“50% of Americans are centrists, compared to 20% who are liberal and 30% who call themselves conservative.
This is false.
Since the beginning of the Battleground Poll, question D3 has consistently been answered by respondents in excess of 60% that they are conservative”
No, it’s not false. This has been the self-identified label numbers. I’ve seen the gallup numbers, and its usually about 32% conservative, 20% liberal, 48% moderate. And the funny thing is that they are reasonably consistent for a few decades now even though political tides ebb and flow.
The 60% number is for a different question, I think maybe the generic ‘do you prefer smaller govt?’ Although I heard the “Govt should do more vs Govt should do less?” question came out at 50% do more/40% do less this cycle.
Go look at the question and post it and the result.
Question D3 is: When thinking about politics and government, do you consider yourself to be...
Very Conservative: 20%
Somewhat Conservative: 40%
Moderate: 2%
Somewhat Liberal: 27%
Very Liberal: 9%
Unsure/Refused: 3%
Poll conductd 8/10-8/14 2008. Clicky here
