Question of the Week: What Political Party are you most closely aligned with?

 Coming from a pretty politically apathetic household (my parents could care less about politics) it had always been up to my siblings (or at least my older sister) to figure out which party we aligned ourselves with. Though my parents were apathetic, they were pretty left-leaning on most issues that I ever asked about. Thus, it was only natural that I considered myself a pretty moderate Democrat.

While taking the political quizzes in gov't class, I honestly thought I would end up as a post-moderate, but ended sweeping the board with solidly liberal scores all around. Which wasn't exactly unwelcome, just a little surprising. Because usually when most people think of hard-core liberals, they think of those people who refuse to shave (men and woman alike) and protest whenever and wherever they can. Or maybe that's just me thinking that.

Anyways, but when I thought about it some more, it actually kind of made sense. I am actually quite lenient on most issues, such as abortion (pro-choice), healthcare (yes), immigration (why not?) and legalizing marijuana. (let's be honest, it's going to happen eventually, whether we like it or not...) I'm open in terms of diversity, and don't exactly see the problem with immigration. For those who cry out against it, for pete's sake! We're all immigrants here! (unless you're a Native American. Then I would have to think of some other witty comeback) Abortion is pro-choice or no choice. And women should be able to choose whether or not they want to have a baby. I could go on and on, but you get the point. I'm open and liberal on the majority (if not all) issues debated about in America today.

However, I don't exactly have a problem with the gov't either, which is why I was a little surprised at my liberal score. They seem to be doing the best that they can, which isn't amazing, but isn't really terrible either. And let's be honest, trying to solve all of our issues isn't going to happen in a week or something.

So, in conclusion, I am a filthy liberal. And if I have to align myself with a particular party, it would be the Democratic party, seeing as they are generally the less conservative of the two main parties.