What does it mean to be a conservative?
You resist change simply for the sake of change. You are cautious and pro-status quo. You invoke a "good steward" mentality and are careful with management of resources. You tend to be pro-business, anti-tax and anti-regulation.
A right of center or "conservative" individual tends to philosophically believe in a majority of these political positions. It's not a perfect list, but generalizations of a conservative leaning philosophy:
- Actively support a return of prayer in schools
- Believe in our Second Amendment 'Right to Keep and Bear Arms'
- Believe that parents (not schools or teachers) should educate children about sex
- Believe in a strong national defense
- Economic allocative efficiency (as opposed to popular equity)
- Endorse choice in education
- Endorse lower taxes & tax cuts (favoring the upper class)
- Favor the death penalty
- Favor stronger law enforcement and anti-crime laws
- Generally don't care much for the United Nations
- Oppose same-sex marriages
- Staunchly pro-life and want to stop abortions
- Support free enterprise
- Support limited government
- Support strong public morality
- Support laws against pornography & obscenities
- Support enforcement of current immigration laws
- Support private medical care & retirement plans
- Support tightening of our border security
- Want to open foreign markets to products made in the USA
- Want to weaken or eliminate failed social support programs
Take the Conservative Ideology Quiz and find out whether you're a Faith-Based Fighter, Flag-Waving Everyman, Free Marketeer, Values Guardian, Anti-Government Gunslinger, or Freedom Crusader.
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