[lbo-talk] Americans say they're moving right

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<http://www.gallup.com/poll/121403/Special-Report-Ideologically-Moving.aspx 

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July 6, 2009

Special Report: Ideologically, Where Is the U.S. Moving?
Nearly 4 in 10 Americans say their views have grown more conservative

by Lydia Saad

PRINCETON, NJ -- Despite the results of the 2008 presidential  
election, Americans, by a 2-to-1 margin, say their political views in  
recent years have become more conservative rather than more liberal,  
39% to 18%, with 42% saying they have not changed. While independents  
and Democrats most often say their views haven't changed, more members  
of all three major partisan groups indicate that their views have  
shifted to the right rather than to the left.

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