A Record Percentage Of Americans Now Say They're Social Liberals

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A Record Percentage Of Americans Now Say They're Social Liberals

by Ariel Edwards-Levy at the Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/22/socially-liberal-poll_n_7422440.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

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For the first time in at least 16 years, Americans are equally likely to describe themselves as socially liberal as they are to say they're social conservatives, a new Gallup poll finds.

Thirty-one percent of Americans say they're liberal on social issues, with another 31 percent calling themselves conservatives and the rest identifying as moderates.

In 1999, when Gallup first began tracking questions on ideology, Americans were 18 points more likely to describe themselves as social conservatives. Since then, the gap has narrowed, with the exception of a spike in conservatism at the beginning of President Barack Obama's first term.

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Much of the change is due to a long-term shift among Democrats and independents who lean toward the Democratic Party, a record 53 percent of whom now call themselves social liberals. A majority of Republicans still say they're social conservatives, but that number has also dipped in recent years, with an increasing minority in the party instead saying they're moderate on social issues.


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[NoJusticeNoPeace]

1. Good news, now when people figure out being conservative fiscally the way cons describe it

is literal suicide, we will really be somewhere.
I remember a few years ago on another board where the one or two cons we would tolerate would always tell us that liberals were in the minority.

They were probably correct, and these idiots actually thought having less of these is good

open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values.
"they have more liberal views toward marriage and divorce than some people"
(in a political context) favoring maximum individual liberty in political and social reform.
"a liberal democratic state"
synonyms: progressive, advanced, modern, forward-looking, forward-thinking, progressivist, en

[hifiguy]

2. Something is brewing out there.

Could it be that people are starting to wake up that they have been had for the last 35 years? News like this and the number of people volunteering for Bernie suggests it just might be happening.