Just in case you're tempted to get distracted by all that talk from the White House, Nancy Pelosi, etc. about how all those people showing up at townhall meetings really don't represent America, well it seems the numbers tell a different story [6]:
Self-identified conservatives outnumber self-identified liberals in all 50 states of the union, according to the Gallup Poll.
At the same time, more Americans nationwide are saying this year that they are conservative than have made that claim in any of the last four years.
In 2009, 40% percent of respondents in Gallup surveys that have interviewed more than 160,000 Americans have said that they are either "conservative" (31%) or "very conservative" (9%). That is the highest percentage in any year since 2004.
Only 21% have told Gallup they are liberal, including 16% who say they are "liberal" and 5% who say they are "very liberal."
Thirty-five percent of Americans say they are moderate.
And, of course, we know that most "moderates" tend to be conservatives who are worried about running afoul of political correctness if they admit it.
The bigger news here? Every state? Even California, New York, Massachusetts, etc? Then again, those states have spent the last few years plagued by out of control spending and/or out of control judges trying to impose gay marriage by fiat. Which says something about how popular liberalism is.
