In politics (and other things)-What is Left Wing - Right Wing - Center?
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Thing of political views as a strait line. To the most left is Communism. To the most right is Nazi-ism. A left wing is a democrat and leans more towards Communist views (all people are equal, the government takes care of everyone). The right wing is Republicans and they lean more towards Nazi-ism (strong, powerful government, the people care for themselves). \n\nIf you numbered the line 1-100, 1 being Communism and 100 being Nazi-ism, a Democrat would most likely be around a 45-49. A Republican would be around 51-55. \n\nSome Democrats would be lower numbers. Like Hillary Clinton or John Kerry would be around 35-40. Some republicans, like Rush Limbaugh, would be arounf a 60-65. \n\nI hope this helps.
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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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Repubublican is right wing i.e. Conservative and the Democrats are more left wing i.e.Labour
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Check out Politics1.  http://www.politics1.com\nThey have a lot of information on political parties.\nBut off the top of my head,\nRepublican\nDemocratic\nSocialist\nGreen\nLibertarian\nConstitution\nand\nReform (although they are almost defunct now).
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First of all, I'd say that Communism would be considered a radical form of the left party, not The left party. The term left party generally consists of liberals with more moderate views than communists.  Anyway, the term originates from the French Revolution, when liberal deputies from the Third Estate generally sat to the left of the president's chair, a habit which began in the Estates General of 1789. The nobility, members of the Second Estate, generally sat to the right.  So, this is where the terms "left" and "right" come from.
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Veeery generaly speaking, the Left (liberal) and Right (conservative) of politics came out of the French Revolution.\n\nAt that time, the Left was more concerned with laws that protect people's rights, and the conservatives are more concerned with laws that protect property.  \n\nFrom this, the traditional Liberal and Conservatives have arisen.  No one politican or person exemplifies what the TRUE definition of the words are, but issue by issue, the sides of politics have been created by these factions.\n\nIf you ask me, the terms liberal and conservative are meaningless, because they can't capture the entire persons views, and a person who describes themselves as a dem, repub, liberal or conservative is doing an injustice to the political process.\n\nAll politicians agree that its not about sides, its about issues.  Not about teams, its about debate and progress.
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In terms of political orientation, there IS no hard and fast definition of what a "liberal" is. The definition of who is "liberal" (or conservative for that matter) and for what reasons has varied throughout history, and varries from country to country, and also from person to person. It's all very subjective.
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Assume you mean word (not phrase) 'leftist'.\n\nLeftist = someone on the left side of the political spectrum; generally socialist-leaning.\n\nLeftist tend to embrace: environmentalism, higher spending (although the right has blown that out of the water recently), welfare...
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Give the name of the event in which interior design specialists participate?\n\nOr.\n\nGive the coloquial label given to a person or group of people who are genearlly viewed as conservative, however don't ascribe to most of the views of their party, and tend to be more subjective to the opposing parties view points.\n\nOr\n\nGive the name which descirbes someone or a group of people who conform to the new conservative world view, and yet don't support all the view's of such a system.\n\nor\n\nGive the traditional name of a person who formally was a leftist, and then moved more to the right supporting more of a socialist point of view?\n\nor \n\nGiven our knowledge of the new conservative system, give the name or coloquial lable given to the group of people or persons who view the conservative system as accurate and yet don't properly support small government or hardcore forigen affiars.\n\nor\n\nGiven our knowledge of hawkish politics, give the label or name of the person or group in which supports regulated government, and still doesn't support micromanaged forigen policy.\n\nOr\n\nGive the coloquial label given to the group of people, or persons, who support a socialist stand point, and yet vehimently support the forced democracy in regards to forigen affiars and policy.
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liberal is a very subjective term and can apply to any viewpoint fairly far to the left compared with the mainstream politics of the nation, every nation will therefore be different in its definition
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In normal non-regional terms it means toward a private enterprise almost fascist type governmant as opposed to the left winfg which is socialist almost communist type of public ownership government.\nIt comes from the French Revolution where Socialist Republicans stood on the left of the Parliament and Monarchic Loyalists stood on the right.
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The term "Left-Wing" originates from the French Revolution, when liberal deputies from the Third Estate generally sat to the left of the president's chair, a habit which began in the Estates General of 1789. The nobility, members of the Second Estate, generally sat to the right. It is still the tradition in the French Assemblée Nationale for the representatives to be sat left-to-right (relative to the Assemblée president) according to their political alignment.\n\nAs this original reference became obsolete, the meaning of the term has changed, and is now used to denote a broad variety of political philosophies and principles. In contemporary Western political discourse, the term is most often used to describe forms of socialism, social democracy, or, in the sense in which the term is understood in the United States, liberalism.\n\nThe left-wing attribution is very broadly employed as a political descriptor, and a single definition is elusive. The use of the phrase in the democratic West is quite distinct from the usage in most Communist states - where the term has connotations associated with Bukharin and the democratization of all human activities (see also deviationism).\n\nCommunism, as well as the Marxist philosophy that many base it on, and most currents of traditional anarchism are often considered to be radical forms of left-wing politics. Many left-wingers reject any association with communism or anarchism. Others say that those who don't follow strict socialist or communist philosophies can't possibly be leftists.\n\nThe left is often seen to include secularism (that is, separation between state and religion), as in the United States, India, the Middle East, and in many Catholic countries, although religion and left-wing politics have at times been allied historically, such as in the U.S. civil rights movement, or in the cases of liberation theology and Christian socialism.\n\nPeter Singer (Princeton University, Professor of Philosophy) defines "the left" as being those who place minimizing suffering above other moral imperatives, such as tradition or rights.\n\nIn politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply The Right, are terms that refer to the segment of the political spectrum often associated with any of several strains of conservatism, the religious right, and areas of classical liberalism, or simply the opposite of left-wing politics. In some contexts, the term right-wing also can include authoritarian nationalism, but that is generally considered part of the far right, which this article does not cover in any great detail.\n\nThe term comes originally from the legislative seating arrangement during the French Revolution, when monarchists who supported the Ancien Régime were commonly referred to as rightists because they sat on the right side of successive legislative assemblies.\n\nAs this original reference became obsolete, the meaning of the term has changed as appropriate to the spectrum of ideas and stances being compared, and the point of view of the speaker. In recent times, the term almost always includes some forms of conservatism.\n\nSome consider the political Right to include those forms of liberalism that emphasize the free market more than egalitarianism in wealth (formerly regarded as the Left), but many free-market advocates, including most libertarians, share certain political ideologies with the left-wing and conceive of a two-dimensional political spectrum that they say more accurately portrays their political position.[1] (See Nolan chart, Pournelle Chart). Many anarchists (including libertarian socialists) also avoid placing themselves on the classic political spectrum.\n\nIn the 20th century, outside the United States (where capitalism was always supported by many politicians and intellectuals), the most notable distinction between left and right was in economic policy. The right advanced capitalism, whereas the left advocated socialism (often dem
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That depends which country - but generally in most countries, Greens are distinguished by having policies that are singularly focused on ecology and environmental sustainability.\n\nThat sometimes means being somewhat more left-wing, though not always. In Canada, the Green party is actually somewhat conservative. The US iteration of the Green Party is more focused on left wing politics, and not as much of an ecological movement (though that is still a focus.)
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I do research. During the 2006 elections I went to a website called votersissue.org. Sometimes I just went and type the name of the person and a website detailing their stance on issues has been helpful. The media has pretty much mislabed politicians making one conservative where they were actually moderate. Making someone a liberal but they actually were a little to the right.
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Intrinsically, most right wing / conservatives can agree on an issue; while most left wing / liberals cannot.  When a right wing speaks, others join in.  When a left wing speaks, others stay away because of their different views.
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You're right. Left is sometimes used in politics for example. Right and wrong are antonyms - Your question is good, I think we'll get a better answer, more specific with some references...there are some pretty smart people out here, Right?
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CENTRIST\n\n \n\nCENTRISTS espouse a "middle ground" regarding government\n\ncontrol of the economy and personal behavior. Depending on\n\nthe issue, they sometimes favor government intervention\n\nand sometimes support individual freedom of choice.\n\nCentrists pride themselves on keeping an open mind,\n\ntend to oppose "political extremes," and emphasize what\n\nthey describe as "practical" solutions to problems.\n\n \n\nFunny, but I always have to be in the "middle".