Are you a conservative, a liberal, or somewhere in the middle?

I would say I am extremely liberal (for the Canadians out there note the use of the lowercase l rather then the uppercase one I am not a Liberal, I am a liberal, to you Americans, and others, sorry for confusing you, but here in Canada that is an important difference). I am a member of the NDP party of Canada which is the most left leaning major party in Canada. The reason I am like this is I believe in the live and let live philosophy and too many conservatives are all about restricting peoples rights. Not that the liberal camp is perfect, they can sometimes go overboard on the nanny state, however for the most part I am liberal. Now miamilady, Why don't you answer your own question? Nothing more irritating to me then someone asking a good question like that and not answering it themselves, nothing personal.

I used to be more conservative but now I am more liberal. I grew up as a Republican following the likes of Nixon, Reagan, etc. However, now I can not go with what the Republican party wants. But at this point neither party really appeals to me. I tend to be more independent and not follow any set thing. Sometimes I am conservative other times liberal.

I am the political philosophy of libertarian. I am basically a cross between a paleo and a right libertarian. Paleos don't believe in any wars unless the nation is attacked first, where righties still don't believe in intervention wars but they do believe in wars that protects the nations interest like Dessert Storm. But both of them are against this war in Iraq. But there is more to my political philosophy than just war. Some of my political philosophies are what some would call conservative and some that would be called liberal. But I consider it personal responsibility. I believe in limited government. I believe in limited taxation. And most importantly, I believe in limited restritions on personal freedoms. I believe that an adult should have the right to do whatever he wants to as long as it does not affect any one else's life. I believe in self-censorship, self-responsibility. I don't want the government to take care of me, I can handle my life on my own. I don't need a state sponsored safety net. Government should be left to police, courts, fire fighters, and military. Everything else the public can take care of. Private citizens can do a better job at charity, schools, health care, mail, and even the roads. I believe personally that the country would be better if we would return back to a time of minimallism.

There is no way I am a liberal. I usually lean toward conservatism, but no longer think that is the right road either. At least not completely. I choose to remain independent and choose my own path. I am finding it more difficult to trust any politician or party. I am anti-socialism in any form and completely believe in self-sufficiency. I think that government handouts should be temporary, except perhaps in certain cases. The liberals all want tons of social programs and safety nets, but never ask who is going to pay for all of it. I support the rich because I have nothing against becoming rich. If I had great riches, I would be able to help others as I plan one day to do. But I don't want conservatives telling me what to do in the bedroom, if I need a safty belt, or where I cannot smoke (I don't smoke, but don't like the way government takes away right after right). I believe in creating more wealth through work and business, not by government redistribution of income and profits; ie...taking from the haves and freely giving to the have nots. If we create more wealth, more people will benefit. But the problem is not only in this country, but in the entire world. The US alone cannot create enough wealth to help everyone.

I think I have the three qualities. Sometimes I am conservative, and sometimes I am liberal, and sometimes in the middle. It depends on what kind of things and people I deal with. So it is not easy to tell exactly what type of person I belong to.

I am somewhere in the middle. I am liberal sometimes in terms of getting to do things that I want without minding what others think. I am conservative in terms of my dignity that I don't give in to people easily.

I think I am a little bit of both because I believe in what they both say sometimes and it really depends on the issue, off course

what a confusing question,, at least if you ask a politician that question! i am really confused myself now after learning what each might be interputed as,, i guess im just in for the fairness of our society, and doing the right things in life. and its a personal thing,, so no matter how i answer this question, it wont do any good anyway!

For me it's a bit of a mix really, because although alot of my preferences are more conservative, I would never force this on anybody else so I'm really more of a liberal. For example, I like the idea of the traditional family - a father who works and a mother who stays at home (conservative), but I would never force this on my future wife (liberal). Due to my personal preference I can't understand how anyone can be gay (conservative), but I would never stop someone from doing whatever they want, and would never judge anyone on their sexuality (liberal). Similarly, I am a Christian, but I couldn't judge anyone on their religion. If you asked me if right-wingers or left-wingers were better, I couldn't tell you because to me, there are those who are blinded by conservativism (and want to bomb the h*ll out of other countries) and those who are blinded by liberalism (who want to bomb the h*ll out of people who test on animals).

I'm somewhere in the middle, leaning more than slightly to the left. I'm a liberal more than conservative, that's for sure. In fact, there are very few issues on which I agree with the conservatives. I'm not a liberal in the way they're portrayed by Rush Limbaugh and his flunkies, that is I don't believe there should be nothing bu handouts for those who simply don't choose to work and I don't believe in setting all the criminals free but then again, not too many do. I believe in personal freedom and choices and I believe in giving a helping hand to the less fortunate among us. Annie

My position varies according to the issues in question. My views and opinions have a wide range because not everything can be solved or cured with the same medicine. I guess I would have to claim middle ground till we pose an issue..:}

I used to be hardcore Liberal. But I think I'd consider myself in the middle, I have beliefs that fall right in between, then people say you're not completely educated on the thing, such as abortion or gay marriage or something, but no I'm educated enough, it's just I don't know if it should be one way or not. Not saying that either of those I'm confused on, just those were examples.

I believe what I'm called is a "moderate". I am mostly conservative with a few liberal views thrown in. In politics, someone with my views is called a "maverick". We go with our heart and head and not along party lines. My most fit political party is Republican but I don't believe in everything they dish out.

Personally I'm a minimal statist libertarian (also known as a Classical Liberal or minarchist). I believe that the state's only role should be to protect its citizens from aggression. Other things like welfare, roads, education, supporting the arts, sports etc are better handled by the private and charitable sectors. The three main parties are all too wedded to statist solutions to problems, which usually just cause even more problems - all that's led to is an economy in decline due to massive government taxation, borrowing and spending, coupled with a rising police state. Logically, the idea of trying to run everything from the center is ludicrous - we need to return power back to the individual, and let people make their own choices. None of the statist parties are going to do that, they just emphasise different aspects of the same collectivist ideology, so I was happy to join the Libertarian Party (www.lpuk.org) shortly after its inception.