02-25-2008, 02:13 PM
Yeah in North America the word "socialism" is despised.
In the United States "Liberal" is a dirty word. Only 18% of the American population will call themselves self-described "Liberals". About 38% of the American population will call themselves "Conservative", and about 40% will call themselves "moderate". The U.S. Republicans were very very succesful in deamonizing the word "liberal".
Even Clinton and Obama...on a tv debate when asked to label their political ideology Clinton said "Moderate Progressive", and Obama said "Centrist Progressive"
Here is the link to that diagram:
UK Parties 2006
In the United States "Liberal" is a dirty word. Only 18% of the American population will call themselves self-described "Liberals". About 38% of the American population will call themselves "Conservative", and about 40% will call themselves "moderate". The U.S. Republicans were very very succesful in deamonizing the word "liberal".
Even Clinton and Obama...on a tv debate when asked to label their political ideology Clinton said "Moderate Progressive", and Obama said "Centrist Progressive"
Here is the link to that diagram:
UK Parties 2006
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