Most Voters Identify as Center-Right

[RandySF]

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]

1. Baloney

[hlthe2b]

2. without clear definitions of what consitutes these designations, any polling is fairly meaningless

[Bettie]

10. That was what I was going to say

if you drill down on it, talk to them, a lot of them ARE quite liberal.

[dchill]

3. Braunschweiger.

[abqtommy]

18. I agree. Just more bullshit.

[democratisphere]

4. Denial will take US down completely.

[Wounded Bear]

5. Politically, fiscally, economically, socially...?

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]

8. You can't be socially liberal and

You can’t be socially liberal and fiscally conservative can you? If you want social programs they need to be funded.

[Wounded Bear]

11. By fiscally conservative, I just mean that the government pays it's bills...

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]

13. Ah ok I see.

Thanks!

[Wounded Bear]

14. That's the other thing. These terms don't really get explained much.

They just get tossed around and used as weapons. Meanwhile there are subte differences in how individuals apply them to their own stances.

[SlogginThroughIt]

15. Agreed! Thats sort if why I asked.

[Greybnk48]

6. Gallup seems to lean consistently right-wing.

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]

12. It's been drifting right wise for a few years...nt

[walkingman]

7. I think most urban and educated voters are pretty liberal. It is the rural and undereducated that

tend to be Conservative.....at least that is what I see in Texas.

[scarletlib]

9. Bulls**t!

[ooky]

16. You know, the only polls I care to see anymore are the

swing state polls for our candidates vs. Trump.

Gallup seems to have an agenda.

[Gothmog]

17. Extreme Liberals make up small percentage of the party

Link to tweet

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[budkin]

19. Bullshit

Gallup TBH

[Poiuyt]

20. If you ask someone their opinion on an issue, without identifying the liberal or

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 it’s important to keep labels out of the picture because the conservatives have done a good job of demonizing Democrats and liberals.