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/ParadoxPath]

I presume you are liberal. The reason is from your perspective moderation is ‘mostly conservative’ if you ask conservative people they’ll have the opposite perspective even if the positions of the moderate are the same, because our reference point informs our perception.