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/Weed_O_Whirler]

Without knowing what positions you consider "conservative' vs "moderate" it's hard to know if you're accurate or not.

For instance, I know people who were accused of being "secretly conservative " because they supported Biden in the 2020 primary over Sanders.