The Democratic Political Spectrum

[ringmastery]

What are the different types of democrats out there and where do you fall on the spectrum? i.e. conservative democrat, centrist democrat, liberal democrat, socialist, green, communist, etc.

[INTELBYTES]

1. I would probably be in the category of centrist.

Pro life, pro union, and a few other pro's here and there.

[many a good man]

2. Somewhere in the middle

I fall somewhere between unrepentant Marxist and Joe Lieberman liberal.

:D

[mkultra]

3. hmm

pro life
pro religious freedom
pro people

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

4. When I took a survey

it came out that I was a leftist.

[citizen snips]

5. Liberal Democrat.

I am a very liberal Democrat.

[w4rma]

6. progressive, yellow dog Democrat (n/t)

[xchrom]

7. i'm not a democrat

but i vote a pretty much straight democratic ticket.
if socialists were a more viable political party -- that's what i would vote.
until then i vote as liberal as i can -- and volunteer for organizations that reflect my political beliefs.

[Brian_Expat]

8. Where I fall

I am a kick-Bush's-ass-back-to-Crawford-Texas-with-Pickles-and-send-John-Ashcroft-back-to-the-funny-farm-after-repealing-his-fascist-assed-laws-against-American-values Democrat.

[janx]

11. I would also fall into that classification.

And I'm a moderate!

[Cheswick2.0]

12. I will join you in that category

and I am also a liberal feminist educator and artist.

[rucky]

9. Social-Democratic liberal

who's pro gun (wouldn't own one myself, tho)& for welfare reform (but in a different way). go figure.

[leyton]

10. Conservative to Centrist democrat...

-pro environment
-very anti-deficit, pro-balanced budget
-disagree very much with Bush's irresponsible tax cuts
-pro progressive taxing system
-pro life
-for a strong, firm foreign policy but not one that alienates other countries

[Jerseycoa]

13. Liberal Dem

pro-union
pro-choice
for Social Security, Medicare, and pension protections for elderly and disabled
for separation of church and state
for freedom of the press
for environmental regulation
for sexual and reproductive freedom
for civil rights all around
for voting rights protections
for secular humanist public education
for reform of trade laws re human rights and environmental protections
for tax incentives to keep American jobs
for universal health care in some form
for affirmative action
for free college and early childhood education
for R&D in science and technology
for public arts funding
for national service programs
against current drug laws
against faith-based funding of charities
against No Child Left Behind
against conglomerated media
against corporate corruption
against a military draft (outside national emergency)



I support a balanced federal budget, strong national security, and rational immigration reform.

I don't know. Am I still a Liberal Dem?

I also have VERY strong feelings about the FDR Dime, goddammit.

[sandnsea]

14. What he/she said

Including the dime, goddammit!

[Iverson]

16. Green like you.

Add staunchly anti-war. Cheers.

[Tinoire]

15. Liberal Democrat Socialist Green

I just like to shorten that to "Progressive" though I understand what confusion that could cause. Pretty soon though I think I'm going to be an Independent Progressive because even after 4 years of Bush, because of 4 years of Bush spent scouring articles and researching how we got to this sorry point, I've frown pretty disillusioned in this New Dem party. The old one, if it ever really existed, is pretty much dead and its champions are silenced.

[Padraig18]

17. Center-left/'prairie populist' variety here.

"Liberal does not mean wastrel.":hi:

[Turkw]

18. moderate liberal, with some Conservative views

Pro-choice, pro-limited(reasonable) gun control, pro-death penalty, but very concerned about the bias that now applies to it, pro-automatic review of every death penalty\ life case with new technologies, pro-military, pro-civil union/ gay marriage (I'm not concerned with what it is called, I just want everyone to have the same legal protections and benefits), pro-civil rights, Union neutral (some I like, some I don't, I think it is time to look for a evolution of labor/management relations) anti-protectionism in trade but not for unrestrained "free" trade, anti-corporations having legal person status. anti- church involvement with government, pro-public schools- very pro- education restructuring, anti-media consolidation,

[Hippo_Tron]

19. Socially liberal, libertarian, and pro states rights...

But as far as government spending goes I'm not quite sure where I stand. I guess I have this belief that we should have a good democrat in the white house and congress should be controlled by either REASONABLE opposition or moderate/conservative dems. Of course these days there's no such thing as a reasonable Republican congress so I'd say give the president a democratic congress but one with a few moderates and DINOs in there so that we have to fall to the center somewhat.