Basic question about Hillary vs. Bernie....

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34. They favor certain positions you call progressive or liberal

but they don't identify themselves according to those terms. Most Americans think of themselves as moderates. And even positions on issues will shit when attached to particular politicians, like Obama, or parties. Many people on this site talk almost exclusively in terms of labels, making the party more "left," more "liberal" (rarely saying what they mean by that or even acknowledging the terms themselves are contested). They seem to think that moving the part to what they think of as the left is some sort of goal onto itself. Americans care about basic issues that effect their lives, not who is appointed to the cabinet, who someone appears in a photo with, and the kind of nonsense that people here fixate on.