Gee, there are twice as many of these hardline, lunatic fringe, extremist, radical, tea-bagging terrorists as there are liberals. Obviously this will be major news.Crickets...
Americans' political ideology at the midyear point of 2011 looks similar to 2009 and 2010, with 41% self-identifying as conservative, 36% as moderate, and 21% as liberal.America held hostage!
If this pattern continues, 2011 will be the third straight year that conservatives significantly outnumber moderates -- the next largest ideological bloc. Liberalism has been holding steady for the past six years, averaging either 21% or 22%, although notably higher than the 17% average seen in Gallup polling during the early to middle '90s.
Longer term, the Gallup ideology trend, dating from 1992, documents increased political polarization in the country. The percentage of moderates has fallen to the mid-30s from the low 40s, while the combined percentage either liberal or conservative is now 62%, up from 53%.
The 2011 half-year results are based on more than 10,000 U.S. national adults interviewed across 10 Gallup and USA Today/Gallup surveys conducted from January through June.
the Dem's hostage rhetoric is an insult to actual hostages.
ReplyDeleteIf the poll really is based on how people describe themselves and not on any actual policy issues or explicit criteria, how can we tell exactly what they mean? I'm sure there are plenty of Democrats who consider themselves "moderates" because they're just to the right of Noam Chomsky.
ReplyDeleteYou left out Hobbit
ReplyDelete<span>America Held Hostage: 41% Self-Identify as Extremist Fringe Tea-Bagging Terroristic Hobbits</span>