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Republican 18 10.59%
Democrat 121 71.18%
Independent/Other 31 18.24%
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Old 07-16-2004, 03:08 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Republican or Democrat: Where do you think most TPFer's fall?

Don't vote according to what you are but what you feel MOST TFPers are.

So if you feel you're the sole voice of the left among many right wingers (probably not likely, but just an example) put Republican. If you feel the board leans left, if only slight, put Democrat. You get the picture.

I have the indie/other option if you feel that most TFPer's are something, anything, other than a Donkey or Elephant (like say an ostrich, or a panda bear)....
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Old 07-16-2004, 03:57 PM   #2 (permalink)
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There have been several threads that poll the membership, such as this one:

http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthr...ervative+scale

In very general terms, the majority of our membership is liberal.
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Old 07-16-2004, 04:41 PM   #3 (permalink)
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While that's true, a poll on membership perception of OTHERS is a bit different than a poll of one's own political ideology. It presents a whole different set of information to work with theoretically.

I remember one time in choir, we took a sort of evaluation thing (not the standard one though) and answered how hard we thought we worked and then how hard we thought others worked on average.

The results were interesting mainly because of the second question. Apparently, according to almost everyone in the choir, no one worked harder than they did. So, everyone worked the hardest, but no one worked hard. Quite the paradox.

It's interesting to see the ACTUAL numbers of how many are liberal/conservative/other, but the perception is completely different.

Maybe the numbers say there are more liberals, but for some reason most people feel TFP is mostly conservative. Or vice versa. I'm curious about the results personally.
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Old 07-16-2004, 05:22 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Yes. It would seem to be a natural result of the results of this thread as well:

http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthr...light=your+age

Perhaps in this instance, facts aren't the point.

But it would seem clear and obvious to me even if I had no numbers to refer to.
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Old 07-16-2004, 08:01 PM   #5 (permalink)
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It seems that most people on the internet appear to be libertarian in belief, even though they are Democrats or Republicans in name. In reality, very few seem to uphold those beliefs, and most fall at either the far ends or close to the middle
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Old 07-16-2004, 08:13 PM   #6 (permalink)
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There have been several threads that poll the membership, such as this one:

http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthr...ervative+scale

In very general terms, the majority of our membership is liberal.
As SecretMethod70 said, I am curious about people's perception. For instance someone who falls toward the far left might consider this board a tad conservative for his/her liking.

I've certainly found many threads to have a strangely conservative bent (and I'm in no way far left), so I was curious as to other people's perceptions of the board.

Honestly, I probably should of put liberal or conservative up there instead of Republican or Democrat.
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Old 07-16-2004, 08:26 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Most are liberal on this board, liberals tend to be Democrats. Hence, on this board there are more Democrats than Republicans.
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Old 07-17-2004, 12:48 AM   #8 (permalink)
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It seems that most people on the internet appear to be libertarian in belief, even though they are Democrats or Republicans in name. In reality, very few seem to uphold those beliefs, and most fall at either the far ends or close to the middle
Speak for yourself.
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Old 07-17-2004, 01:50 PM   #9 (permalink)
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It's hard to say - does this include the non-American members?

That's why I voted for independant/other - all foreign members, non-aligned Americans, and I'm seeing a few Libertarians kicking around too.
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Old 07-17-2004, 02:28 PM   #10 (permalink)
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I am a liberal Independent.

I am also an Atheist.

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Old 07-17-2004, 04:35 PM   #11 (permalink)
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I have no idea what I would be in USA but in Europe I'm a social democrat with a heavy leftist slant as our SDs have been drifting to the right lately. I'd see myself as a liberal on personal freedoms and pretty strict on economical ones.

I'd probably vote a democrat.

I could think that (I hope) most TFPers are democrats, even if I know that many people here are republicans.
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Old 07-17-2004, 08:18 PM   #12 (permalink)
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This poll is definitely/obviously geared toward us USAers.

<--- Democrat.
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Old 07-20-2004, 11:44 PM   #13 (permalink)
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my impression of this place is that overall the leaning is to the (using terms in the American sense) Liberal/left with with a decent showing of moderates.

Personally my views are very conservative but I would strongly disavow labels like 'republican' or anything else very quickly. Only a mindless sheep blindly follows a 'party line' when voting for any level of offce and I can think of at least a few time when a 'democrat' would have had my vote before a 'republican'.
In the case of the Kerry/Bush race, I am not a huge fan of Bush but I strongly disagree with Kerry so much more on key issues he supports like the gov't removing rapidly diminishing gun rights, taxes, and several other points .
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Old 07-21-2004, 07:52 AM   #14 (permalink)
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I'm more of a Republicrat, and I think a lot of people share my views here when it comes to stuff like gun control and civil liberties.
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Old 07-21-2004, 08:46 PM   #15 (permalink)
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I would think most people on tfp are independant, because it seems like we are independant in our thinking...

Im all about consistency when it comes to politics(and everything else for that matter)... What bothers me more than anything is inconsistencies. If you are going to do something do it all the way and do it right, or dont do it at all. For me anytime I get into a political discussion it always comes down to is that fair or not?... I dont know where I am going with that. I guess I am somewhere in the middle, I fall into libertarian for the most part.
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Old 07-21-2004, 10:19 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Speak for yourself.
Wow. Not to troll or anything, since your post was a passing shot anyway, but I looked through the cartoons-

what a bunch of whiny tripe.

Note to others: the politics forum is not for taking pot-shots at people, it's for discussion.
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Old 07-28-2004, 12:00 PM   #17 (permalink)
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I'm more of a Republicrat, and I think a lot of people share my views here when it comes to stuff like gun control and civil liberties.
Can you explain Republicrat?
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Old 07-29-2004, 05:24 AM   #18 (permalink)
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I suspect a lot of people in here are independent. I dont sense any love for politicians period. But, given the choice between Republican and Democrat, I think most people here would go Democrat, with a few notable exceptions.
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Old 07-29-2004, 08:46 AM   #19 (permalink)
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Proud libertarian party member. I don't like the Democrats and the Republicans.
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Old 08-31-2004, 09:21 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Bumping this to see how close it comes to the presidential poll, which is probably a more accurate answer to this question.
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Old 08-31-2004, 09:25 PM   #21 (permalink)
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pretty close considering only 18 people took part in this one
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Old 09-01-2004, 06:09 AM   #22 (permalink)
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pretty close considering only 18 people took part in this one
Huh? "Voters: 123"

Besides, this is what you think this board leans to, not who they will vote for come November.
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Old 09-02-2004, 04:44 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Most people on this board are not independent. They would like to say they are free thinkers or whatever, but they get their information from limited sources and are no different then the 'average' man on the street. Everyone likes to think they are intellectually superior to others even when they are being lead around by talking points that were manufactured in a focus group.

I like to think I'm independent and intellectually superior as well. I get my information from as many sources as I can, I am a student of history, I don't listen to what people say as much as see what they do. Even so I just may be a slave to my personal philosophy and the only information I absorb be that which agrees with what I want to hear. I don't think I am, but I doubt even the thickest person reading this think they are either.
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Old 09-02-2004, 04:53 PM   #24 (permalink)
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I have to admit I'm surprised at the ratio. Whilst I expected more Democrats, who in vast sweeping generalization tend to be more liberal minded and active in "open discussion" type communities such as TFP, I didn't expect there to be so few Republicans.

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Old 09-02-2004, 06:06 PM   #25 (permalink)
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i have a hard time believing that 17 tfp'ers think most of us are republicans.
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Old 09-02-2004, 08:50 PM   #26 (permalink)
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I think the majority of posters here have sex with trees regularly.
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Old 09-04-2004, 08:29 PM   #27 (permalink)
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Most of the people on this board are young.
Most young people are liberal.
Ergo, the majority of people on this board are Democrats.
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Old 09-04-2004, 08:32 PM   #28 (permalink)
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This poll is definitely/obviously geared toward us USAers.

<--- Democrat.
It's o.k. to say "Americans".
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Old 09-04-2004, 09:11 PM   #29 (permalink)
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i have a hard time believing that 17 tfp'ers think most of us are republicans.
No kidding
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Old 09-05-2004, 06:44 PM   #30 (permalink)
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Perhaps they sneezed right as they were clicking and did not realize they clicked on Republican. Plus you have to consider, at least one of those votes is Strange Famous.
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i've got all the love in the world for ya Strange Famous, i think that's what made it so funny to me. Good times.
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Old 09-05-2004, 09:08 PM   #32 (permalink)
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I get my information from as many sources as I can, I am a student of history, I don't listen to what people say as much as see what they do. Even so I just may be a slave to my personal philosophy and the only information I absorb be that which agrees with what I want to hear.
Dammit! I hate it when I agree with Ustwo. We can get our information from the same sources, but it's how we interpret and process that information that forms our opinions and viewpoints.

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i have a hard time believing that 17 tfp'ers think most of us are republicans.
It's not that hard to believe. There are those that believe that the TFP is a bastion of conservatism, enabled by the moderators. I, myself, have been accused of being a neo-con, just to the right of John Ashcroft. Of course, as most of you know, nothing could be further from the truth, but it all falls to perception.
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Old 09-05-2004, 09:47 PM   #33 (permalink)
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What is that old saying? "If you are under 30, and you don't vote democrat, you have no soul... If you are over 30 and you don't vote Republican, you have no brain."

I would say it's just a youthfull crowd here...
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Old 09-05-2004, 10:08 PM   #34 (permalink)
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What is that old saying? "If you are under 30, and you don't vote democrat, you have no soul... If you are over 30 and you don't vote Republican, you have no brain."

I would say it's just a youthfull crowd here...


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Old 09-06-2004, 09:59 AM   #35 (permalink)
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Guess that makes me an intelligent, cold, heartless bastard.
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