Moderate Liberalism

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The results from the brief quiz I took was very insightful despite its length. I ended up getting a personal score of 75% and an economic score of 20%. This indicates my political ideology as a Moderate Liberal (“PoliticsMatch Quiz”). The “Liberal” part doesn’t come as a big surprise; I’ve always identified as liberal since I started to take a good look at the realm of politics (around 5th or 6th grade, I believe). The “Moderate” comes as a little bit of a shock. I always believed I was more of a “radical”. I never thought of moderate as really an option. I agree with hard-core liberalism on every social issue (i.e. death penalty, sexual orientation being protected by civil rights laws, and abortion as a woman's right) as to where hard-core …show more content…
My views are formed from the different experiences I’ve encountered during my time on this earth. My peers have given me a greater insight as to the many diverse hardships that happen in the world. My friends have shown me things, like the struggles of the working poor, the challenges of being African American in the US, and the adversity many women face today. All these insights made me realize this world is not as black-and-white or right-and-wrong as I had once truly believed. This knowledge of the world through my acquaintances forced me to realize not everybody had the same life as me. Not everybody was me. This has greatly and insurmountably shaped my political …show more content…
Moralistic government is one of the roots of liberal belief, and one belief that I’ve always kept in my heart. I do not believe my political ideology has changed much over the years. Ever since I learned what the words “liberal” and “conservative” meant, I’ve always self-identified as liberal. I’ve always been for the key points of liberalism such as marriage equality, legalization of marijuana, and racial equality, and truly believed that in America, the government needs to provide the scaffolding for not only order, but the public welfare as
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