<p>but i don't want to be labeled anything except for moderate. Because even if the positions I have are the same the truth is I have VERY different reasons for supporting what I support compared to a lot of people.</p>
<p>i agree with you. moderate is good, because if you label yourself as a conservative, liberals will thenceforward not pay attention to anything you say, and vice versa.</p>
<p>Moderates dont make a difference. During elections, you cant vote a "moderate" leader. You may have different ideologies, but when it comes to choosing a person for office, you MUST choose one from either side. Apparently, those who claim to be "moderate" end up voting for Bush haha.</p>
<p>well i would call it voting for the "lesser of the evil." I can vote for either Republican or Democratic depending on the candidate, and I would call myself a "swing individual" which I think is just better than solidly Republican or solidly Democratic.
Also I know that liberals don't usually listen to conservatives while the conservatives don't either. I think there needs to be a moderate to communicate between them.</p>
<p>i identify better with the Republican ideology, but i vote based on the individual, not the party. hence i voted for Kerry.</p>
<p>"well i would call it voting for the "lesser of the evil."
"I would call myself a "swing individual" which I think is just better than solidly Republican or solidly Democratic."</p>
<p>You can call it whatever you want, but true moderates never win :)</p>
<p>Gotta go with this one. I took several of those poli. spectrum tests and kept getting centrist.</p>
<p>Centrist:1
Conservative:6
Moderate: 7
Libertarian:5
Liberal: 15
Libertarian Socialist: 2</p>
<p>true moderates never win primaries, you mean.</p>
<p>moderates make great unifying leaders, however.</p>
<p>Anonymous, name me one god moderate leader. (McCain is conservative).</p>
<p>ur more of a practical politician type. I don't care about winning I just want something that is ideal or close to ideal at least for me.</p>
<p>How about we make Moderate a new political party or something, haha
I keep seeing more and more of my peers being right in the middle.</p>
<p>Abraham Lincoln would be considered moderate by todays standards.</p>
<p>I'm actually not sure of McCain's stance on the issues. I just like that he's a straight shooter, and uses good logic.</p>
<p>oh and Chun- those parties already exist. they just are powerless because they lack the brand-name recognition.</p>
<p>Gotcha (pointless text to make sure my message is more than 10 characters)</p>
<p>^Haha</p>
<p>:) (I usually just go with two "Enter"s and a smilie face</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>a lot of liberals here... yet they failed to capture the presidency and congress</p>
<p>"a lot of liberals here... yet they failed to capture the presidency and congress"</p>
<p>Like the old saying goes - "People get what they deserve" :)</p>
<p>A-san:</p>
<p>Based on your uninformed comments on Noam Chomsky, I don't think it was necessary to explicitly state that you're conservative. I consider him an extremist because he calls himself "a sympathizer with anarchism" (or something like that), not because he's a holocaust denier or he hates Jews, as you falsely assert. He just opposes the state terrorism of Israel.</p>
<p>well, my question is............how do i know?</p>
<p>Definately a Liberal. I can't stand Bush's enviornmental policies-screw the enviornment and global warming. I don't like the Conservative pro-life stance (I'm pro-choice), and I believe in gay marriage. Like Whoppi Goldberg said, "If you don't want gays to marry, don't marry em". :)</p>
<p>I'm pro abortion and pro death penalty. What does that make me?</p>