Can a democrat just be a democrat and not a liberal?

Question

Intelligent answers please.

Answer 1

Of course all Democrats are not liberals just like all Republicans are not conservatives.

Answer 2

yes. There is such a thing as a democratic conservative, as well as a moderate Democrat. Not all Democrats are Liberals, though some people would like to label the two together all the time.

Answer 3

Of course. There are even conservative Democrats, just like there are liberal Republicans. Not as many of either these days though.

Answer 4

Yes. But, what is the point of being in the Democrat party if you do not side with the left wing liberal loonies who are now running the party?

Answer 5

Yes of course...you can be a democrat without being a liberal...

But I doubt you can be a democrat without being called a liberal on yahoo...

Answer 6

Of course, it's just that liberals are mainly Democrats, but not always. My own Governor is a conservative Democrat. Dave Freudenthal.

Answer 7

Yes, there are several. There is a sub caucus in the dems called blue dogs who are very conservative. Democrat really focuses on responsibilty of government, liberal has more to do with social issues.

Answer 8

Yes.Most people who call themselves Democrats nowadays are NOT liberal.

Mainly because of Conservative propaganda that's convinced most Americans that "Liberal" is a bad word and liberalism is a bad thing.

Friggin' sheeple.

Answer 9

I'm a Democrat and very far from being a liberal.

Answer 10

There are many moderate Democrats. Like all politics, though, you only ever hear the extremes of the party. I happen to think with a degree of moderateness comes a degree of apathy. Or at least non-zealotness.