POLL: Politically Speaking, Populist Isn’t Popular, But Conservative Is

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Forty percent (40%) of U.S. voters view being described politically as a conservative as a positive description. That’s up eight points from last September and even up three from just after the November 2008 election. Sixteen percent (16%) say conservative is a negative description, and 43% put it somewhere in between negative and positive.

In distant second place in terms of popularity is the political description progressive. Twenty-two percent (22%) now view that as a positive description, but that’s a 10-point drop from September and down 18 points from November 2008. For 35%, progressive is a political negative, and 36% place it somewhere in between.

Eighteen percent (18%) of voters say being called a libertarian is a positive, but 31% view it as a negative description. Nearly half (47%) of voters rate it as somewhere in between.

For 14%, being described as a political liberal is a positive, but 39% see it as a negative and 45% think it’s somewhere in between.

Only eight percent (8%) regard populist as a politically positive description. Thirty-six percent (36%) say it’s a negative description, and 49% put it somewhere in between the two.

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