2016 Postmortem

Recursion

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14. Gallup's polling says the USA is 25% liberal and the Democratic Party is 45% liberal

Reply to Bread and Circus (Original post)

Sat Nov 21, 2015, 10:48 PM

Nov 2015

(This is all by self-identification.)

But the parties' breakdowns are informative:

Democrats self-identify as
45% liberal
35% moderate
20% conservative

While Republicans self-identify as
70% conservative
25% moderate
5% liberal

Party identification is roughly
30% Democratic
25% Republican
45% unaffiliated/independent

As a coalition, our party simply isn't as liberal as the GOP is conservative.

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Well this is interesting > "NYT: The Democratic Base Isn’t … Liberal?" [View all] Bread and Circus Nov 2015 OP

We Are Fighting For Authoritarians To Rule Over Us - At The Behest Of The 1% cantbeserious Nov 2015 #1

Is townhall a rw rag or am I misremembering? BootinUp Nov 2015 #2

VERY RW. riversedge Nov 2015 #4

Yes Dem2 Nov 2015 #6

Nope ornotna Nov 2015 #7

Why are people so paranoid about reading outside of just liberal blogs/links? Bread and Circus Nov 2015 #17

Not the least bit paranoid ornotna Nov 2015 #39

A lot of stuff would have been hidden back in the day SwampG8r Nov 2015 #46

Well...I think they are quoting the New York Times... do you dispute the stats or the conclusions? Bread and Circus Nov 2015 #13

Why are you posting crap from a RW site? riversedge Nov 2015 #3

I don't know I was just googling stuff...isn't this good news for Clinton though? Bread and Circus Nov 2015 #15

It's the policies that matter BainsBane Nov 2015 #5

Projection. Since when do any HRC supporters discuss policies? What's HRC's policy for rhett o rick Nov 2015 #11

You're evidently still angry about being put on the spot in the other thread BainsBane Nov 2015 #32

the data in the graph defines bizarro world. voting against self best interests. NRaleighLiberal Nov 2015 #8

BULLSHIT! TIME TO PANIC Nov 2015 #9

article is from TownHall. I would not click on that RW site. riversedge Nov 2015 #10

Thanks for the advice. TIME TO PANIC Nov 2015 #12

Maybe you should...or at least look at the graph at the NY times. It is interesting, to me, anyway. Bread and Circus Nov 2015 #16

The base may not be as socially liberal as one might assume, TIME TO PANIC Nov 2015 #23

I think this is more of an identification thing rather than what policies you support but.. Bread and Circus Nov 2015 #24

I think identity plays a larger role usually, TIME TO PANIC Nov 2015 #28

What's wierd to me is how the people w/ less money are more conservative... Bread and Circus Nov 2015 #30

poverty is stressful TIME TO PANIC Nov 2015 #35

And then what is also weird are how highly educated higher income people are more liberal. Bread and Circus Nov 2015 #37

They are exposed to more art and culture. TIME TO PANIC Nov 2015 #40

Bernie Sanders is polling at 30 percent in Iowa... CoffeeCat Nov 2015 #33

I agree. TIME TO PANIC Nov 2015 #38

Gallup's polling says the USA is 25% liberal and the Democratic Party is 45% liberal Recursion Nov 2015 #14

30 years ago I think the GOP breakdown would have been similar to the Democratic one. stevenleser Nov 2015 #18

Fair point (nt) Recursion Nov 2015 #19

It's nonsense, the Republicans were hugely conservative under Reagan, racist, anti gay to the point Bluenorthwest Nov 2015 #41

It's not. There were still Northeastern Republicans in 1985 (nt) Recursion Nov 2015 #42

You could have asked me what I meant and you would have seen we don't disagree. stevenleser Nov 2015 #44

Liberal != Progressive BlueStateLib Nov 2015 #29

Gallup doesn't poll on "Progressive" self-identification Recursion Nov 2015 #31

The question is how did they define those terms "Liberal, Mostly Liberal, etc" stevenleser Nov 2015 #20

What did you think of the analysis at the townhall link? Bread and Circus Nov 2015 #22

I rarely agree with my friends on the other side of the aisle in media. stevenleser Nov 2015 #27

But I have heard here many times that the Country is too conservative for Bernie. Has that not... Bread and Circus Nov 2015 #36

Those are two different questions. stevenleser Nov 2015 #43

Sadly it seems the Democratic Party is too conservative for him as well. Bread and Circus Nov 2015 #47

Dem base has LOST 10% of its membership since 2008. Repubs have lost a lot of their base too. sabrina 1 Nov 2015 #21

That's right. TIME TO PANIC Nov 2015 #25

Yes, definitely. He is drawing support from disillusioned Repubs, former Paul libertarians, sabrina 1 Nov 2015 #26

Hopefully they are registered. TIME TO PANIC Nov 2015 #34

If graph is true it speaks to education. As groups get poorer they become less consistently liberal. EndElectoral Nov 2015 #45