Political and Social Identification

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Just out of curiosity, how many consider themselves to be conservative or liberal in regards to political and social issues?
For example, I am politically conservative because I think the government needs to be more fiscally responsible and work on paying off the national deficit before trying to fund more bills, but I am socially liberal because I believe in LGBT rights and am pro-choice.

Actually, I was a tad confused. What if I am fiscally conservative and socially liberal, but in my private life I am socially conservative? The way you made it sound was in your personally life vs politically.

Let me think:

National conservatism
British unionism
Classical liberalism
Secularism
Anti-Islam
EU withdrawalism

More of a centrist than anything else but when it comes to social policies fairly liberal

Not the best set of choices, so I picked the least worst choice of the four.

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None of the above. I reject your box and substitute my own. Spuds or potatoes?

Ultraminimalist pseudoanarchist. Or non-taxation minimalist pseudostatist. Possibly the closest term would be Birchean Libertarian.

Unless you're talking about personal standpoints, in which I'm a heretical pseudoconservative. Or a pseudoliberal heretic.

We're an anarcho-syndicalist commune. We take it in turns to act as a sort of executive officer for the week. But all the decision of that officer have to be ratified at a special biweekly meeting. By a simple majority in the case of purely internal affairs, but by a two-thirds majority in the case of more important matters. But strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you! I mean, if I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me they'd put me away!

With a nod and a wink to Monty Python.

I fit most as a political and social liberal.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

i'm slightly to the right of ralph nader and the greens.

I'm fiscally moderate and socially liberal.

Hmmm . . .
tough choice

I lean more toward conservative in fiscal policy, especially in terms of foreign aid and over the top defense and security spending, but there are quite a few areas that I think need more funding in terms of improving the lives of the individual citizens. I firmly believe we need to spend more on education and health. I believe that our government assistance programs are needed, but are in dire need of massive reforms (the efficiency of these programs is a joke), and personally think we should use portions of the payouts to provide education and job placement assistance rather than just cash. If you want to reduce crime and improve our economy, you have to pull up those that are bringing us down through lack of opportunity.

I do believe that every single person should have the same rights, the same opportunities, and the same safeties (physical, mental, and financial). I suppose that puts me in a more liberal camp.

As far as voting goes, I currently lean more towards the Democrats, quite a few reservations. 15 years ago, I tended to lean more towards Republicans (back when they still hadn't completely turned into such a Christian white boys club). I decide on each pol individually based on their past performance, their voting record (public information), their attendance, and their ability to reasonably discuss their differences with opposing party members. When their only qualifications are business experience, they are immediately excluded from consideration unless the alternatives are impossible to receive my vote without extreme nausea. The upcoming election is going to be fairly easy for me as there are almost no current political leaders whose actions I find even remotely accptable. The most recent few congresses have been nothing but childish temper tantrums and partisan based and reactionary extremism (from both sides). It has always been bad, but recently has gone to new heights.

Time to throw them all out and hope the next batch behaves a little better.

In this context of political & social issues I'm pretty liberal but the way I am with life is kind of conservative. I don't like identifiying with the word Liberal thou because in America people think of Decorate like Obama when they hear the word. I'm very dissatisfied with Obama(thou I much rather him than the two Republican candidates he faced) & I'm also dissatisfied with some liberals in congress as well & some of my views are different than some who are considered democrat or liberal in congress & the media so I define myself as a progressive/socialist instead of a liberal.

I'm a libertarian Marxist idealistically, but in practical, real-world terms I'm a socialist. I don't like the state having power and I would rather the people have power collectively (as opposed to individually) but I think right now it's a necessary evil to have a government maintain a welfare state. This poll was hard for me to answer because 'economically liberal' means something very different to me than what I suspect you mean by it.

If I was true to my left-anarchist ideals, I wouldn't vote (only encourages the bastards) but in the past I voted Labour because realpolitik.