Do lawyers vote liberal or conservative? Where's the stats?
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Liberal.  Trial lawyers love Democrats, as they are anti-big business and tend to pass laws that give lawyers a greater chance to sue and make money.
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The left are considered liberals. Broadly speaking, liberalism seeks a society characterized by freedom of thought for individuals, limitations on power, especially of government and religion, the rule of law, the free exchange of ideas, a market economy that supports relatively free private enterprise, and a transparent system of government in which the rights of minorities are protected.\n\nThe right are considered conservative. To a conservative, the goal of change is less important than the insistence that change be effected with a respect for the rule of law and traditions of society.
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It's how they play "the game"... very dirty... all the swiftboat stuff in the last election... yikes... and they say the are the party of morals...hahaha... we all see how moral they are on here calling everyone names all the time... they will do anything to gain support on here, and get elected in real life... they have no concern over how they do it...\n\nIt often seems like conservatives don't understand the difference between talking about the issues in a negative way and calling someone a name... the issues are what's important and should be discussed critically, calling people  names gets nothing done..
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Not true.\n\nJust CONSERVATIVE is dirty.\n\nLOL
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Im' Sorry you don't have your email on or I would have emailed. Did i Misunderstand your question about conservatives?  Did you mean un-stereotypical in the way of conservatives values?  I thought you meant that conservatives like to stereotype people and is there any of them that don't.  Does that make sense?  So I'm unsure what you meant, but when reading other answers they are telling you what their conservative views are or are not.  so I'm sorry if I misunderstood you, I get easily defensive when people start talking crap about each other in their initial question.  \n\nAs to this question?  Higher a voice teacher.  I love singing as well, but I don't have the voice for it so I just do it alone in my home or car, usually while dancing.  :)  Good luck
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Conservative.  Conservative people follow like sheep.  Liberal people are more interested in character.  Initially he would have more success with the sheep.
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If you used the dictionary definition of a liberal, most conservatives would want to be liberals, or would think they already are liberals:\n\n"marked by generosity and openhandedness, broad-minded, tolerant, bountiful, munificent" and so forth.  All except the part "lacking moral restraint, licentious" applies equally to conservatives.\n\nGood question, because I don't think a liberal defines himself the way a conservative defines a liberal.  And vice versa.
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take this test, see how close you are to being a libertarian.http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html\n'liberals' these days are democrats. the neo cons or 'conservatives' are republicans. they tend to lump everyone who sees thing differently from them as 'liberals' & use the term as a derrogatory. cant really trust what they say, pretty closed minded & elitist.
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I like to know about the candidates and their parties before I vote.  I like to vote for both the party and the candidate.  I don't vote Conservative but if there is a good NDP candidate I may vote for them usually the Liberals get my vote.
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I'm not sure because I consider myself still young at the age of 25 and have, since I was able to vote, been a conservative Republican.  The older I get I realize I don't care socially about several issues the Republicans do but could never bring myself to vote for a Liberal.  Only time will tell if my ideas or opinioins will change, but I certainly can't see that happening.
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Democrat\nBig brother.  The average American needs the gov'ts help to obtain insurance, invest for retirement, determine what to teach our children, even what you should and shouldn't eat.  They believe in income redistribution, ie taking money from successful people and giving it to those who haven't earned it.  They are the party of choice for product liabilty attorneys.  Disproportionately higher taxes for people who earn above the median.  Taxation for those who have the gall to actually save money during their lives and die with that money still in their name.  Yes that is double taxation.  Restriction on private usage of land.  They emphasize diplomacy and global agreement in foreign relations.  They value the opinion of the U N and would have to be sorely provoked to act unilaterally against our enemies.  They believe in a womans "right to choose" is sacrosanct.  The right of the baby never enters the equation.  They will appoint supreme court judges who will legislate from the bench in order to implement laws they know they could never pass.\n\nRepublican\n\nLower overall taxation with a more proportionate percentage to each tax bracket.  Less restriction on big business with the idea that big business is what employs most of our middle class.  Minimal social safety net programs.  Republicans believe that the most effective social programs are administered by private organizations.  In general they promote a stronger military as America's shield.  The agreement of the world body is never scorned but it isn't needed if our national interests are sufficiently threatened.  Most repubs feel abortion should be regulated in some fashion.  They also feel that judges should determine if trials are held in accordance with the law and leave the making of those laws to legislatures who are elected by the voters.\n\nBelieve it or not, they are the same on most issues, the items I've hi-lighted are the major exceptions, not the rule.  Neither Democrat or Republican is inherently a monster or wrong.  They have polarized opinions on how our country should move forward.  It's the beauty and the beast all wrapped up in our political process.
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Besides many politicians' power lust, 2 general sides, and a few "odd" issues contribute.  Less minor issues like the war, abortion, labor unions, education, and old-fasioned straight ticket voters are all things I would lump into "values voters" for the purpose of this discussion.  They generally decide canidates based on how they will affect just one issue that they see as most important.  But the real culprit is a thing called WORLDVIEW, and there are two major ones that are clashing for control right now.  One, the Conservatives and the other, Liberals (not to be confused with Conservatives and Liberals in Europe).  Conservatives TEND to believe in old absolutes(however sometimes changing a rule is good), and the Liberals TEND to want to move away from the way things have always been done(but sometimes we do need to leave things be).  TO some this might sound trivial, but it involves issues of life and death.  For instance; Liberal thought on life and death says no death penalty, yes to abortion and assisted suicide.  Conservatives say yes to the death penalty, no to abortion and assisted suicide.  If those issues don't get people polorized, then how about tax issues?  \nI won't go into details there, but now I come out with the real deal:  The reason we don't see nearly as much cross-the-party-line cooperation is the prevelence of RELATIVISM:  That is, "whatever I think is right."  THis means that new-schoolers, (liberals) see issues however it pleases them, but ABSOLUTISTS (conservatives) can't leave thier long-established values behind to pursue whatever they want.  We are fast approaching a time when most Relativists will have NO common ground with absolutists.  If Relativism continues to gain hold with society, we will have no basis for self-control.  If I want to kill you, thats OK, because thats what I see as best for me.  If I want to lie and steal from you, thats OK because thats right for me.  And once people say that, there is no reasoning with them.  There is no way a relativist and someone who believes in trascendent values can cooperate under most circumstances.  That is the cause of this polorization.  If you think I'm nuts because you are a relativist, then you just proved my point: there is no way you can agree with me without changing your worldview.
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You got it sister. I'm a conservative independent. I vote for who, IMO, will do the better job as a conservative, regardless what party they are affiliated with. Of course the only conservative democrats I know are here in my state like state senators and such, and i have no problem voting for them.
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Actually, more than 60% of them are lawyers. Yes, they are indeed "registered" as such. I suggest you do a bit more research...
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Good question!   I've been trying to figure that out for 50 years!  Each thinks they are the only one who is right about an issue.  And the "conservative" and "liberal" tags ?  Everyone has a little of each in them, depending on the issue.\n\nVoting a straight ticket (all one Party) is idiotic! (unless you know what each candidate in that Party stands for & you agree -- but I don't think anyone in this country EVER spends that much time debating the questions for themselves, personally)\n\nGOD  BLESS  AMERICA  (we need it!)
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I too walk closer to the conservative line... and I do value our freedoms and rights... the liberals   carry it too far  though.... to such a point that they actually infringe on peoples rights such as in abolishing religion etc. as far as the patriot act goes... I think it makes every one nervous in some ways to  know big brother is watching... at the same time we do want to be protected  from  further acts of terrorism ...and some terrorist are home grown.... perhaps there just needs to be better checks and balances on what they are doing and how they are doing it................fiscally  Democrats  / liberals  most often are the ones  that   raise the taxes and   spend money   on    a multitude of  programs\n..though both parties need to be more conservative financially.....  I don't align myself with either party... some  republicans are liberal, some democrats are conservative..... I am independent...  either party requires dogmatic thinking to an extent... so I vote for the best candidate... who ever they are...
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It is a regular political process.  True, the parties are bickering as usual, but there has always been controversy surrounding new Supreme Court justices.  If everyone's political party was swiched (Bush would become a Democrat, for example), the exact same ranker would be going on.  Justices are the top echelon of the legal system, so they are very important.  Also, they are appointed for life, so you had better make sure you're picking the right guy.  Unfortunately, Mr. Alito is being confirmed during a particularly nasty period of political polarization, so many of the questions and issues aren't real questions, they're sensationalist propaganda from both sides of the isle.  In case you missed the memo, abortion is NOT the only legal question of the day, yet that seems to be what most of the fuss is about.  Lastly, since they are appointed for life, this man has the potential power to influence American jurisprudential thought for perhaps the next 30 or 40 years.  Needless to say, he'll be making rulings long after Bush is gone, and the next guy, and the next guy. He'll also survive Republicans losing their majority in Congress, then gaining it, then losing it, etc.  So essentially, theres a big fuss because they are getting ready to install someone who is going to effecting law (and by extention politics) for many years to come.  I personally think the Court will be fine with Alito because, unlike the talking heads on CNN and FoxNews who seem fixated on abortion and other trivial matters, I've been watching the hearings live and reading the transcripts (I'm a law student), and he actually seems less polarizingly conservative and more qualified than even Republicans are admitting to.