Thus far in 2009, 40% of Americans interviewed in national Gallup Poll surveys describe their political views as conservative, 35% as moderate, and 21% as liberal. This represents a slight increase for conservatism in the U.S. since 2008, returning it to a level last seen in 2004. The 21% calling themselves liberal is in line with findings throughout this decade, but is up from the 1990s.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
But what kind of conservative? Social, libertarian, neo, paleo, Burkean, Berryan, crunchy? That\u2019s what I\u2019d like to know.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cConservatives\u201d Are Single-Largest Ideological Group: Thus far in 2009, 40% of Americans interviewed in national Gallup Poll surveys describe their political views as conservative, 35% as moderate, and 21% as liberal. This represents a slight increase for conservatism in the U.S. since 2008, returning it to a level last seen in 2004. The 21% calling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1281,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\n
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