Why is the US so conservative?

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There is no denying that compared to almost every other developed country the US is  very conservative, in what other country could Michelle Bachmann be a serious contender for the presidential nominee. In almost every other developed country opposing universal health care would make you an extreme right winger, but supporting it in the US makes you a socialist/communist/marxist. Why is this?

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There is no denying that compared to almost every other developed country the US is  very conservative, in what other country could Michelle Bachmann be a serious contender for the presidential nominee.

I would argue she isn't a very serious candidate here, she has a very small chance of being the GOP nominee and basically zero chance of beating Obama.

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Just because someone calls you that doesn't make it true.  Asshats say a lot of stupid sh**t.  You support the war in Iraq you're suddenly a Neo-Con.  Support drug legalization, you're a hippie stoner.  Don't like Israel, you're an anti-Semite.

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Different strokes for different fokes?  And it's not like we are more conservative about everything.  Our gun laws are much more liberal than yours.  But give it time, once the baby boomers die off we will be less conservative.

 Bachmann is leading the national primary poll, so she certainly a contender for the nomination, I doubt she'll win as well, but the fact that someone as extreme as Bachmann is a contender for the nomination of one of the two main parties says something. Also I know that someone calling you a communist for supporting universal health care doesn't make it true, but the fact that many americans believe that its an extreme viewpoint whereas in other countries not supporting it is out from the mainstream definately shows a gulf between the US and other developed countries.