Does This Forum Have a Liberal Bias?

[ElectionsGuy]

I really just mean expressing opinions and such. Does this from have slightly more liberal, conservative, or independent voices than any others?

[Oak Hills]

Yes, the membership leans somewhat liberal.

[The Simpsons Cinematic Universe]

In comparison to the rest of the internet, it has a distinctly conservative bias.

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

Indeed it does. 

[opebo]

Depends.  A 'liberal bias', perhaps, but not a 'left wing' bias.

[traininthedistance]

The forum is dominated by upper-middles with a preference for social permissiveness and free markets, but it's important to recognize that it isn't left-wing in any meaningful sense. The politics of the forum are not significantly different from what you'll find on the rest of the internet.

I do think that it is left-wing compared to the American populace at large- whether that is a "meaningful sense" is, of course, an open question.

There's one other place on the internet where I sometimes talk politics (though I've been posting there much less and here much more, as of late), namely a sub-forum of a particular hobby site.  The demographics over there skew significantly older (I'm one of the younger posters, instead of the oldster I am here), and are a bit more conservative than here.  Both sites could plausibly be described as having a bias that is "liberal in the European sense", but they're on the right edge of that description, and I think we're closer to the left edge.

[Down the Gurney]

This forum loves its social permissiveness and moderate economics. Honestly, most of the posters are semi-libertarians.

[afleitch]

No. The supermajority of posters are 15 to 30. It's in line with that demographic.

[DC Al Fine]

Trainedinthedistance had it right. We tend to be liberal in the European sense, specifically social liberals.

[Sol]

Yes, but less so than most of the internet.

[windjammer]

It's more libertarian.

[Lief 🗽]

A liberal bias, but as others have pointed out, any poll on unions or any discussion of race would make it pretty obvious that this forum isn't left-wing at all.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

LOL no. Robert E Lee was net FF on one voteand Margaret Thatcher pulled 40% against Nelson Mandela.

[Antonio the Sixth]

No. However, America has a conservative bias.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Duh, it's probably one of the most rabidly left-wing forums I've ever seen.

[traininthedistance]

Duh, it's probably one of the most rabidly left-wing forums I've ever seen.

Which says a whole lot about what you've seen and not a whole lot about objective reality.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Duh, it's probably one of the most rabidly left-wing forums I've ever seen.

Which says a whole lot about what you've seen and not a whole lot about objective reality.

No, it says a lot about your own biases, as well as mine.

[Dr. Cynic]

Duh, it's probably one of the most rabidly left-wing forums I've ever seen.

There's no way this place is more left-wing than the people who post on Reddit or BuzzFeed.

[WalterMitty]

no.

it definitely has a democrat bias.  however a lot of the dems on here are very right wing.  theyve bought into the notion that democrats have to be just like republicans to compete in dullard states like iowa.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

LOL no. Robert E Lee was net FF on one voteand Margaret Thatcher pulled 40% against Nelson Mandela.

and yet Mandela only did slightly better against Thatcher than Chavez did.   We're an odd bunch.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

The truth has a liberal bias

[Phony Moderate]

Depends on the issue.

[morgieb]

In comparison to America itself? Yes.
In comparison to the rest of the internet? Not really, most internet forums have a liberal bias, mainly because of age issues.

[Leftbehind]

In the FDP sense, sure.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Absolutely, but it's not to the point that it makes it uncomfortable to be a conservative on the forum.