# Poll conservative VS liberal **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 1, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-conservative-vs-liberal/803280 "2017-12-01T22:22:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-conservative-vs-liberal/803280/21 "2017-12-03T23:49:54Z")
Liberal to border-line libertarian and I pay. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-conservative-vs-liberal/803280/22 "2017-12-04T01:19:16Z")
I was a moderator at one point so I get to be here for free. Also, I am an Anarcho-Syndicalist Wobbly Trotskyite, so not really a “liberal.” Liberals can’t blow tenor sax like I can. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-conservative-vs-liberal/803280/23 "2017-12-04T01:31:13Z")
I pay but I don’t fall into the liberal category exactly. Not a conservative for sure, though. That brand is poisoned. More lib than con. I didn’t vote. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-conservative-vs-liberal/803280/24 "2017-12-04T14:09:06Z")
I do consider myself a liberal and didn’t pay until the ads just got too annoying. BTW, I was able to pay just by giving PayPal a credit card, not actually getting an account. There is a sense in which I might consider myself a conservative, if only modern conservatives didn’t live in a fact-free zone. This is even true of the Canadian Conservative party which killed the long-form census, muzzled scientists, and tried to restrict support of scientific research to industrial and applied research. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-conservative-vs-liberal/803280/25 "2017-12-04T14:48:26Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Also, I am an Anarcho-Syndicalist Wobbly Trotskyite, so not really a “liberal.” Liberals can’t blow tenor sax like I can. But I can think of at least one Liberal sax player who got ------------------ never mind. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-conservative-vs-liberal/803280/26 "2017-12-04T15:38:40Z")
Can’t work out which pigeonhole to cram myself into. I think some solutions to our society’s problems can be found in the past, others by taking chances on theory and study. And neither mindset is cleanly reflected I the current US definitions of liberal/conservative. Therefore, I ain’t payin’. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-conservative-vs-liberal/803280/27 "2017-12-04T15:52:46Z")
Liberal payer. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-conservative-vs-liberal/803280/28 "2017-12-04T16:23:21Z")
I consider myself to be moderate, tho I do have more liberal leanings, and I’ve been a paid member every since subscriptions started. It’s more than worth it to me. ---
**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-conservative-vs-liberal/803280/29 "2017-12-04T17:21:37Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > I’m liberal and don’t pay…true to the stereotype. Early results are showing the opposite of this stereotype - liberals are significantly more likely to pay for their membership, at least the ones responding to this poll. But even assuming this is a representative poll, you can spin it in a different direction. Since the board as a whole is perceived as a liberal board, liberals would be more likely to want to support it than conservatives. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-conservative-vs-liberal/803280/30 "2017-12-04T19:37:02Z")
I’m an anti-republican and I don’t pay, which seems like a very republican thing to do. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-conservative-vs-liberal/803280/31 "2017-12-04T19:46:55Z")
American style conservative or rest of the world style conservative? ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-conservative-vs-liberal/803280/32 "2017-12-06T00:46:02Z")
Mostly liberal, and I pay because I like to support sites that I frequent. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-conservative-vs-liberal/803280/33 "2017-12-06T01:15:32Z")
I’m liberal and I pay. I feel a responsibility to do my share to keep this place going. I’d be so bored without it. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-conservative-vs-liberal/803280/34 "2017-12-06T01:21:56Z")
I’m a liberal and have been paying ever since the board went pay to post. The subscription price is reasonable and I’ve probably read the boards 95% of the days since I discovered the board back in 2004. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-conservative-vs-liberal/803280/35 "2017-12-06T01:52:01Z")
Ha! They should pay ME! ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-conservative-vs-liberal/803280/36 "2017-12-06T20:43:07Z")
I am somewhat liberal and happily pay for my subscription. I have anonymously gifted several subscriptions in the past, although it is not as easy to do as I would like. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-conservative-vs-liberal/803280.md?page=1)