# Which side of the political spectrum is better than the other in your honest opinion? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 7, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-of-the-political-spectrum-is-better-than-the-other-in-your-honest-opinion/835181 "2019-06-07T20:22:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![scarface54345](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@scarface54345](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scarface54345)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-of-the-political-spectrum-is-better-than-the-other-in-your-honest-opinion/835181/1 "2019-06-07T20:22:31Z")
Which side of the political spectrum is better than the other in your honest opinion? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-of-the-political-spectrum-is-better-than-the-other-in-your-honest-opinion/835181/2 "2019-06-07T20:25:22Z")
Gosh, I’m on pins and needles to see how the poll turns out.🙂 Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-of-the-political-spectrum-is-better-than-the-other-in-your-honest-opinion/835181/3 "2019-06-07T20:28:42Z")
Cancer or a stroke? Tough call. I’ll get back to you. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-of-the-political-spectrum-is-better-than-the-other-in-your-honest-opinion/835181/4 "2019-06-07T20:38:55Z")
Left and liberal are not synonymous. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-of-the-political-spectrum-is-better-than-the-other-in-your-honest-opinion/835181/5 "2019-06-07T21:29:04Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Cancer or a stroke? Tough call. I’ll get back to you. This. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-of-the-political-spectrum-is-better-than-the-other-in-your-honest-opinion/835181/6 "2019-06-07T21:46:50Z")
Liberal or left; which as said aren’t the same thing. This is more\* “common cold versus weaponized smallpox”,\* not stroke versus cancer. The Right is about as purely a force for evil as it is possible to be. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-of-the-political-spectrum-is-better-than-the-other-in-your-honest-opinion/835181/7 "2019-06-07T21:49:41Z")
Oh, yeah. This will turn out well. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-of-the-political-spectrum-is-better-than-the-other-in-your-honest-opinion/835181/8 "2019-06-07T23:34:41Z")
Too vague a poll. The “right” generally dresses better, but I’m not sure that’s what the OP was asking. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-of-the-political-spectrum-is-better-than-the-other-in-your-honest-opinion/835181/9 "2019-06-07T23:36:17Z")
I wonder what the OP was trying to accomplish with this poll? Something besides demonstrating yet again how overwhelmingly left-leaning the SDMB is? ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-of-the-political-spectrum-is-better-than-the-other-in-your-honest-opinion/835181/10 "2019-06-07T23:36:24Z")
Only question here is whether it will be a poll majority of 70% or 80%. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-of-the-political-spectrum-is-better-than-the-other-in-your-honest-opinion/835181/11 "2019-06-07T23:41:57Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Only question here is whether it will be a poll majority of 70% or 80%. That low? ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-of-the-political-spectrum-is-better-than-the-other-in-your-honest-opinion/835181/12 "2019-06-08T03:16:32Z")
“giant douche” or “turd sandwich”. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-of-the-political-spectrum-is-better-than-the-other-in-your-honest-opinion/835181/13 "2019-06-08T03:19:42Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Gosh, I’m on pins and needles to see how the poll turns out.🙂 > > Regards, > Shodan Hahaha hahaha Ps Hahahahaha ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-of-the-political-spectrum-is-better-than-the-other-in-your-honest-opinion/835181/14 "2019-06-08T04:35:27Z")
Well, one side is comprised of self-serving scum that has no interest in anything other than acquiring and keeping power, while enriching themselves and their social group. The other side is even worse. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-of-the-political-spectrum-is-better-than-the-other-in-your-honest-opinion/835181/15 "2019-06-08T04:56:45Z")
The current “Right” is not conservative. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-of-the-political-spectrum-is-better-than-the-other-in-your-honest-opinion/835181/16 "2019-06-08T10:21:33Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > “giant douche” or “turd sandwich”. Lol. You win the thread. 😃 /Cartman. ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-of-the-political-spectrum-is-better-than-the-other-in-your-honest-opinion/835181/17 "2019-06-08T14:26:33Z")
Better at what? Fuck ‘m both, in any case. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-of-the-political-spectrum-is-better-than-the-other-in-your-honest-opinion/835181/18 "2019-06-08T14:35:33Z")
One side believes in equality for all groups, and the other side believes that power should only be where it traditionally has been for centuries, in the hands of the wealthy, straight white Christian man “because God says so.” ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-of-the-political-spectrum-is-better-than-the-other-in-your-honest-opinion/835181/19 "2019-06-08T14:37:10Z")
From a European point of view, the US has a right-of-centre party and an extreme right-wing party. Bring on Universal Health Care! ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-of-the-political-spectrum-is-better-than-the-other-in-your-honest-opinion/835181/20 "2019-06-08T15:46:17Z")
> [@glee](#): > > From a European point of view, the US has a right-of-centre party and an extreme right-wing party. > > Bring on Universal Health Care! Loosely quoted from memory “In England we have two parties. The Labour Party, which you would call ‘Communist,’ and the Conservative Party, which you would also call ‘Communist.’ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-of-the-political-spectrum-is-better-than-the-other-in-your-honest-opinion/835181.md?page=2)