According to Rasmussen, 47% of likely voters are fiscal conservatives, while 39% are moderate and 7% are liberal. How does PF compare to this? Also, please participate in the sister poll here. The exact wording for this poll: When it comes to fiscal issues such as taxes, government spending, and business regulation, are you politically conservative, moderate, or liberal?
My experience has been that when someone complains that regulations negatively impact business and then are asked for some examples of how regulations have negatively impacted them, they always run around the corner. Why is that?
Sorry, polls don't work that way. If you feel you don't understand the question, don't answer it. *edit* I should also add that the purpose of this poll isn't to debate the relative merits of each position, but rather to see how the membership of PF compares to likely voters when presented with an identical poll.
I would say I'm a fiscal conservative, but in the current environment, conservative means off your rocker craZy.
Do you mean says who that I am a fiscal conservative or conservative means crazy... I would say, say me. I believe in balanced budget and small government. Current "conservatives" believe in being deadbeats who don't pay thier bills and are against any borrowing. So a "conservative" tea party member would live their private life by not paying their bills, and would refuse a loan, even to buy a house, and certainly would refuse to use credit to bridge a gap if they lost their job... that is how they are demanding the government act. That is crazy.
Interesting... PF actually seems to be very similar to the Rasmussen poll. I wonder why Liberals are always getting voted in when there's so many Conservatives. I'm fiscally extremely conservative myself. Republicans tend to spend a lot of money on war and corporate welfare, etc... but I think a true conservative would be against all that.
Oh good grief. You've got that all wrong. Conservatives want the bills paid. They want govt to stop spending too much. You're no fiscal conservative, IMO, and the things you say about the Tea Party people are just silly.
One clue might be revealed in the sister-poll on social issues. There's also what you mentioned. And of course there's the disapproval backlash. Just a guess.
I chose moderate but I could have also chosen liberal. The problem is that my "stance" changes based more on where the Overton Widow is at any given time than on what my positions are. I think "center-left" is actually the best term (moderate liberal). Right now, that makes me a hardcore liberal, since the Overton Widow is way to the right. I don't view the question of size of government as important. I only see effectiveness, efficiency, economy, and equity as issues for how government spends. I'm more flexible on issues like privatization, welfare reform, and such than the far left. So long as the programs still meet their intended purposes.
