It’s been true for a long time that conservatives outnumber liberals by around two to one; now, according to the latest Gallup Poll, they out number moderates too. Currently, 42 percent of Americans call themselves conservative:
The problem, of course, is that the goalposts keep changing. As our governing class moves farther to the left, the definition of “conservative” is drifting leftward as well. For example, years ago, just about everyone was opposed to socialized medicine. Now, opposition to government medicine tends to be identified as a conservative view, so some Americans who have historically considered themselves moderates are calling themselves conservatives. In that sense and others, the growing number of conservatives is a reaction to the Democrats’ pell-mell rush to the left.
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