Forty percent of Americans describe their political views as conservative, 36% as moderate, and 20% as liberal. This marks a shift from 2005 through 2008, when moderates were tied with conservatives as the most prevalent group.Conservatives would have to convince nearly a third of those moderates to vote with them to win convincingly. Recently they have been unable to do so. On the other hand, 2010 looks promising.
Gallup finds public views on seven different issues have become more conservative in the last year, and another four have remained the same. Here comes the money quote:
There are no major examples of U.S. public opinion becoming more liberal in the past year.Ka-ching!
