Any moderates left out there?

Question

I've asked before, but what the heck! I'll ask again! Is there anyone else out there who is not a ridiculously polarized conservative or a ridiculously polarized liberal?

Answer 1

Yes. We moderates are here.

While it may be true that some moderates are too apathetic to "pick a side" and some may be too stupid to understand the issues. Most of the moderates I know are moderates precisely because we understand the issues too well.

All "sides" on a given issue have valid points. Just because one side is right doesn't mean that the other is wrong; they are usually just as right.

Besides, it's just silly to say that because I stand on this side of one issue that I must stand on this side of some other, unrelated issue.

I've said it before, you don't hear much from moderates because they tend to be reasonable. It's the zealots that are loud and obnoxious.

Answer 2

Yes-there really are and I'm one of them. I do not believe that party registration is important. I do not vote a straight party ticket and never will. I choose a candidate to vote for based on his or her qualifications. I know I have conservative views on some topics and liberal views on others, but these views are arrived at by ME ALONE based upon research and thought. This forum is not representative of America and we seem to get only the radical fringes. A thoughtful person really is bound to be moderate because opinions are arrived at through individual analysis and research. I do not simply echo the ideas of some politician in Washington or in my state's capital. I think there is wisdom on both sides of the aisle in Washington and many of the posters here are like sheep blindly following a party line without any logical reason to do so. Labeling oneself as liberal or conservative is the first sign of ignorance.

Answer 3

I wouldn't classify myself as a polarized liberal, I'm actually pretty conservative, but I had to start voting Democrat. The Republican Party went so far away from their platform that they made the government astronomically larger, and more intrusive, abandonded fiscal responsibility, and then there's the whole Bush debacle. I take the Constitution very seriously, and the current administrations handling of it has been inept at best; treasonous at worst.

Answer 4

I am a moderate. I am more fiscally to the right and more socially to the left. I support candidates like Rudy Giuliani, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gordon Smith, Joe Lieberman, Mark Udall.

I am a realist so being a moderate is natural for me. Some of my beliefs fall into the right leaning camp while others are in the left leaning camp.

Answer 5

Most Americans consider themselves moderates, although other people sometimes categorize them differently. I suppose that as this is a forum where we're invited to share opinions, it's attractive to those with strong points of view at either end of the political spectrum. This is naturally exacerbated by the seismic shift presently occurring in American politics. Chances are the moderates either don't bother with the politics category or don't feel moved to express themselves. Personally, I like to think that my beliefs don't fall neatly into any category.

Answer 6

hey waits, lets look at this objectively, what we all really want is freedom, peace, prosperity and money?right? There is a Republican candidate running 4 president who can deliever all these things and more, that guy is Ron Paul. He considers himself a conservative and pretty much is. If you dont know who he is, i would urge u to search for him Youtube and google.

The thing about the polarization today is that the damn neo-cons are everywhere. Neo-cons are a new crop of people who dont listen to logic and reason. There the real reason why the political landscape of america looks today. ANd please dont label people like this. freedom doesnt have to divide us, it can unite us...
in conclusion, vote ron paul, hope for america.

Answer 7

Here I am! Pleased to meet you. I must warn you that I'm liberal on some issues and conservative on others. I'm always willing to listen to the other side, but that doesn't mean that I'm going to agree with you.
We're all Americans first. Everyone needs to remember that.

Answer 8

yes. I have viewpoints of both sides on different issues.

Though I do answer the questions of the ridiculous sides, occasionally. Most people here probably think I'm a lib LOL

Answer 9

You premise is flawed, in that it assumes those on one side or another are ridiculous. An easier argument to make would be the reverse. The fence sitters are mostly folks that don't really understand, know, or care about politics, thus they decide at the last minute based on gut feeling, or don't vote at all. (Which may also explain why your question gets ignored - those folks are not online, reading about politics!) Of course, that may not be you, and few on either the right or left agree with their side on everything, but...

Studies have also shown that those who are way left and way right are smarter than the moderates, although not by much.

Answer 10

I'm absolutely a moderate who leans to the left but damn it these Bushites really piss me off! They blindly support an administration that clearly has so many hidden agendas and they lie and deny everything...