A Rasmussen poll reports that the political labels “liberal”, “progressive”, “moderate” and “conservative” all continue dropping in approval with American voters, while the descriptor “like Ronald Reagan” is holding steady in popularity.
| favorable | unfavorable | |
| conservative | 32% | 29% |
| like Ronald Reagan | 41% | 25% |
| liberal | 15% | 41% |
| progressive | 32% | 27% |
| moderate | 35% | 12% |
GMU economist and Marginal Revolution blogger Tyler Cowen recently posted definitions of conservativism and progressivism under a challenge to describe sympathetically the political tendencies you disagree with. “Progressive” blogger Mattew Yglesias gives his description of libertarianism here.
Why is “like Ronald Reagan” a category? Is “like Jimmy Carter,” “like Bill Clinton” or “like JFK” a category?
Funny, funny, funny poll,
as in ‘strange’ …….
Sniff, sniff, sniff,
does not pass the smell test …….
b , i like all your graphics
For a good laugh at the pathetic attempts by the political kindergarteners on the left trying to define libertarianism, read the Yglesias comments.
I’d prefer “like Thomas Jefferson”
I’m not as sympathetic as Cowen: