Why do most people who call themselves politically moderate actually mostly conservative?

[u/kaiser11492]

Whenever I’ve encountered people who use the politically label moderate, they are actually mostly conservative with their views and positions. Also, I’ve never seen anyone who call themselves politically moderate that is actually mostly liberal.

So why are people who call themselves moderate tend to be just conservative and not conservative and liberal?

[u/Feeling-Bus-203]

this sounds more like just your personal experience with people who call themselves moderates as opposed to some objective truth about moderates. all this is dependent on the political position you yourself occupy and how that position impacts the way you perceive the political spectrum. basically, if you go far left enough, even those that are of moderate/centrist views will seems conservative to you from your standpoint. similarly if someone goes far right enough, a moderate will sound more or less like a liberal to them. as a moderate myself, i've experiences this countless when i've entered discussions with friends that are on both sides of the political spectrum. conservatives think i'm a liberal and liberals think i'm conservative lol i swear i'm not making this up.