# American Dopers, Liberal or Conservitive? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 4, 2007, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dopers-liberal-or-conservitive/410465 "2007-07-04T04:55:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dopers-liberal-or-conservitive/410465/1 "2007-07-04T04:55:15Z")
With apologies, I would like to keep this US centric, as European attitudes can be very different. Simple question, please no commentary. Do you consider yourself a liberal or a conservative? Please refrain from bashing current or previous administrations, just a straight up answer. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dopers-liberal-or-conservitive/410465/2 "2007-07-04T05:06:45Z")
[QUOTE=Klaatu] With apologies, I would like to keep this US centric, as European attitudes can be very different. Simple question, please no commentary. Do you consider yourself a liberal or a conservative? Please refrain from bashing current or previous administrations, just a straight up answer. Thanks. [/QUOTE] Conservative. Mostly. ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dopers-liberal-or-conservitive/410465/3 "2007-07-04T05:11:14Z")
Liberal ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dopers-liberal-or-conservitive/410465/4 "2007-07-04T05:21:28Z")
[QUOTE=Klaatu] Do you consider yourself a liberal or a conservative? [/QUOTE] Neither. Middle of the road Libertarian. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dopers-liberal-or-conservitive/410465/5 "2007-07-04T05:45:28Z")
I can’t say for sure. I lean liberal on some issues, conservative on others. My voting history, however, would definitely nail me as a yellow dog democrat. In American terms that makes me liberal. ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dopers-liberal-or-conservitive/410465/6 "2007-07-04T06:21:26Z")
Liberal. Although there are some that would quibble over that label. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dopers-liberal-or-conservitive/410465/7 "2007-07-04T06:44:16Z")
Liberal. Exremely. In the [classical tradition.](http://www.mises.org/liberal.asp) ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dopers-liberal-or-conservitive/410465/8 "2007-07-04T06:47:07Z")
Moderately left of center liberal ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dopers-liberal-or-conservitive/410465/9 "2007-07-04T07:15:51Z")
Screaming, ranting, foaming-at-the-mouth, furious with the way things are going, donating to Obama AND Hillary, liberal. Was that too subtle? ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dopers-liberal-or-conservitive/410465/10 "2007-07-04T08:23:42Z")
Independent. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dopers-liberal-or-conservitive/410465/11 "2007-07-04T10:14:23Z")
Liberal. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dopers-liberal-or-conservitive/410465/12 "2007-07-04T10:17:10Z")
Liberal. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dopers-liberal-or-conservitive/410465/13 "2007-07-04T10:19:36Z")
Way out in left field liberal. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dopers-liberal-or-conservitive/410465/14 "2007-07-04T11:29:18Z")
Libertarian leaning conservative. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dopers-liberal-or-conservitive/410465/15 "2007-07-04T11:36:25Z")
Conservative with some radical (far left) positions. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dopers-liberal-or-conservitive/410465/16 "2007-07-04T13:05:01Z")
I’m about 70% libertarian and 30% conservative. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dopers-liberal-or-conservitive/410465/17 "2007-07-04T13:08:30Z")
Independent ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dopers-liberal-or-conservitive/410465/18 "2007-07-04T14:10:17Z")
Liberal leaning independent. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dopers-liberal-or-conservitive/410465/19 "2007-07-04T14:18:54Z")
I think of myself as a Ben Stein conservative, except that I’m pro-choice. The freepers would think of me as a screaming liberal. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dopers-liberal-or-conservitive/410465/20 "2007-07-04T14:23:48Z")
Liberal. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dopers-liberal-or-conservitive/410465.md?page=2)