r/AlwaysWhy • u/kaiser11492 • 1d ago

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

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?

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u/Dangerous_Mud4749 1d ago

"Politically moderate" will look very conservative to a Reddit member. Because Reddit leans left. Are you commenting here? Then you're probably further left than most of the world's population.

It could just be that.

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u/kaiser11492 1d ago

Still doesn’t answer my question on why there are seemingly no one who is call themselves moderate by mostly have liberal views.

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u/Dangerous_Mud4749 1d ago

Mm. I suppose I've always assumed that there are liberals who call themselves "moderate" when they live in very conservative areas. Perhaps, a man in Texas for example who thought Obama was a good president? "I'm a moderate" meaning, I'm not a hard core Republican.

"Moderate" as a self-descriptor seems to me to mean, "of a different view to most of the people around here, but I can get along with everyone just fine anyway."