Just curious!!

I'd say I'm in the middle. I'm not a conservative by any stretch of the imagination, but I'm not really libral either. It just depends on the situation.

I don't know. I'm me!

Hello from another Colorado Conservative!

Although there are some exceptions to my conservative line....I am pro-choice, I think marijuana should be legalized, and since I'm not Christian I don't always go with the Conservative Christian, i.e. the Christian Coalition, Line (i.e. since I don't have any moral, faith-based objections to homosexuality, I am more liberal on that particular issue than most Conservative Christians.)

LOL me too

Thats more like me too.

I don't have a problem with conservatives, my mother is a conservative.

Same!

Conservatively liberal.

I'm fiscally conservative and believe that the government doesn't belong in my bedroom or gynecologist's office, that we need criminal control - NOT gun control, child molestors should be neutered with a pair of rusty sheep shears and that the security of the United States should take precedence over the opinions of those hand-wringing lily-livered wusses at the UN. I also believe in a hand UP not a handOUT.

I am me also - I do not try and follow a specific political party - I believe in doing what needs to be done, etc and both liberals and conservatives have good ideas. Certain political leaders have good ideas, they also have bad.

Blah blah.

I'm in the 18.18%: in the middle. This doesn't mean I am indifferent! The liberal half says I respect your opinion and way of life, and the conservative half says your opinion and way of life should not be imposed on mine!

These polls are difficult. Because in Canada, there is a political party to the left of Liberal, with a long history and tradition. It was the leftist party that first introduced socialized medicine, old age security, and lots of things that we take for granted. So I would place myself left of liberal on a lot of issues, and you don't have room for that on your poll. "Liberal", to me, means just left of centre. And the centre seems to be moving more and more to the right these days.

I'm a Liberal (pro-choice, pro-gun control, pro-gay rights, anti-death penalty) but I'm very open-minded and willing to listen to all sides of the issue. And if something seems right to me (like being pro-law enforcement), I'm willing to go against the standard "Liberal" viewpoint.

Ditto what Christy said!

That is me as well, although in some things I go more to centre. But I fully believe in government funded health and child care. I believe in gay marriage, even though it goes against my Catholic background. I am anti-war, pro-peace. I believe in animal rights and beef farmers right to a living. I believe that the only way to a healthy future is to be environmentally friendly - wind and solar power.

I am a conservative and pro-life.

I will admit that the one conservative area I feel strongly about is I am also pro-life. It probably has something to do with the fact that I would love a baby but may not be able to have one. But I also believe a baby is a person from the point of conception.

I'd say I was "left of center" (pro-gun control, pro-choice, pro-international consensus, provided such a thing is possible, pro-gay marriages, pro-separation of church and state, pro-decriminalization of marijuana), but conservative about crime (pro-death penalty, though I think it would be cheaper to reserve it for serial killers and terrorists of McVeigh's or bin Laden's ilk). I have very mixed feelings about globalization and labor unions. In short, my views have been developed over decades, and I don't want any political party dictating what I should or should not believe.

I am a staunch liberal and proud to be one. (I hate that for some reason the word "liberal" has turned into a perjorative!)

My late mom actually identified with "pure" Communism (i.e., the theoretical kind that states "from each according to his abilities, to each according to his need," not the practice of Communist countries such as the old USSR, Cuba and China). I'm not into theoretical stuff, so I don't share her loyalty to an apparently unworkable system. But like her I do believe passionately in equal rights and opportunities. I am blessed to have had two parents with strong beliefs in helping the less fortunate, the disenfranchised, and the unempowered. I only wish mom and pop were still around so I could thank them.

FWIW, I'm certainly not against life and living in general, so I guess that makes me "pro life" too! But I do believe in a woman's individual right to choose whether to have an abortion.

Hmm. I don't think of myself as liberal, though my thinking usually is on a liberal slant. I could never have an abortion myself, but don't think my personal thoughts on it should be inflicted on another woman. I'm not against the death penalty but I think the system needs some major revamping. I don't believe in "trickle down" economics, lets give middle and low income Americans some breaks too and see how it works. I think schools need more money, and teachers specifically should get some big time pay raises. I'm fine with homosexual marriage. I'm more than fine with interracial couples(my mother was married to a black man for 15 years). War is a sticky issue. Yes, sometimes it is needed, WWII comes to mind immediately, Hitler needed to be stopped. More often it's not, I don't agree with the occupation in Iraq, I REALLY don't agree with people comparing Hussein to Hitler. Hitler was an adept politician and public speaker with the ability to make people see sense in his insanity. Hussein is a thug with power.

*Shrug* I guess I just try and get all the information I can and then decide what it is that I think. If I'm stumped on an issue I'll go so far as researching it before I decide where I stand.

Ditto all of that above me and the original 'I'm a me' reply by Princess Purr I am a Texan, so I reckon I like my guns (as long as I have them and not some other idiot LOL!)

I'm registered as an Independent. My views are liberal on some issues and conservative on others. If I'm not sure, I'll research - the League of Women Voters is a fantastic resource for that. They're an independent, unbiased source of info & they publish info on candidates and issues, from an independent, nonpartisan viewpoint, so the voter can decided based on unbiased information. That's really important, especially since our newspapers have taken it upon themselves to endorse political candidates - seriously - what's up with that?! It's really sad to me that the major parties seem to be bought and paid for by special interests, when they should be serving the interests of their country.

BTW, I'll echo JB here - don't even try to separate a Texas woman from her guns!

I guess it's like me being a swing voter. I go the route I think is best dosen't matter whether you call it liberal or conservative.

Even though I am extremely conservative and mostly vote Republican, I think it is everyone's responsibility to know what the candidate believes in and how he/she falls in line to your way of thinking. I have always voted for who I believed in.

Funny how the political issues in the US are so different form what they are over here.

Abortions is a non-issue here - most people, except for very religious ones are what you would consider pro-choice. Then again, we have no problem of teenage pregnancies and people think very highly of pregnancies and babies and do not take it lightly.

Gun control? we have tons of guns of the streets. Every soldier carries a weapon (and there are soldiers everywhere) and many civilians carry pistols. We simply need it because of terrorists - but it's not an ideaological issue by no means. People would much rather not need to carry their weapons around. It's considered a liability. We don't have a problem with criminals endangering people with guns. Can't think when was the last time I heard about an armed robbery or rape at gunpoint. Simply don't have those.

Right of homosexuals? They have every right as regular couples. Homosexuals are never discriminated against (not openly anyway), not even in the military. There are gay parliament members, artists and even high military officers and no one makes a big deal out of it anymore. Used to be a big deal but it's not anymore I think. The religious establishment does frown - but that's part of the problem we have with religious issues in general.

I guess the three main political issues here would be -

1. War and peace (for lack of a better phrase). On this I am with the majority of Israelis. I was and am willing to make a lot of sacrifices for peace. Including letting the Palestinians have their own state in the occupoed territories. I think the occupation is bad and they should have their indepnedence. However, I am pretty disillusioned with the whole situation so I am no longer the peace activist I used to be.

2. Religioun - there is contention between the religious and secular Jews in Israel. Religions is not seperate from the state so there is always tension over religious laws. We have no civilian marriages or devorces and some activities are not allowed within certain municipalities on the Shabbath. It's pretty complicated and goes deeper than that of course... I am totally secular and I think the religious sections should not enforce the religious laws on us.

3. Economy - won't go into that - too complicated and boring

So you see, in Israel I'm considered a leftie and hence put liberal in the poll - but it really is very different here.

I'd say that im somewhere in the middle

On some issues I am conservative and on some issues I am liberal. I am registered Libertarian but I vote Republican. I personally don't own a gun or would own one. I know a lot of people that do own guns and as long as they are careful I don't mind. I would like to keep guns out of the hands of idiots. That is what I am really for, more idiot laws. Sure you can do whatever you want, I just don't want to have to end up paying for it.

I am Pro-life, but I am more interested in getting out education on how to prevent unwanted pregnancies.

I think Hollywood should be boycotted for at least 5 years, until they learn how to make movies without the prerequist car chase, explosion, scantly clad woman and sex scene.

Oh well I guess you can't change the world. Just ranting.

Goblin/Annette

I always got in trouble in sociology because I was the only conservative one there. I didn't think it was right for someone to keep pumping out babies and getting paid for it etc...

It's funny, I live in NYC, and while I am not Jewish, many of my friends are. I have heard stories from them abt them being looked down upon by very Orthodox Jews. I've known of a few people who became completely estranged from their families/friends intentionally because they married into more religious families.

I didn't realize that there were no secular marriages in Israel. A good friend of mine (in NY) a number of years ago married a fellow who was fairly observant after they had been dating for abt 3 months. It turned out to be a major mistake on her part (she said when she learned that she came in 3rd, after his mother and his psychiatrist, that she knew it wasn't going to last) and he was completely obnoxious with her about giving her a 'Get'which was important to her, and used that really to just mistreat her during the divorce. They weren't fighting over assets and had had no children. He eventually did, but was very mean about the whole process. (I think her father may have threatened to kill him at some point lol.)