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> this is a safe space for me to say unpopular things and not get labeled as a conservative The first one is confusing. The US is a very conservative country.
by jorams 2y ago
> this is a safe space for me to say unpopular things and not get labeled as a conservative
The first one is confusing. The US is a very conservative country. It just elected a very conservative president. Statistically like 40% of voters call themselves conservative.
- seabass-labrax 2y agoIf you look at voting maps for the 2024 USA Presidential Election, you can see that there is a blue band of Democratic voters right down the coast, including the Bay Area. The Bay Area in particular appears to have a very different culture to most of the USA, although I have never been there so cannot confirm that statement personally. I don't think that many Democratic party members consider themselves conservative, whereas a large proportion of Republican party members do.
- crooked-v 2y agoMainstream Democrats are conservative, mainstream Republicans are regressive. There is no actual liberal-centric major political party in the US, let alone one that's genuinely leftist.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> let alone one that's genuinely leftist There are plenty of elected leftists in America. We don’t have a major leftist party because we don’t have a major leftist voting bloc.
- Aloisius 2y agoWhat do you consider liberal-centric policies? Or leftist? As far as I'm aware, Democrats are still rather strong proponents of liberalism. Even most Republicans are proponents, though generally more for classical liberalism than modern liberalism. Liberalism, arguably, isn't really on the left-right axis at all.
- watwut 2y ago> Even most Republicans are proponents If this was true, Republican policies and representation would look much differently.
- eschaton 2y agoVoting patterns in the US follow population density. The higher the density, the more Democratic voters there tend to be. It’s only if you look at geography that the US appears conservative; unfortunately, due to the Electoral College, “land” can effectively vote.
- llamaimperative 2y agoThe “blue bands” is deceiving. Cities are mostly blue, rural areas are mostly red.
- SoftTalker 2y agoTrump is not conservative.