/analysis2?ec=-6.75&soc=-5.85
Perhaps it's because we've done it in many threads before.
Shocker.....I'm the most libertarian one here.
("left libertarians" don't count because there's no such thing, being a logical contradiction.)