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Originally Posted by The Demon
If we look at the social issues in this country today, the majority of them are overwhelmingly to the right, while only a handful are either even or somewhat to the right. Show me an issue that is predominantly to the left.
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That doesn't mean that conservatives are the majority. It just means that those who consider themselves to be conservative are more active in appointing their agenda.
Social issues that are pretty liberal:
-Medical Marijuana. (many even say in 2010 we will see a measure on the ballot in California to fully legalize/decriminalize pot)
- Gay marriage.
- Health care reform. Let's not fool ourselves. The republicans have no interests in health care reform. They wouldn't even be talking about this matter if it weren't for the democrats. If the republicans held the senate and house there would be no health care reform bill.
Those are three pretty big topics in this country and they all stem from the left.
Here is something from Gallup
http://www.gallup.com/poll/120857/co...cal-group.aspx
While conservatives make up the single largest group in the country overall, they are not the majority. Only 40% of people (according to this poll) consider themselves conservative. That means that 60% do not.
If you scroll down you can see the detailed breakdown where we see moderates leading the detailed political ideology breakdown. You could argue that the conservative and very conservative groups together still equal 40% and that is more than the moderates, but I can assure you that there is a big difference between a more centrist conservative say like Guliani and very conservative right winger like Palin or Huckabee.