"The operation was a success... but the patient died."

[Rey C.]

Anyone who remembers that old joke about the ideological doctor, who couldn't see that it was the life or death of the patient that dictated whether or not the operation was a success, might appreciate this study and what it says about where MOST Americans stand. We are not ideological bomb-throwers, who would burn down the country just to make our point. Most of us are pragmatists. So those ideologues on the far left and the far right are the loud voices being heard and the ones grabbing the spotlight. But they are not who most of us are. They care about their respective parties and ideologies more than the health of the patient: the republic.


CNBC

New center: Why our nation isn't as divided as we think


At the center of national sentiment there's no longer a chasm but a common ground where a diverse and growing majority - 51% - is bound by a surprising set of shared ideas.

"Just because Washington is polarized doesn't mean America is," says Robert Blizzard, a partner at Public Opinion Strategies, the lead pollster for Mitt Romney in 2012. His firm co-created the survey with the Benenson Strategy Group, pollsters for President Obama, and the result is a nation in eight distinct segments: two on the far right ("The Righteous Right" and "The Talk Radio Heads"), two on the far left ("The Bleeding Hearts" and "The Gospel Left"), and four in the middle that represent nothing less than a new American center ("Minivan Moderates," "The MBA Middle," "The Pick-up Populists, and "The #WhateverMan.")

 

[Jack Davenport]

Obviously the doctor was educated at Berkeley.

 

[ApolloBalboa]

It always bugs me when I hear politicians use faulty generalizations in their speeches. "All Americans hate Obamacare." No, your constituents do, I'm fine with it. Speak for them, not for me. I'm not even going to bring up the multiple other fallacies I hear either party use.

 

[Mariahxxx]

Re: "The operation was a success... but the patient died."

someone likes it because the server was crashed with massive traffic.

 

[HehehehehehehehehehahaHyena]

Anyone who remembers that old joke about the ideological doctor, who couldn't see that it was the life or death of the patient that dictated whether or not the operation was a success, might appreciate this study and what it says about where MOST Americans stand. We are not ideological bomb-throwers, who would burn down the country just to make our point. Most of us are pragmatists. So those ideologues on the far left and the far right are the loud voices being heard and the ones grabbing the spotlight. But they are not who most of us are. They care about their respective parties and ideologies more than the health of the patient: the republic.

This needed to be said.

 

[Straight Shooter]

I most likely would fall under Bleeding Hearts in the Liberal Base category. But with the exception of many of the social issues, I could be swayed either way especially on issues of foreign policy or economics. With those issues I have my beliefs but I wouldn't say I'm as deadset on them as I am with LGBT rights. Like no matter what you say you're not going to change my opinion on same sex marriage(I'm for it) while on economics and foreign policy I'm open to hearing different sides and maybe compromising a bit
http://visual.ly/vizbox/nbc-news-vizbox2/#intro

 

[bahodeme]

:dunno:According to the test, I'm one of the Gospel Left but close to the Minivan Moderate(according to the bar chart). I don't go to church and I don't own a minivan.

 

[georges]

I did the test and here is what I got