PEW Looks At Political Views

For John, BLUF:  Part of our problem is too quickly binning folks.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Remember the blog post from yesterday, on PEW Polls?  You can take a 23 question version yourself and see where you sit.  Here is the URL.

I came out as a Business Conservative, along with 10% of the public.

PEW estimates that in 2012 some 9% of us voted for President Obama and 81% voted for Governor Romney.

Business Conservatives generally are traditional small-government Republicans.  Overwhelming percentages think that government is almost always wasteful and it does too much better left to businesses and individuals.  Business Conservatives differ from Steadfast Conservatives in their positive attitudes toward business and in their strong support for Wall Street in particular.  Most think that immigrants strengthen the country and take a positive view of U.S. global involvement.  As a group, they are less socially conservative than Steadfast Conservatives.

On the PEW Spectrum it comes out this way:

SOLID LIBS	FAITH AND FAMILY LEFT	NEXT GEN LEFT	HARD-PRESSED SKEPTICS	YOUNG OUTSIDERS	BUSINESS CONSERV'T	STEADFAST CONSERV'T	BY STANDERS
Liberal across the board	Racially diverse and religious	Young, liberal on social issues, less so on social safety net	Financially stressed and pessimistic	Conservative views on government, not social issues.	Pro-Wall Street, pro-immigration	Socially conservative populists	Young, diverse, on the sidelines of politics

When you try to sum someone up in 23 questions and a few words it is easy to get it a little off.  For example, I am not a big fan of Wall Street, thinking it is a bit out of control.  I am a fan of small business and entrepreneurship.  I do appreciate the value of scale.  I am all for immigration, as long as it is legal.  I think that illegal immigration is a major problem.  I also believe we should have legislation requiring new citizens to renounce their former allegiance as they become Americans.

Hat tip to Ann Althouse.

Regards  —  Cliff