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View Poll Results: What age are you and what are your general political leanings?
18-34, "conservative" 15 11.19%
18-34, "moderate" 5 3.73%
18-34, "liberal" 19 14.18%
35 - 55, "conservative" 20 14.93%
35 - 55, "moderate" 17 12.69%
35 - 55, "liberal" 15 11.19%
56+, "conservative" 16 11.94%
56+, "moderate" 12 8.96%
56+, "liberal" 15 11.19%
Voters: 134. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 10-29-2016, 09:38 AM
 
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I have a quick question which is how old are you and where do your lean politically? And I mean socially and fiscally specifically. I chose the age groups based on popular groupings typically used in polls and research data. (I kind of have a theory on the board that I want to test out a bit.) You can color your response with any info you'd like.

I'm a 29 yr old male and lean to the liberal side towards most things. I originally grew up in the Midwest and now reside on the East Coast. I tend to be liberal socially because I don't see the big deal with abortions, gay marriage, etc. and I do believe we're heading in a good direction in that manner. Fiscally I may tend to be a bit more liberal also, but I like to share, lol.

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Old 10-29-2016, 10:13 AM
 
Location: Madison, WI
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I have a quick question which is how old are you and where do your lean politically? And I mean socially and fiscally specifically. I chose the age groups based on popular groupings typically used in polls and research data. (I kind of have a theory on the board that I want to test out a bit.) You can color your response with any info you'd like.

I'm a 29 yr old male and lean to the liberal side towards most things. I originally grew up in the Midwest and now reside on the East Coast. I tend to be liberal socially because I don't see the big deal with abortions, gay marriage, etc. and I do believe we're heading in a good direction in that manner. Fiscally I may tend to be a bit more liberal also, but I like to share, lol.
Like to share other people's money?
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Old 10-29-2016, 11:01 AM
 
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In 30s, legal immigrant from India, Engineer, used to be a democrat but came to my senses as I got older. Support LGBT, abortion, democracy, equal rights, capitalism. Spiritual, not religious. Semi-feminist & dont want special treatment or perks for being a woman. Strictly against illlegal immigration. Aligning with Atlas Shrugged kind of philosophy by Ayn Rand.
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Old 10-29-2016, 11:05 AM
 
Location: Santa Monica
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Like to share other people's money?
It's for your own good though!
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Old 10-29-2016, 12:11 PM
 
Location: Palm Coast FL
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People seems to think that people get more conservative as they age, however, I've always been liberal and the older I get the more liberal I become. I've noticed a similar trend with family members too.
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Old 10-29-2016, 12:12 PM
 
Location: Newport Beach, California
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I picked 18-34 Conservative

I grew up in Oklahoma city, Newport Beach, Tokyo, Germany. One brother grew up in England, my other brother and my sister grew up in the States. My grandparents (from both sides), my parents, siblings and I were all born here in the States.

Marriage should be individual choice in my opinion, just like religious belief. Just keep it to yourself.
I think government should stay away from people's bedroom. Government should be as small as possible.

I am a law and order conservative who is pro military, and I have always been this way. I was a conservative when I was 17, I am a conservative now. I am a trust fund baby, a business owner, an artist, I also am running my own non-profit organizations. I have a lot of liberal friends, but my best friends are veterans and conservative. Several of my best friends are Germans, Most of them are combat Marines. (They are all dark dark green, just like my brother.)
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Old 10-29-2016, 12:35 PM
 
Location: Florida
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People seems to think that people get more conservative as they age, however, I've always been liberal and the older I get the more liberal I become. I've noticed a similar trend with family members too.
That's the same as me. When I registered democrat at 18 older people told me I would become conservative as I aged. That was more than 10 years ago and I am even more liberal now than I was then.
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Old 10-29-2016, 01:39 PM
 
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Mid 20s. I would say I'm liberal if I'm given only those three options, though I think all three are virtually meaningless, too vague to be especially helpful. I'm a registered Democrat, though find the two party system repulsive and idiotic (no way can a nation of 300 million people possibly be represented by only two ideologies). I don't view things as liberal/conservative or left/right. If we separate social and fiscal views, I think it makes more sense to talk about social as being authoritarian vs libertarian and fiscal as being economic, in the form of collectivists vs individualist.

Economically I'm a moderate leftists (collectivist) and socially, I'm a firm libertarian.

In regards to social policy, I believe in freedom of choice. These mean the freedom to speak and believe what you want to, the freedom to participate in democarcy, and the freedom to express yourself in whatever way you feel best in. I do not believe any person should be above criticism and find the ease at which many throw terms like bigot, racist, sexist, communist, and terrorist (among many other words) around to be deeply troubling.

Some buzz issues I'll talk about. I attach no morality to sex, meaning same sex marriage is fine by me, and I see no logical reason to do so. I think the people should always have a right to firearms, though am not opposed to certain reasonably restrictions as to where a gun can be arbitrarily pulled out. Abortion is fine, but we should be far more concerned with preventing unwanted pregnancies. All people, including felons, should have the right to vote; to do otherwise is an exercise of totalitarianism.

Economically, you could call me a socialist. I believe in private property, private enterprise, and responsible government spending though. People should be allowed to own their own business, but should always treat their employees with extremely high consideration. The extent to which enforcement of that goes, I'm always open to discuss on. I have no issue with public funds going to social services and human capital. That said, local oversight should always, possibly exclusively, be upheld on this. Meaning I do not think it's necessary or even justifiable (possibly even possible) to have a federal healthcare system, rather cities and states should handle this. They can better suit their own needs. By this I mean, perhaps one state would benefit greatly from universal healthcare, while another has most people being ensured as reasonable prices and well supported free clinics, so that money that they could use for healthcare would be better suited going towards public transit and education.

Some of the buzz issues again; free college is absurd and unnecessary; not everyone needs a college degree, though student debt is unreasonably high. As I said, local and voluntary socialism is in my mind justifiable and feasible whereas there is too much gray area in centralized socialism. Unions are important and monopolies should not exist; period. If investment in the public good is being mishandled, misrepresented, or is generally ineffective, changes should be made immediately.

I'd be happy to discuss with anyone about any of these, though if someone is to respond to this post directly, please only pick a few. I don't want to justify all of these views at all once.
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Old 10-29-2016, 02:48 PM
 
Location: Florida
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In general "conservative" is used in a too monolithic sense. Not all are social conservatives, nor are all fiscal conservatives. There are varying degrees. This probably applies also to the people on the left.
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Old 10-29-2016, 03:13 PM
 
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I chose 18-34 conservative, but really more of a paleoconservative. Issue by issue i'm:

Social: moderate
Drugs: libertarian
Law and order (excluding drugs): conservative
Taxes: conservative
Foreign policy: paleoconservative
Trade: paleoconservative
Immigration: paleoconservative
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