Fox News tops source of voter misinformation

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HappySqurriel said:

Baalzamon said:

oldschoolfool said:

the study is obviously bias. Anybody could make a study tailored to get the results they want. Can't the conservatives have one dam news channel. I'm sick and tired of the liberals/ left wing nut jobs constantly going after fox news. You never see any conservatives go after MSNBC are CNN,because nobody really watches there bullshit liberal propaganda. I guess the liberal/left wing nut jobs are really scared of the truth,because the majority of America knows whatever they say makes no sense anyways. That seem's to be there tatic,If you  disagree with me,were going to make fun of you and demonize you and try to distract you from the issues,because the liberals/left wing nut jobs know that they have no legitimate arguments and can't really handle the truth. 

I've found in my area (don't know about the rest of the US, so I won't speak for them), liberals are a lot more willing to be blatant about their objections to conservativism, whereas conservatives either just don't care or can actually just keep it to themselves.

When you eliminate the 25% of 33% most extreme individuals from either party, you will find that most conservatives come to their political ideals through a logical argument while most progressive individuals come to their political ideals through an emotional argument. What this tends to mean is that a moderate progressive is far more likely to see an opposing political ideal as being reprehensible, and as being indicative of a character flaw. Being that many moderate conservatives have made the mistake of arguing with a progressive in the past (and had to deal with the consequences) they may just "bite their tongue" in social situations to avoid an unnecessary argument.

Do you have any data on that claim or is it just a personal observation? The big difference between Republicans and Democrats comes down to the proper role of the state in relation to citizens. If you really look at most issues, they originate with the problem of government power. The big question is, "What roles can the government perform better than its citizens?" The fundamental ideals of both parties are not arrived at through emotional arguments. It comes about largely because of a different conception of how society functions. In other words, you could say they ground their arguments with different claims. Now on moral issues, emotional arguments are more prevalent, but this is true for both Republicans and Democrats.