Originally posted by: judasmachine
Originally posted by: ProfJohn
30.. HAHAHA and you all thought I was totally off the chart.
I am wondering if some of the people from my "P&N is to the left" thread will come take the test and post their scores. Especially the people who acuse me of being off the chart and seem to believe that P&N is closer to the middle than it actually is.
I would guess that most of the nation falls between 15-25 and anyone outside of that can be called either left or right.
I actually agree with your last sentence.
I think I should have said the country is between 20-25, since evidence shows that the country in recent years has been leaning to the conservative side.
Clinton, a 15, was elected the first time by running as a centrist Democrat, not a traditional Democrat. There was a lot of talk about middle class tax cut and such, promises that never happened.
He tried to run the country as a more liberal Democrat for 2 years (raised taxes, nationalized healthcare, gays in the military etc) and the result was a 54 seat change in the house. Then for the next 6 years he ran the country as a middle of the road Democrat with a Republican congress.
Also, take away the mess of the Iraq war and the Democrats would not have a prayer of retaking congress. As it is even with Bush's low approval numbers and overall dissatisfaction with Bush the Democrats are still working hard as hell in hopes of getting a simple majority in the house, and have almost no chance of taking the Senate.
Overall, the country as a whole is more conservative than it is liberal. If you disagree then post something that proves we are moving towards the left in great numbers, I have not seen that trend.