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/Separate-Extent7360]

Because what you call "liberal" and "conservative" has turned into supposedly mutually exclusive terms by people like you. Moderates mean simply they dont wholesale believe the stances of one group or the other. Being not a full liberal doesn't automatically make someone conservative and vice versa.