[nothingnew]

Since only about 18% of the voters in this country consider themselves liberal and about 41% consider themselves conservative...

Interesting. Where do these figures come from?

FMCDH(BITS)

[megatherium]

I'm a little skeptical about these numbers too. Maybe only 18% of the public self-identifies as liberal, liberal being a bad word since the Carter years; but if you look at the sorts of things people believe in, they start looking pretty liberal. My impression is that 40% of the public can be counted on to vote Kerry, 40% can be counted on to vote Bush, and the remaining 20% are the swing voters that both campaigns are fighting for.