NEW: RI Ranked 7th Most Liberal State in America
Friday, February 01, 2013
At least, that’s what a new Gallup poll released today says.
With 28.3 percent of residents identifying as ideologically liberal, the Ocean State finished behind only the District of Columbia (40.8), Massachusetts (30.5), Oregon (29.3), Vermont (29.2), Delaware (28.4) and Connecticut (28.4) in the poll.
Perhaps more surprising, however, was where the state ranked in terms of residents who identified themselves as moderate, as Rhode Island was second only to Alaska in that category nationwide. Overall, 41.5 percent of respondents said they identified as "moderate".
Gallup's poll found that Alabama was the most conservative state in the country as 50.6 percent of residents identified their ideology as conservative. North Dakota and Wyoming tied for 2nd with 48.6 percent conservative.
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Comments:
Art West
3:42pm on Friday, February 01, 2013
Politcal labels are pretty subjective. People obviously think of their own political beliefs as reasonable, and more in the center than what they might be when measured by well defined criteria.
For fun, I suggest taking the quiz at the Libertarian Party site: http://www.lp.org
It does a pretty good objective job of pinpointing one's true political position through a series of questions. If all Rhode Islanders took this quiz, I think many more than 28% of would be identified as liberal.
Mark D
3:52pm on Friday, February 01, 2013
The article confuses "moderate" with the Moderate Party. They are not the same.
JOJO MONKEY
8:25am on Saturday, February 02, 2013
the more blue the state the more broke the state..just remember that.
Kati Loreen
4:09pm on Saturday, February 02, 2013
Ain't it great to white!
Michael Trenn
11:18pm on Saturday, February 02, 2013
Wow, we are even bad at Liberalism! Come on Libs; you can do it! Get out there and agitate for higher taxes, fewer profitable companies, and more benefits for Illegals. It is important that you get vocal, so we can be number One in something!