Despite Herculean efforts by the mainstream media (especially notable is Chris Matthews’ series on the terrors of conservatism), the public is not buying that simple conservatism is some kind of extremist ideology. In fact, the opposite seems to be true:
A new Gallup poll asked respondents whether they think the views of the Democratic party are “too conservative, too liberal, or about right” and then asked the same question about the Republican party. The results: 49 percent of those surveyed say the Democratic party is too liberal, while 40 percent say the GOP is too conservative. That 49 percent figure for Democrats, Gallup says, is the highest number for the party since 1994, just before Republicans won the House and Senate.
