The Rebel Poet
06-28-2013, 02:32 PM
Every political poll breakdown be it by Gallup, PPP, etc. all contain this question:
Do you consider yourself
Very liberal
Somewhat liberal
Moderate
Somewhat conservative
Very conservative
This allows only a one dimensional answer to a three dimensional question (i.e. left-right paradigm). Having no "other" option, it leaves no real room for statists, libertarians, constitutionalists, theocratists or whatever a person is if he isn't a traditional progressive, conservative, or neocon/neolib ("centrist"). So my question to you is how do you self describe on the 1D left-right scale. can "centrist" be used if one is extreme on both ends (like a Libertarian) do you squeeze yourself into "liberal," or "extremely conservative," or what? I'm asking mostly because I want to know where the liberty movement fits in poll results.
Do you consider yourself
Very liberal
Somewhat liberal
Moderate
Somewhat conservative
Very conservative
This allows only a one dimensional answer to a three dimensional question (i.e. left-right paradigm). Having no "other" option, it leaves no real room for statists, libertarians, constitutionalists, theocratists or whatever a person is if he isn't a traditional progressive, conservative, or neocon/neolib ("centrist"). So my question to you is how do you self describe on the 1D left-right scale. can "centrist" be used if one is extreme on both ends (like a Libertarian) do you squeeze yourself into "liberal," or "extremely conservative," or what? I'm asking mostly because I want to know where the liberty movement fits in poll results.