Based on these political positions, would you call me a conservative, a liberal, or something else?

[Dinaroozie]

If I tried to pick out a theme to all the points you posted, it seems that broadly you think people should be able to do what they want, even to their own detriment (helmets/seatbelts/drugs), but not if it's going to fuck it up for others (vaccines/creationism), and that the government should be involved only when there's a good reason (marriage), but that sometimes there are good reasons (health/schooling). It's hard to get a read on the gun control position because it could either be "guns are awesome" or "we shouldn't deliberately misread the constitution" - perhaps you could tell us how you'd feel about gun control if you lived in a country without the (equivalent of) the second amendment? That notwithstanding, you seem pretty centrist to me, with perhaps a slightly higher than average standard deviation.

Originally Posted by enigma

In so far as I hate anything, I hate the tribal nature of politics.

A tragically underrepresented position, presumably on account of an unwillingness to form a political party around it. (just kidding, I completely agree with you)

[Le Ministre de l'au-delà]

As far as I can tell, not being an American, you are a free thinker whose opinions divide pretty evenly between both side of the debate.

In other words, Skald, just like I've always thought, you're something else!

[Sam Stone]

You're like most of us - people who have to pick a party and then be annoyed at them for doing things you can't stand.

It's called "siding with the lesser of many evils", and it seems to be about the only choice any of us have any more.

[septimus]

I agree with Skald the Rhymer on almost all his points and would call him centrist (or left-of-center in American diction) like myself.

The issue I disagree with most strongly is the one he considers most important: gun control. Guns kill people. America would be a safer, happier place with more control. (However, opposite to Skald, the issue is very low-priority for me.)

I'm curious about his reason for opposing gun control: the simple existence of The Second Amendment. More often that not, gun advocates cite this as their reason. It almost seems some people think The Amendments have some special supernatural truth, like The Ten Commandmants.

[Lobohan]

I'm gonna vote Liberal who likes guns and dislikes so-called nanny-stateism. I don't really think you're a Libertarian, since most of that lot aren't hung up on practical reality, and you don't strike me as an ideologue. In fact, I'd rather you didn't strike me at all.

As for the franchise thing, I attribute that to reading too much Heinlein.

[Farmer Jane]

I would say that you have moved away from Republicans because you don't favor moral legislation and people getting into your shorts. I mean, private life.

[elmwood]

Third Way or Modern Whig.