A new Rasmussen poll finds 32% consider themselves conservative on both fiscal and social issues compared a microscopic 6% who say they’re liberal on both.
In today’s economic climate, few voters consider themselves liberals on fiscal policy issues, but there’s a little more divergence of opinion when it comes to social issues.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 47% of Likely U.S. Voters describe themselves as conservative on fiscal issues, while 42% say the same on social issues.
Only seven percent (7%) describe themselves as liberal on fiscal policy issues, but nearly four times as many (26%) say they’re liberal on social issues.
Thirty-nine percent (39%) say they’re moderate on fiscal issues, and 29% say the same about social issues.
Overall, nearly one-third (32%) of voters are conservative on both fiscal and social issues, while just six percent (6%) are liberal on both and 16% moderate on both. Fifteen percent (15%) lean in the libertarian direction and say they are conservative on fiscal issues and either moderate or liberal on social issues.
In the fall of 2007, just 24% considered themselves both fiscal and social conservatives while 9% were social and political liberals.
