This Gallup data will no doubt add to the frustration of the current administration and the governing class in D.C., which is strongly liberal and which is now experiencing the pushback from a citizenry that is not.
The strength of “conservative” over “liberal” in the realm of political labels is vividly apparent in Gallup’s state-level data, where a significantly higher percentage of Americans in most states — even some solidly Democratic ones — call themselves conservative rather than liberal.
The challenge for the conservative movement is to convince more conservatives to express their values at the ballot box – something that didn’t happen in 2008. The policy results of that failure have been devastating to freedom and free markets. No one is less surprised by the impact on the American economy than John Locke Foundation Vice President for Research Roy Cordato.
