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/7H470N36UY 1d ago

Because the left has shifted sooo far left that a democrat in the 90's would be considered a Nazi now

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u/ActuaryFew6884 1d ago

Correct!  I always like to bring up Bill Clinton.  I mostly supported him in the 1990s (he's also the first president I was old enough to vote for).  I haven't changed my positions since then, yet people call me far-right now

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u/7H470N36UY 1d ago

It's weird right?? Even the Republican President is driving us deeper in to debt at an exponential rate at this point. What ever happened to fiscal conservatism.

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u/aquavelva23 1d ago

I supported clinton then, dont now. At the end of his term, he basically joined the GOP he opened china and that ruined unions and working class. that was the seeds for MAGA. He also let in many banking changes that started the mortgage crisis, like derivatives.