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What Kind of Conservative / Liberal are you?

What Kind of Conservative / Liberal are You?

  • Fiscal Moderate / Social Conservative

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Fiscal Liberal / Social Moderate

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    39

ronpaulvoter

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Check out your political bent with this poll. You have nine choices plus "other." Select the combination that best fits you.

Definitions:

Fiscal conservative -- Believes in government restraint in economic matters -- limited spending, minimal taxes, and minimal regulations.

Fiscal liberal -- Believes in a great deal of government involvement in economic matters -- lots of social/welfare programs, generous spending, high taxes and borrowing, and lots of regulations and mandates.

Social conservative -- Believes in strict laws and prohibitions against alternative lifestyles, gambling, prostitution, recreational drugs, etc.

Social liberal -- Believes in a live and let live policy on the above social matters and few or no laws against them.

Moderate -- One who stands about halfway between the two extremes, is wishy-washy, or is undecided.

Other -- Any viewpoint that does not fit any of the above definitions. Please explain.
 
By your definitions, I'm fiscal conservative social liberal.
 
Obviously I'm a social liberal.

As for economic policy, it's more complicated than that. I generally think of myself as a "fiscal moderate" because I favor pragmatic policies over ideological ones, and I don't tow the Democratic line on every issue. For example, I support free trade, oppose needless regulations, support vouchers and school choice, oppose bailouts of industries that don't need them (e.g. the auto industry), and don't have much use for labor unions.

On the other hand, it's difficult for me to call myself a fiscal moderate when I almost ALWAYS find myself arguing against conservatives on this forum, and I support universal health care, and higher and more progressive taxation.

I would say on the 0-100 conservative-liberal scale, I'm about a 90 on social/cultural issues and about a 70 on economic issues.
 
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I would say on the 0-100 liberal-conservative scale, I'm about a 90 on social/cultural issues and about a 70 on economic issues.

Using this scale (assuming 100 is the most liberal, 0 the most conservative) I'd estimate myself to be about 60 socially and 20 fiscally.
 
I'm a fiscal conservative/social moderate.
 
social liberal/ capitalist against out right laissez faire.
 
Fiscal Conservative, Social Moderate by your standards. Have views somewhat in line with a social conservative but enforcement somewhat in line with a social liberal by your definitions.
 
Fiscal Conservative, Social Moderate by your standards. Have views somewhat in line with a social conservative but enforcement somewhat in line with a social liberal by your definitions.

I think that's a pretty good way to describe how I am...being on the social moderate side.
 
Check out your political bent with this poll. You have nine choices plus "other." Select the combination that best fits you.

Definitions:

Social conservative -- Believes in strict laws and prohibitions against alternative lifestyles, gambling, prostitution, recreational drugs, etc.

guugh, I should have read your definition for that first.

Oh well, it's a common misconception anyway.
 
Of course this kind of poll has to use terrible "liberal vs. conservative" and "social vs. fiscal" positions. Neither has much accuracy at all in the larger scope of things.

According to the definitions provided I would be along the lines of a "social moderate/conservative." On "fiscal," "other," I do not determine my position by how much the state intervenes in the economy, but by whose interests are served and whether it is a help to mine. State intervention can be quite good when there's a lot of it in some situations, little in others; also depends where the state intervenes.
 
I think a moderate just isn't very moved by some of the big issues. Guns, abortion, immigration, government spending ...... I'm just not passionate about these issues. It's not like I'm undecided. I will most likely never feel passionate about these issues.

When I do feel passionate about an issue it's never an extreme passion. I've been democrat, I've been republican.

There should be a choice on our profiles of "very moderate." That's how I feel.
 
Check out your political bent with this poll. You have nine choices plus "other." Select the combination that best fits you.

Definitions:

Fiscal conservative -- Believes in government restraint in economic matters -- limited spending, minimal taxes, and minimal regulations.

Fiscal liberal -- Believes in a great deal of government involvement in economic matters -- lots of social/welfare programs, generous spending, high taxes and borrowing, and lots of regulations and mandates.

Social conservative -- Believes in strict laws and prohibitions against alternative lifestyles, gambling, prostitution, recreational drugs, etc.

Social liberal -- Believes in a live and let live policy on the above social matters and few or no laws against them.

Moderate -- One who stands about halfway between the two extremes, is wishy-washy, or is undecided.

Other -- Any viewpoint that does not fit any of the above definitions. Please explain.

Conservative is not an extreme :doh
 
I fit into the fiscal conservative/social moderate categories, although your definition of social moderate is really idiotic. Wishy washy? How is supporting some causes from each side wishy washy?
 
Fiscal and social conservative.

Survival of the fittest -- No welfare, low taxes, low government intervention, full laissez-faire capitalism, state only responsible for defence, justice, and, law and order.

I prefer the more traditional family values lifestyle. A mum, a dad, few kids, a nice house with a backyard, etc. Dad works, while mum stays at home and looks after the kids.
 
I think a moderate just isn't very moved by some of the big issues. Guns, abortion, immigration, government spending ...... I'm just not passionate about these issues. It's not like I'm undecided. I will most likely never feel passionate about these issues.

When I do feel passionate about an issue it's never an extreme passion. I've been democrat, I've been republican.

There should be a choice on our profiles of "very moderate." That's how I feel.

I've always thought "Very moderate" was just another term for "I just don't give a damn".

Generally, I see the "Very moderates" as people who don't care about politics.
 
Conservative is not an extreme :doh

He framed the whole thing to make it seem like fiscal conservative/social liberal is only logical choice....

Those who are unsure might want to take this test.

My results:
Your PERSONAL issues Score is 40%. (100% is the most liberal.)
Your ECONOMIC issues Score is 60%. (100% is the most conservative.)

...Meaning I am much less of a social liberal than I thought. Also, much less of a fiscal conservative than I thought. But then, the test isn't entirely accurate; I know plenty of extremely liberal people who are against legalized prostitution.
 
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I'm mostly with Zyphilin.

Fiscal conservative, definately. Constitutional constructionist also.

Social moderate:

My personal life is socially conservative, in that I willingly hold myself to a fairly strict code of behavior.

I don't necessarily want to legislate that others behave the same way; I'd rather persuade them that they should choose to, for their own good and the greater good. If they will not be persuaded, then as long as they aren't directly harming others or militantly getting in my face about it, I shrug and say "its a free country".

There's a very short list of vital issues that some might consider "social controls" that I do favor. I don't suppose I'll go into it here since it would sidetrack the thread.

G.
 
I think the choice given is a bit of cheek. Many of us are neither Liberals or conservatives but grown-ups.
 
He framed the whole thing to make it seem like fiscal conservative/social liberal is only logical choice....

Those who are unsure might want to take this test.

My results:
Your PERSONAL issues Score is 40%. (100% is the most liberal.)
Your ECONOMIC issues Score is 60%. (100% is the most conservative.)

...Meaning I am much less of a social liberal than I thought. Also, much less of a fiscal conservative than I thought. But then, the test isn't entirely accurate; I know plenty of extremely liberal people who are against legalized prostitution.

Conservative:
Your PERSONAL issues Score is 40%.
Your ECONOMIC issues Score is 90%.

I would have hit Libertarian except that I support various laws regarding sex among consenting adults and I support the draft.
 
"PERSONAL issues Score is 80%.
Your ECONOMIC issues Score is 90%.

According to your answers, the political group that agrees with you most is...libertarian."
 
Fiscal conservative -- Believes in government restraint in economic matters -- limited spending, minimal taxes, and minimal regulations.

Fiscal liberal -- Believes in a great deal of government involvement in economic matters -- lots of social/welfare programs, generous spending, high taxes and borrowing, and lots of regulations and mandates.

I believe in government restraint and responsibility in economic matters, and am opposed to debt as anything other than a short-term measure-- to fund wars and fight recessions-- but since I believe in high taxes and strict government regulation of financial institutions, I have to answer that I am a fiscal liberal.

Despite the bad name the Keystone Kongress are giving fiscal liberalism at the moment.

Social conservative -- Believes in strict laws and prohibitions against alternative lifestyles, gambling, prostitution, recreational drugs, etc.

Social liberal -- Believes in a live and let live policy on the above social matters and few or no laws against them.

This is more difficult for me to answer.

I have very strong moral and family values, and I believe that the government has a legitimate-- and necessary-- role in helping to uphold them in society. On the other hand, I think that the "traditional values" espoused by so many conservative politicians and commentators are so much spiteful and hypocritical garbage.

I believe homosexuals should be allowed to marry, but that it should be more difficult for gays and straights alike to legally divorce. I believe that prostitution should remain illegal, and I would like to see laws against it and indecent behavior more rigorously enforced. I object strenuously to couples and single women choosing to have children out of wedlock, but I have no qualms whatsoever against abortion.

I support the legalization of every drug that serves a medicinal or recreational purpose. I believe that these drugs should be strictly regulated for purity and potency, and that manufacturers should be required to package their drugs with accurate information concerning side effects and dosage guidelines. I also believe that the consequences for being intoxicated in public or while operating a motor vehicle should be more severe, and that substance abuse rehab should be mandatory for people convicted of these offenses.

As far as gambling, I simply fail to see how slot machines in a casino or poker in a barroom is any different from the State lottery or Church bingo.

So, on the whole, I consider myself a social conservative, regardless of what other social conservatives might have to say on the matter.

For the record:
Your PERSONAL issues Score is 40%.
Your ECONOMIC issues Score is 0%.

More sophisticated two-axis political quizzes usually place me on the far Left and within a point of 0 in either direction on the Libertarian/Authoritarian axis. The test at Moral Politics, which measures political philosophy instead of issue positions, places me almost exactly on the border between Conservatism and Fascism.
 
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Your PERSONAL issues Score is 100%.
Your ECONOMIC issues Score is 100%.

Pretty much what I figured.

I don't like to box myself into some group, but I don't think I could be more libertarian if I tried.
 
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