I'm a Solid Liberal

Along with 14% of the country.

Take the PEW quiz:

http://people-press.org/typology/quiz/?src=typology-report

EDIT ADD from the results description:

reason behind it.

But I hope there are more of us than that.

We are the largest group:

Staunch Conservatives 9%
Main Street Republican 11%
Libertarians 9%
Disaffected 11%
Post-Moderns 13%
New Coalition Democrats 10%
Hard-Pressed Democrats 13%
Solid Liberals 14%
Bystanders 10%

:shrug: I don't need a test to know I am Liberal. I might even be the most Liberal here. In my own mind anyway..

To the left - they show up after you take the quiz. They give a description of each group.

If I keep providing quotes from that page, I'm going to exceed DU's copyright standards by way far. :hi:

I thought I would blow it with the question about whether I can pay my bills without problem. But I had to be truthful. I have few needs.

Did you notice the comparisons after your score? I was pleasantly surprised with a few, but disturbed by only 39% admitting that government does a better job than people give them credit for. The talking heads win.

I'm Shocked! Shocked I tell ya!

us than this.

on the wording for some of those questions.

I don't think you want to be a solid :rofl:

:rofl:

stereotypical as in media soundbite stereotypical foils.

According to the site we have the highest percentage of people. 14% of the public.

:shrug:

PB

and if I forget to identify myself as a solid Dem, then my answers qualify me as "Disaffected"

Liberalism is a lot more complex than that silly questionnaire would have you believe.

Right in there with the other sane 14%.

Too many answers fell between the cracks.

not a very good test. The either/or format makes things more black and white unlike the political compass, and also does not allow for the answer "who cares".

Kinda funny too, that the first time I took the test I said I was a "strong Democrat" and it said I was a "hard pressed Democrat" and then I took it again, with the exact same answers and said I was an "independent, leaning Republican" and it said I was a "main street Republican".

So the test, at least is partly programmed to tell you what you want to hear. I think I will try it again, give standard liberal answers, say I am a strong Republican (and also older male) and see what it says.

When you get to the "answer" page, if you click on "Politics & Elections" then "Support for Compromise", the resulting bar graph shows that Solid Liberals are much more willing to support politicians who compromise with those with whom they disagree (70% to 25%) than are Staunch Conservatives (17% to 79%). Post-moderns are the only other group with much of a tendency to support compromise (60% to 37%).

By clicking on "Social & Domestic Policy" then "Immigration Reform" you get the support for a path to citizenship (which some label as "amnesty"). Every group except for Staunch Conservatives (which split evenly at 49%) support a path to citizenship as a part of immigration reform. Main Street republicans (favorable by 58% to 39%) and Hard-Pressed Democrats (favorable by 61% to 35%) were next in terms of the least support for the idea of a path to citizenship and each supported it by a net of 20% -25%. Solid Liberals were in favor by a 94% to 4% landslide.