I don’t believe it. They are dumbing down the definition of conservative.
“What explains this trend? Some might point to a conservative backlash against Obama’s liberal policies. And while that certainly may be part of it, Richard Florida, an urban theorist writing in The Atlantic, has a different theory. His explanation is economic”
It is the same effing “theory.” Obama wiped out the economy and it “AIN’T” coming back until he is gone and it could take even longer.
If anyone knows anyone with money - Atlas shrugged on election night the first Tuesday in 2008. Small & medium business owners knew the score. Most do not drool in front of Obama TV either like the idiot masses do. They are too savvy.
Well now it would seem that people just might be getting a clue.I think it will hurt like hell for 2 more years and it needs to so as to wake up these dumb screws.When you smarten up things tend not to hurt so much.One of lifes little lessons.
Call me skeptical. I’ll believe it when the numbers in November 2012 confirm it.
The Conservative, Liberal and Moderate numbers haven’t really changed much in the last 10 or 20 years.
There are about 40% Conservatives nationally, 20% Liberals, and 40% Moderates.
The outcome of elections depends a lot on what the Moderates do.
Moderates don’t call themselves Liberals, but they do get a lot of their news from TV, and they do vote for Democrats fairly often.
I can say with some confidence that in MA at least, the vast majority of voters are liberal by definition, but do not identify that way, as they feel they are either “independent” or “centrist”.
You sure wouldn’t know that to be a fact in Connecticut.
Mississippi #1 ping
Soon liberals will ONLY represent the elites and criminal classes...
They sure don’t vote like that.
What’s also instructive is that conservative politicians brag about being conservative and claim to be more conservative than their primary opponents, yet you don’t see that on the other side.
Liberal politicians don’t brag about being more liberal than their primary opponents and try to dodge the question in the general election whether or not they’re even liberal, whereas conservatives proudly proclaim their conservatism.
remarkable considering Mississippi is nearly 40 percent black....that means nearly 90% of whites consider themselves conservative..no wonder Hollywood hates us so much and lives to make films that revile us
my take on this poll is that more and more folks are starting to associate the word liberal as wacky rather than conservative as wacky and answer that way when asked which...some of those states listed have way more folks who said neither one which tells me most of those lean left
actual conservatives are unequivocal when asked
it breaks down like this as proven by stats when voting:
whites...55-60% GOP
hispanics...70%...Dem
orientals....65% Dem
blacks.....92% Dem
largest GOP blocks:
white men....
white women with children
throw in Christian with both of those and you have the trifecta
most reliable Dem block:
unmarried women with children..especially blacks
northern Union members
blacks..obviously..90% is a lock in this world
all those trends have been with us for a long time...the unmarried women block is fairly new since that demographic used to be scorned and tiny
hispanics and orientals used to not matter except in a few local wards or Miami
anyone can look at these trends and think about immigration and birthrates and realize where we are headed..warm and fuzzy polls notwithstanding