http://dagblog.com/link/why-most-conservatives-are-secretly-liberals-18318 Comments for "Why most conservatives are secretly liberals" en http://dagblog.com/comment/192684#comment-192684 <a id="comment-192684"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/why-most-conservatives-are-secretly-liberals-18318">Why most conservatives are secretly liberals</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>A reminder of an article I linked to<a href="http://dagblog.com/link/what-hell-barack-obamas-presidency-18289#comment-192444"> on another thread,</a> that Kohut sees a similar trend:</p> <blockquote> <div class="content"> <p>Michael,</p> <p>based on  his decades-long polling experience, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/are-the-democrats-getting-too-liberal/2014/02/28/c0d42d7c-8d26-11e3-95dd-36ff657a4dae_story.html">Andrew Kohut of Pew/Gallup argued in Feb. 28 op-ed WaPo </a>that Democrats already have been getting more liberal; might be of some interest to you to counter or agree or inbetween. It is nuanced, he compares with GOP, reflects on how the power in the Dem party still rests with moderates &amp; conservatives but is heading in a more liberal direction, how GOP still seen as more extremist, etc.</p> </div> <p><span class="submitted">by <a href="http://dagblog.com/users/artappraiser" title="View user profile.">artappraiser</a> <span class="created">3/3/2014 - 3:17 pm </span> <span class="reply-to">(re: <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/what-hell-barack-obamas-presidency-18289#comment-192235" title="">Michael Wolraich</a>)</span> </span></p> </blockquote> <p>He sees the trend negatively, thinking it will create more polarization/gridlock, but I'd just like to point out that this very experienced pollster is also seeing it.</p> </div></div></div> Thu, 06 Mar 2014 19:46:05 +0000 artappraiser comment 192684 at http://dagblog.com