This question applies to all the adults who you’ve actually met, seen, interacted with, and who live within approximately 50 miles of you.
They can be family members, friends, co-workers, fellow students, club members, whoever. The only other requirement is that both of you have to know each other by name.
Now imagine that you asked each of these people, individually and privately, the following question: “How would you describe yourself politically?”
What percentage of them would say something like “liberal” or “mostly liberal?”
Where are you getting that statistic from?
Gallup...
I was wrong..... it's 23%... an all time high! <chuckle>
Liberal Self-Identification Edges Up to New High in 2013
This question applies to all the adults who you’ve actually met, seen, interacted with, and who live within approximately 50 miles of you.
They can be family members, friends, co-workers, fellow students, club members, whoever. The only other requirement is that both of you have to know each other by name.
Now imagine that you asked each of these people, individually and privately, the following question: “How would you describe yourself politically?”
What percentage of them would say something like “liberal” or “mostly liberal?”
This question applies to all the adults who you’ve actually met, seen, interacted with, and who live within approximately 50 miles of you.
They can be family members, friends, co-workers, fellow students, club members, whoever. The only other requirement is that both of you have to know each other by name.
Now imagine that you asked each of these people, individually and privately, the following question: “How would you describe yourself politically?”
What percentage of them would say something like “liberal” or “mostly liberal?”
:shock:Most of the people I agree with are liberal, most of the people I enjoy spending time with aren't.
In Australia few people know what is left and what is right. or what a conservative or liberal is. It makes it more difficult for them because our conservative party is called The Liberal Party. Which actually does make sense if you look into it.
In Australia rich people vote for the conservative party ( Liberals ) and poor people vote for liberals ( Labor ).
To me it is absurd that WWE fans in America vote for the richer Republican party. That seems pretty stupid. But then again, Democrats hardly appeal to the working class in US do they? They focus on minorities for the most part. And do-gooders. American politics is strange as hell to me.
edit- wouldnt it be easier for one party to be for the working class and the other for the business class? thats normally how it works if you look around the world.
edit- See the conservative Liberal Party is for owners. The 'liberal' Labor Party is for workers... Wouldnt that make more sense?
I wasn't trying to slam liberals, mostly just find that I tend to socially fit in better with centrists or right leaning people, even if we don't necessarily agree in politics.:shock:
I wasn't trying to slam liberals, mostly just find that I tend to socially fit in better with centrists or right leaning people, even if we don't necessarily agree in politics.
This question applies to all the adults who you’ve actually met, seen, interacted with, and who live within approximately 50 miles of you.
They can be family members, friends, co-workers, fellow students, club members, whoever. The only other requirement is that both of you have to know each other by name.
Now imagine that you asked each of these people, individually and privately, the following question: “How would you describe yourself politically?”
What percentage of them would say something like “liberal” or “mostly liberal?”
Very few. There's many in this state to begin with, the few aren't loud, and I don't generally 'get to know' that kind of person.This question applies to all the adults who you’ve actually met, seen, interacted with, and who live within approximately 50 miles of you.
They can be family members, friends, co-workers, fellow students, club members, whoever. The only other requirement is that both of you have to know each other by name.
Now imagine that you asked each of these people, individually and privately, the following question: “How would you describe yourself politically?”
What percentage of them would say something like “liberal” or “mostly liberal?”
really?... spend some more time here at DP... there's tons of people that profess to love paying taxes around here
I'm sure you weren't, and I agree with you on your statement in a "social" setting because I feel the same way. I'm on the right and the folks I know who are self proclaimed liberals seem to be more argumentative, uptight and essentially not that much fun to be around. IMO
I live in a red state, so unfortunately, I, being one who leans leftward, have very few people to talk politics with. Argue politics? Yes. Civilly discuss politics? Nope. I'd bet that right now, where I live, I could count on both hands, the people who lean left.
When I lived in New York, I could count on both hands those who leaned right.
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