Political Ideology: "Conservative" Label Prevails in the South (Massachusetts, state)

[Jadex]

Political Ideology: "Conservative" Label Prevails in the South

[mackinac81]

I'm not surprised by the South, but Massachusetts surprised me. Only 29% liberal? Really?!

[TomDot]

Originally Posted by mackinac81

I'm not surprised by the South, but Massachusetts surprised me. Only 29% liberal? Really?!

Only 21% of the general U.S. population considers themselves liberal.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/120857/Co...cal-Group.aspx

[afoigrokerkok]

Originally Posted by Jadex

Political Ideology: "Conservative" Label Prevails in the South

According to the article, the conservative label actually prevails over the liberal label everywhere in the country.

[TomDot]

Note the scarcity of libs on this thread. Heck, I would be depressed too.

[mackinac81]

Originally posted by TomDot
Only 21% of the general U.S. population considers themselves liberal.

Well that's been the case for years. I just thought it would have been higher in New England, since they're known for being as blue as the summer sky.

[Boompa]

Originally Posted by Jadex

Political Ideology: "Conservative" Label Prevails in the South

The shocker is when you superimpose that map on the map of poorest counties. Apparently poor= conservative

[Houston3]

Originally Posted by Boompa

The shocker is when you superimpose that map on the map of poorest counties. Apparently poor= conservative

Texas is poor?

[lilypad]

Originally Posted by Jadex

Political Ideology: "Conservative" Label Prevails in the South

Good to hear! Thanks for heads up. What will BamBo do when he hears about this?!

[afoigrokerkok]

Originally Posted by Houston3

Texas is poor?

You know what's interesting - Deep South Texas is the poorest area of the state BY FAR and one of the poorest areas of the nation. It's also the most solidly Democratic part of Texas.