It is my impression that the membership here is predominantly conservative in the socio/political sense. However, I could be totally incorrect in this assumption, so I decided to run this poll.
Australians have no choice in your poll. In Australia if your liberal your conservative, if you're not liberal your socialist I am not Liberal. I am a socialist
I voted for both Republican voter and Democrate voter since I typically vote a split ticket based on the individuals running. But I rarely go for the 3rd parties. I suppose I might at the local level.
I am truly neutral. Pick up the good and throw away the bad from every ideology. Maybe with a small libertarian leaning.
There was provision for non-American socialist voters. The term 'liberal' is misused by all political parties.
Fair enough Iolo, I don't understand to what people are referring when they use the term 'liberalism' or even 'liberal' as an adjective. My interpretation of the adjective liberal is straight from the dictionaries - devoid of any political overtones. e.g:liberal a. Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas; free from bigotry. b. Favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; broad-minded. To that extent, I consider my inclinations liberal. I honestly have no clue as to the political ramifications of 'liberalism'.
liberal or socialist?! stop, stop, stop it! those are pretty much polar opposites, what the flip is the meaning of having them in the same option!
Heh. By those defintitions "liberals" aren't liberal It is a sad fact that language is horribly abused and overused as people in politics try and brand themselves in a positive way. Like the Muslim Brotherhood's "Freedom and Justice Party" in Egypt. It also seems it is prefired to make up a new use for an old word you as opposed to making up a new word. That might make it simpler to express yourself in soundbites to a populace.
Well one can have liberal (in the original and correct sense of the word) views and favour forms of socialism - these are not mutually exclusive, whereas it is more difficult to have a liberal philosophy and be extremely conservative. But you are correct to state that liberal views are not identical to socialist views. I suspect the common American misuse of the term liberal is confusing people. I'm sorry, I had no political agenda in setting the options - I was merely trying to couch them in terms most people here would understand (given the predominantly American membership).
I am a Conservative in the UK, a Democrat sympathiser in the US and Liberal in Quebec (Quebec has no Conservative party. I wonder why that is?)
In a Republic,the sovereignty resides with the people themselves. In a Republic,one may act on his own or through his representatives when he chooses to solve a problem. The people have no obligation to the government; instead, the government is a servant of the people, and obliged to its owner, We the People. Many politicians have lost sight of that fact.
