spurgeonryan said:
I see no moderate option :) |
Gawd, everyone with all the options already!
What is your Political Demographic? | |||
Right (American Male) | 54 | 19.78% | |
Right (American Female) | 1 | 0.37% | |
Right (Non-American Male) | 40 | 14.65% | |
Right (Non-American Female) | 2 | 0.73% | |
Left (American Male) | 72 | 26.37% | |
Left (American Female) | 1 | 0.37% | |
Left (Non-American Male) | 95 | 34.80% | |
Left (Non-American Female) | 8 | 2.93% | |
Total: | 273 |
spurgeonryan said:
I see no moderate option :) |
Gawd, everyone with all the options already!
I'm an Aussie and both look fairly right-wing to me. I'm on the left, socially, of Australian politics and am a centrist from an economic standpoint, so I'd probably look far left-wing to the American system.
Insidb said:
The conflict of the hyper-politically correct left and bigoted right fringes always bemuses me, because neither seems to admit how blind they are to everyone else. Each has this need to be heard and fear of being ignored and suppressed, but their acerbic and combatative natures only lead their fears being realized. One side wants to address everything with kid gloves; the other side wants to address everything with boxing gloves. |
Pretty much, and both sides are willing to violate (if given the opportunity) basic civil liberties in order to achieve their goals.
RingoGaSuki said: I'm an Aussie and both look fairly right-wing to me. I'm on the left, socially, of Australian politics and am a centrist from an economic standpoint, so I'd probably look far left-wing to the American system. |
Even in the context of just the US political system, Obama is slightly left of center.
mornelithe said: Pretty much, and both sides are willing to violate (if given the opportunity) basic civil liberties in order to achieve their goals. |
Hence, Bush passing the Patriot Act, and Obama expanding upon it.
Miguel_Zorro said:
Also that the two American political parties don't actually stand for many of the things that are listed. "For the purposes of this poll, "right," will mean favoring the US Republican Party (prioritize fiscal conservatism, religion, deregulation, and laissez-faire capitalism), and "left" will mean favoring the US Democratic Party (prioritize social welfare, secularism, regulation, and socialist/capitalist hybridized economic policies). " |
These are the core issues that they claim to represent and utilize to motivate their voter base. While you are right that they actually enact policies that are quite similar (taxation, budgets, military, etc.), these are the ideals that each side is defending/demonizing.
If you are not from the US, it must be something akin to viewing a circus, on LSD, through a kaleidoscope.
I'm surprised by the lack of "I hate everything" comments.
Well, if Democrats are considered as left, I choose Left as a non-american male.
I would never vote for a ultra-conservative party.