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Do You Have a Partisan Bias?

Do You Have a Partisan Bias?

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CanadaJohn said:
I don't believe I have a "partisan" bias although I do have a conservative bias, a Canadian conservative bias. Like most Canadians, I believe in smaller government and personal freedoms - we believe the government should stay our of our wallets and out of our bedrooms.
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I don't believe this accurately describes most Canadians. Most Canadians I've spoken with are strong advocates of their health care system, which is a big government program that reaches into their wallets.
 
Depends on who you ask.

When posting, I rely only on facts, objectivity and common sense - what many on the left refer to as "conservative bias"
 
Taylor said:
Depends on who you ask.

When posting, I rely only on facts, objectivity and common sense - what many on the left refer to as "conservative bias"
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Reality has a liberal bias, sir.
 
X Factor said:
Simple enough question. By my calculation only about 4 of us should answer yes.
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Nope, I think partisans are uninformed when it comes to politics. If they were informed, they wouldn't be partisans. The two ideas are mutually exclusive.
 
I am def biased to the conservative side. This does not mean I don't keep an open mind. I like to listen to both sides of the story and then process the info. I have changed positions on several things over the years but still hold to my conservative views.
 
X Factor said:
Simple enough question. By my calculation only about 4 of us should answer yes.
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Outside of my dislike of both parties, (see my signature line) I tend to side with the fiscal conservatives most of the time and with the liberals on social issues. Like everyone else I have my biases which are no more than likes and dislikes. But unlike most people on DP, I take my stand on the issues one at a time, I weigh them and decide by myself and do not let any political party make up my mind as to which side of an issue I am on.
 
Taylor said:
Depends on who you ask.

When posting, I rely only on facts, objectivity and common sense - what many on the left refer to as "conservative bias"
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Oh, oh, I reember that Saturday Night Live skit too. Bizarro World I think it was called.
 
X Factor said:
Simple enough question. By my calculation only about 4 of us should answer yes.
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In terms of blindly supporting one party or the other, I can say no as I hate both parties. :)
 
I have no loyalty or affinity to either party; however there is one party that leaves a bad taste in my mouth more than the other, so I do have a negative bias. It is not necessarily a direct bias towards the party, but rather an indirect bias as a result of elements that associate themselves with the party. The reasons behind this bias are a tendency for social conservatism, legislating morality (esp. based upon religion), science denial/ignorance/apathy, and the religious elements (predominantly the extreme ones) that are affiliated with this party. Granted these elements are only a subset of the party, but they have contributed to a bias nonetheless. Were these elements divorced/separated/eschewed from the rest of the party/platform my opinion would be changed, and my bias substantially mitigated. Of course if you are still clueless towards which party I am referring to, you have no business being here at DP.
 
I think I do. However, what I don't have is a blind bias where advancing issues comes in second to advancing party. This, by the way, is one of my main frustrations with contemporary politics. I'm a registered member of my party BECAUSE I like (liked) what they stand (stood) for. If a candidate from another party happens to stand for those issues too, then I'll support him. I certainly won't act like nothing happened when a leader in my party does something improper from our perspective when he was in office but then do a complete 180 and act like the world has come to and end when a leader from their party does something similar. Either I'll criticize both equally of I'll overlook it as not that important or inadvertent and unintentional equally.
 
marduc said:
I have no loyalty or affinity to either party; however there is one party that leaves a bad taste in my mouth more than the other, so I do have a negative bias. It is not necessarily a direct bias towards the party, but rather an indirect bias as a result of elements that associate themselves with the party. The reasons behind this bias are a tendency for social conservatism, legislating morality (esp. based upon religion), science denial/ignorance/apathy, and the religious elements (predominantly the extreme ones) that are affiliated with this party. Granted these elements are only a subset of the party, but they have contributed to a bias nonetheless. Were these elements divorced/separated/eschewed from the rest of the party/platform my opinion would be changed, and my bias substantially mitigated. Of course if you are still clueless towards which party I am referring to, you have no business being here at DP.
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Curse you, Harper government! :2razz:
 
specklebang said:
Really, not a simple question. You can't have a 3rd position on everything so sometimes your allied with one partys philosophy or the others but do we then call it "partisan"? I consider myself non-partisan but sometimes I'm allied with even the most radical among us. So help me understand how much consistency is required.
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There is a difference between holding a view that coincides with mainstream views of a party because you genuinely believe in that view and holding a view because the party holds that view. Partisan bias is the latter.

I'm more conservative but consider myself pretty non-biased. I don't feel the need to defend a conservative of something stupid simply because we're both conservative anymore than I do the need to condemn someone more liberal of something intelligent because they're more liberal than I am.

Scandals are pretty good at indicating just who is and isn't a political hack.
 
Dapper Andy said:
Scandals are pretty good at indicating just who is and isn't a political hack.
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Exactly, with Benghazi and the sequester being prime examples.
 
Amadeus said:
I don't believe this accurately describes most Canadians. Most Canadians I've spoken with are strong advocates of their health care system, which is a big government program that reaches into their wallets.
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Canadians would rather have single payer health care for the most serious, most expensive, and most of basic care rather than have tax breaks such as mortgage interest deductions. It's a trade-off. Besides, our health care system has been in effect for more than half a century, much longer than most Canadians have been alive, and they have no interest in changing such an ingrained program. Our social safety net is less "generous" than that in America, our unemployment insurance far shorter with stricter requirements, access to our social security is being delayed, by phasing in, to age 67. All things that Americans seem to be unwilling to accept.

I didn't say that Canadians don't pay taxes or don't want to pay taxes - we don't, however, expect government to run our lives and solve all our problems.
 
It depends on what you mean. Do you have a preference for a particular political stance? Of course, everyone does. That makes for a dumb poll though because nobody could ever answer no. Do you adopt a particular stance and follow it to the letter, defending your party of choice no matter what they do? That's a partisan bias and while there are a couple of people around here that certainly do that, the majority don't.
 
radcen said:
Anybody who answers 'no' is either lying or delusional.
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Not necessarily. They just may define 'partisan bias' differently. I think to me, bias would include an recognition that it may keep you from looking at something entirely objectively or fairly. Others may see bias a different way.
 
radcen said:
Anybody who answers 'no' is either lying or delusional.
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Or they just don't give a **** about either party or their agendas...

Like me.

Everybody is biased about one thing or another but not all of us are tethered to partisan agendas.
 
Presuming you mean conservative/republican or liberal/democratic bias, no. I hate them both equally.

My views are issue-oriented. On some issues I agree primarily with conservatives; on other issues I agree primarily with liberals.
 
X Factor said:
Simple enough question. By my calculation only about 4 of us should answer yes.
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I have a political bias, which results in me supporting one of the two major parties more often than the other. However, since neither party seems to be loyal to me, I return the favor.
 
Redress said:
No.

Partisan: A strong supporter of a party, cause, or person.

Bias: Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

I am in favor of the causes I support, the people I support, and the party I support. That gives me a partisan bias. However, I sometimes disagree with what the party I support does, and the people I support.
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Though I have no allegiance to either party, my cause is liberty and my bias is quite unfair... to the poor, the dumb, the weak or otherwise dependent, failures, bad banks and customers undeserving of loans.

So I guess I am a partisan, I err on the side of liberty and never take safety into consideration when it comes to my individual rights.
 
I have no political bias other than being undupable by the Right...................
 
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