Are aspies more likely to be conservative?

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A rather incomplete sort of poll, isn't it? Anyway, I'm a Conservative Democrat and run toward the moderate end of the spectrum on average. Not too far left OR right. Which makes me feel a compulsion to strangle my own party nearly as much as Republicans. Which I often rather agree with on a number of issues, even if they go too far most of the time and don't think with their heads half as much as they should.

Disclaimer: This is not flame bait for any potential Republican replies. Though I will hit you on the head if I see too much partisan politic out of you. That goes for fellow Democrats too.

I'm sorry if this is in the wrong place but I'd like a chance to state my political beliefs briefly.

I find myself agreeing with socialists and communists when thay describe how society is now. I agree that it is basically impossible for a poor person to become rich. I agree that our minds are warped into overspending by advertisements.

However I become sceptical of what communists are saying when they argue that we can fix it. Can we? It seems to me like people are too stupid and greedy to ever launch a Communist revolution. Also, I watched a video recently about how the american rich-poor divide is growing even under Obama. I also read an article just today about how the rich-poor divide is growing in Canada too. Could things really be fixed within the system either?

I guess, to answer the poll question, I am not liberal or conservative. My political position is cynicism. My political position is despair.

I'm a Nationalist Libertarian Conservative.

Is a dislike (on the part of some Aspies) of a change in daily routine really analogous to conservatism, that is, opposition to CULTURAL, POLITICAL changes?


Especially when those changes are continually more inclusive of previously misunderstood and disenfranchised people?

In any case, I'm a flaming liberal of the democratic socialist sort.

To be honest I don't see myself as either, I usually find a third party candidate who I like more. I didn't like either McCain or Obama, to be honest.

I don't think the Asperger's traits apply to politics, however.

However, I myself like change in some ways, and in some ways absolutely abhor it. I guess it's because my ADHD tends to conflict with my Asperger's (if I could describe it as that) sometimes.

Is this poll a good example of Aspie black and white thinking?

I'm gonna just guess the OP is probably conservative, only because I've never see anybody but conservatives insinuate there's no in between, or even other possibilities. Hmm. That's very black and white, isn't it? Is that why the OP might think most of us are conservative? Because conservatives are somewhat black and white in their thinking, ergo black and white thinking Aspies must tend to be conservative?

Don't know. I'm Apolitical. There are no political categories that come even close to my beliefs.

As to the OP's original premise that we might be more conservative because we don't like change? I think the premise is faulty. Yes, we don't tend to like change, in our personal lives, however we also have a tendency to rail against the way things are, insisting certain things about this world should be changed. Wanting society to change, is very different from disliking changes that directly affect our routines. The two are not really contradictory.

I think their all idiots. What party is that?

i scored half way between hitler and thatcher that must mean i'm nice yay! lol

my cordanents are Economic Left/Right: 5.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 6.36 which fits me well becuase i don't like a week goverment but i also thank company should have mostley free rane

I'm a libertarian socialist who generally votes Democratic.


Cheers,

TH

If you oppose change, then you must hate the so-called conservative movement. The conservative movement has been very radical in making changes, from deregulation to free trade deals to tax cuts for the rich and tax increases and service cuts to everyone else, to user fees and privatisation and having to pay more for everything to complex schemes set up to replace what was simple before but which benefits wealthy people and is allegedly more efficient. Theirs is a very threatening type of change particularly to people who are in any way vulnerable and feel themselves as being such. They promote these quack ideas that everyone being mean to each other simultaneously will cause the ultimate synergy of goodness beyond what people can plan - almost as if the gods are designing things under their formula. Their economic plans are not unlike voodoo witchcraft of offering sacrifices, making chants and incantations designed to get the gods to provide bounty and not rain down wrath on the people - this primitivity I don't think would play well with rational people at all.

I vote 'no'. Some are one some are the other some are both some are neither some are other. Personally I count myself as conservative and happen to vote Republican because most of my family does and I wish they'd just let you vote for whoever regardless of party as I don't think they're that important. I am somewhat against democrats because most that I see are liberal (see on TV). The one I know personally is not and only votes that way because it's his party(my grandfather).

I really don't see the point in the party system. I think that if I am to vote I should be informed about the people qualified for the job and then allowed to pick who I will.

I rarely vote much as all the TV says is x is a jerk vote for y who paid for this ad and then y is a jerk vote for x who paid for this ad. Don't they have better things to do with their time and money? I wont vote for x or y because all I've seen them do is spread rumors about each other. It's really petty and childish in my opinion.

Sorry for the rant.

I'm very liberal socially, and still more fiscally liberal than I am fiscally conservative.