"Boater" wrote in message
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The National Election Pool exit poll of 17,836 randomly selected voters,
conducted by Edison-Mitofsky, shows how shaky the jargon of political
analysis can be. Twenty-two percent of those polled identified themselves
as "liberal," 34 percent as "conservative," 44 percent as "moderate." Such
numbers are cited by proponents of the "center-right country" argument.
But one in five of the self-styled conservatives voted for Barack Obama,
and one in 10 liberals voted for John McCain. The moderates were
overwhelmingly for Obama, by 60 percent to 39 percent. Those
self-identifications obviously meant different things to different people.

Or could be for many, too stupid to know the difference.