what type of democrat are you?

[seabeyond]

there seems to be a question how du stands. lets see with a poll

[Ken Burch]

1. I'd have chosen "reasonable left with an ok sense of humor".

n/t.

[seabeyond]

2. lol, nah, we are labeling ourselves, in all our glory. nt

[MH1]

3. DU is not monolithic

last I heard, a wide spectrum of Democrat-supporting folk are welcome at DU.

I can't pick from your poll because it depends on the issue.

[seabeyond]

5. that is fine. you dont have to vote. nt

[blondeatlast]

4. Dunno--I need DU to tell me 'coz I can never figure out which cafeteria table I'm welcome at

this week.

[seabeyond]

6. bah hahahaha... i hear ya. not that i need du to tell me, nor sit at any table

i dont mind sittin under a tree by myself and reading a book.

[XemaSab]

7. Becoming more socialist by the day

(I've always been 100% environmentalist.)

[Fuzz]

8. Small 'l' libertarian, stay away from my personal shit, and government

is there for a reason Democrat.

[krabigirl]

33. :)

[mix]

9. anti-imperialist, leftist, socialist, i.e. not a Democrat,

but in solidarity with the progressive wing of the party and vote such

[proteus_lives]

10. I don't feel an answer is appropriate unless you define the categories.

[seabeyond]

11. i can not. there is no consistent definition. you will have to speak for yourself

your own interpretation of who you see yourself as.

or not vote.

[hayu_lol]

12. You forgot LIBERAL...

it is/was/used to be/what being a Dem was all about. The dictionaries still say so.

[OHdem10]

13. Yes, what happened to Liberal???

[seabeyond]

14. yes. and i dont want to change it since so many have voted. what order

as far as left would you go.

curious

[SPedigrees]

15. I'm a liberal/progressive. I consider them synonymous. nt

[seabeyond]

17. that is how i saw it. nt

[Myrina]

37. Exactly. Some folks on this board would call themselves 'Liberal'

... when they're more closely aligned with Reagan or Bush I. I guess that's what passes for a Liberal in DC these days. :(

[Warren DeMontague]

16. A "regulate the corporations, leave consenting adults the fuck alone" kind.

left-libertarian.

[name not needed]

26. That about covers it for me as well.

[Scuba]

35. +1

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

18. Registered Democrat, Anarchist, who sometimes votes for Democrats.

As the party continues to move to the right the occasions that I vote for them are growing fewer.

[David__77]

19. The kind that wants a new socio-economic system.

...

[demmiblue]

20. IDK... coming from you, I would think progressive means centrist (or maybe a wee bit to the right).

:shrug:

But I am usually with you 100% regarding Women's issues.

[seabeyond]

23. IDK? coming from me? i am scared now.

all i wanted to do was see the percentages of middle of the road, left adn far left.... lol. i dont generally think in terms of labeling so may not have labeled well.

what is IDK?

ah well.

glad, though, we are 100% on the womens issues. thanks.

[demmiblue]

25. Wow... overreaction.

IMHO, you are a centrist/righty. Therefore, the poll will skew a different way. If the poll was presented by a lefty, it would certainly show a different result. No harm, no foul.

:shrug:

[seabeyond]

27. interesting,

but my post was mostly in tease, not to be taken seriously. i dont know what IDK is though. i am interested.

i really cannot see anything in how i set the poll up to suggest it would lean any particular way, even if i were centrist.

the reason i didnt put liberal, to be honest, is the thread i was reading, when i thought to do the poll, only was talking back and forth about centrist and progressive

i would tend to say conservative dem, progressive, liberal and far left.... now that i have thought about it.

[seabeyond]

28. and not cause i am overreacting

but also, if you think i am centrist, ergo the poll will be slanted towards what i want, why would it be overwhelming not what you label me as. over 80% on the board is not going with my slanting?

again, just curious.

[seabeyond]

30. ok, third post a charm.... trying to understand what you are saying

IDK.... i dont know. got it.

slanting it cause you say i am centrist and i put centrist and progressive making two right of left.

gotcha.

no, that wasnt my intent.

sorry

[orleans]

21. i didn't vote--but i'm a "liberal" n/t

[seabeyond]

24. damn, i wish i had thought to put in liberal. nt

[Lucian]

22. As far left as a Democrat can get.

[Hydra]

29. I'm a looney lefty

I used to be somewhere in the middle until they moved the goalposts and I started reading gov't non-approved history.

Maybe I'm drifting further over as we go along, or maybe I'm being pushed by the sheer level of crap going on? Probably won't be able to tell until things get sane again...if they ever were.

[Onceuponalife]

31. I chose "far left" but I'm not a Democrat

I'm Green Party which is, of course, a third party, and I don't know how any far left person would want to stick with the Dems. You could still vote that way, which I do a lot, but I can't be a member of such a corporatist, national security-type party.

[hyphenate]

32. You forgot me

I'm a Boston liberal, which is something else entirely. Just ask most anyone from Boston, and you will get the idea.

[ShamelessHussy]

34. i would put it as: ultra left - green - liberal - centrist - conservative - DLC - ultra conservative

for a more balanced spectrum

:hi:

[FLAprogressive]

36. left-libertarian populist progressive

[gleaner]

38. I chose progressive before ...

I saw "far far left" or I would have taken that. It's the bifocal generation striking again.;) K&R.

[mmonk]

39. Traditional since the 30's. That would be far left today.

[rucky]

40. low-fi postpunk emocore. n/t

[jp11]

41. I didn't vote but "liberal"

I don't think I understand what people who know more about politics or the democratic party define as liberal/progressive/left of left, so I can really only say 'liberal' but it isn't really important to me as it doesn't change my views.


Some stuff I believe in:

the government shouldn't be involved in people's personal lives
government should actively be involved in regulation of corporations
for human rights
for civil rights
against wars in general
for privacy
support the ACLU
believe we should provide for those that can't provide for themselves
for humane treatment of animals both as our pets, companions, and food animals (no to factory farming & I can see a day when I don't eat meat or eat very little)
against the drug war
for protecting the environment
for immigration reform that has some path to citizenship for people already here
pro choice
against our bloated military budget
for the public option we didn't get
against outsourcing jobs
for campaign finance reform
support unions in general
for public schools over charter/private
against the patriot act
against corporate welfare
anti-corporate personhood

[TheKentuckian]

42. Liberal Democrat-Civil libertarian is probably close enough

[Greyhound]

43. On what scale? In Arizona I'm a left-wing extremist, in America I'm very left, and in Europe I'm

a middle-of-the-road conservative.

How's a dog to vote?:shrug:

[louis c]

44. Labor Democrat

Where's that line.

Economic issues, including economic justice, are my priorities.

[MadBadger]

45. Liberal

[HughMoran]

46. Progressive fits best

I lol'd when I saw 4 people voted "troll"

Don't they know people have been banned based on their 'anonymous' poll votes? :rofl:

[seabeyond]

49. ya

that gave me a chuckle too

[Angry Dragon]

47. I put out a question this morning

asking for the definition of a progressive, liberal, etc.
and no one really said what these terms(labels ) meant.
Anyone here care to give some definitions??

Or what each would work towards, what each would believe in.

[seabeyond]

48. people want definitions. cant give it. i googled and there was no clear definitions

i guess some see progressive as right. i always equated them with liberal. but i see many dont. some do.

i think this poll is own self identity, but it cannot be across board because we all define it differently.

i wish i had put

far far left

liberal

progressive

centrist

ah well.

as you can see thru many posters, even that would not define many of the people on the board.

[Angry Dragon]

51. Can you give me an example??

Lets say on the topic of corporate regulations
where would the
progressive
liberal
centrist
Far far left

stand?? Just trying to get a handle on this. And I do understand that each topic is fluid.

[seabeyond]

52. i guess that would be how far one goes with regulations of corps

no regulations all the way to govt owned or people owned.

i couldnt define it. since doing this thread, i have thought exactly what my position would be. both my brother and father call me a flamin liberal. another poster here calls me right, or centrist.

trying to define myself i went thru the different issue and i agree with a majority of them. so where it puts me in label, i am not sure.

i dont know that anyone can define. you need someone smarter on this issue than me.

[hayu_lol]

50. lMost decent dictionaries give good descriptions...

of the major political stands or perspectives.

There are three major perspectives according to Poly Sci 101:

Conservative
Liberal
Radical

The better the dictionary, the better definition.